my project......started as a Polaris Ranger, rolled/cartwheeled down a moutain side 200yrds, drove it home....started tearing it apart a few days later. enjoy!
all hand tool frankenUTV build
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after getting it all apart, i came to realize the entire front end had sheared off and was twisted, so i cut from the frame and tossed everything. the rear was fine but needed some major repairs, so i cut from the upper arm mounts up off. the two side frame rails and lower section of the rear suspension were spared. so i started building my version of a UTV.
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wow, what happened? The start of the build is looking good man! keep the pictures flowing!
Edit- just read the other post! Everyone ok?
Edit- just read the other post! Everyone ok?
Berm Blew out?? You know u were in a ranger right? haha love it I used to get all rowdy in my ranger too. Those things are a blast
a couple fractures, one compound fracture, some head injuries and your standard bruising/scrathes. everyone survived. my friend was driving....lol, that would be the last time...
Good point, I didn't notice that... Maybe he's doing something diferent with the steering arms...
thanks guys! the cool part about this build is all of the different parts working together. the spindles are kawasaki teryx, the rack is a yamaha rhino, polaris powerplant.... i designed the entire front system off of the rack and spindles, i knew exactly that would work together. i managed to get all of my geometry correct, with built in caster and camber gain, less than 1/4" bump steer....all from hand tools.so at full bump it gains caster and camber as well as a "toe in" feature that literally sets your steering straight in hard bottom outs, allows your camber to set the tire in 8 degrees compared to 2 degrees at ride hight in turns and bottom outs to keep the outside edge of the tire off the ground so it does not catch and go into a barrel roll, its TT suspension technology basically.... on a utv.
pretty cool
Nice work. Did you go with the terex front spindles so you could eliminate the front wheel drive??
yea...the rack is remaining stock till i blow it out... it was designed with 3" total clearance including tire smash, but since im running a larger tire than expected, i get 4".
i just knew these were the strongest OEM spindle compared to others, the stock polaris upright was useless to me.