1996 Warrior Project

[Warrior1996]

Making it out of wood tomorrow so I can get a rough idea of progression rate and see if anything binds. Will put the shock on with no spring and run it through the travel.

 

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opcorn:

 

[YAMAHAULER]

Following Trent awesome idea

 

[Warrior1996]

Thanks Ed, more updates coming today some time.

 

[hammy7734]

:tup: looks awesome

 

[Warrior1996]

Thanks hammy!


Linkage is now in wooden form! Trying it later today...

 

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Sweet, good mock up

 

[Warrior1996]

Just got back inside from trying out the mock up linkage. Everything seems to be lining up great. Here's a lot of pics of the linkage on with the 660 shock without the spring.

Edit: I still have to calculate progression rate...


Full Extension





Full Compression





Linkage View at Full Extension





Linkage View at Full Compression





Airbox to Shock Clearance at Full Extension





Airbox to Shock Clearance at Full Compression





Chain Bind at Full Extension (Almost None)





Exposed Shaft at Full Extension





Also, the mojave spring I plan to try on the 660 shock. This is a direct fit with one spring ring from the mojave shock. The spring is a hair longer than the 660 shock and progressive, but has an overall lighter spring rate I believe.

 

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Nice work,,looks good so far

 

[Warrior1996]

Thanks, still got more work to do but I'm happy with it so far

 

[97warrior_rider]

That's going to come out nice if all works out the finalized metal product should be extremely durable


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That's going to come out nice if all works out the finalized metal product should be extremely durable


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ya thats what i was thinking, i hope it comes out perfect for him, hes doing his testing and putting work in to it.

 

[Warrior1996]

Thanks guys, and I only want to build one so it better work! lol

 

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Thanks guys, and I only want to build one so it better work! lol

No it ,,,,WILL WORK,,,:tup:

 

[Warrior1996]

No it ,,,,WILL WORK,,,:tup:

I'm sure it will work great when I'm done. Going to figure out a rough progression rate tomorrow.

 

[Warrior1996]

Calculated a rough progression rate today and am not very happy. I was hoping for a much more linear progression curve, but it seems the linkage has soft and hard spots. This is definitely not what I want, because it would cause unpredictable movements in my opinion. Anyway here's the graph of it. I will definitely be adjusting some things. Like one of my professors says at college, never fall in love with your first design.

And to clarify the graph, the higher the ratio number, the softer the suspension.

 

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woooo

 

[Warrior1996]

This line of best fit (black line) is a much better representation of the progression rate. There's definitely some human error in measuring I think, making it look bad.

 

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:iagree:

 

[Warrior1996]

Put the stock rear suspension all back on today. Went to start it and the battery was dead. Charged it and she fired right up after sitting for 3+ months.

On a side note, I'm drawing the rear suspension in CAD soon for a final project for college. Should be cool and help with linkage design.