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Title: independant suspention Post by: ian on June 20, 2007, 09:42:32 PM i am building a independent suspension rear end on Suzuki intruder and have been told to use sierra hubs but don't know what diff to use HELP
Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: harley gazz on June 22, 2007, 11:01:44 PM hi ian, i would of thought if your using siera hubs, then you will need the same for the shafts and diff so as it all maches up, or bmw running gear,are you building a cradle to sit the diff in ,and not running off an axle mated to rear swing arm,with shocks, ;)
Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: ian on June 23, 2007, 08:40:39 AM runing with a cradle, many thanks ian
Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: harley gazz on June 24, 2007, 11:11:26 PM hi ian one o these
Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: Terrortubby on June 26, 2007, 06:01:38 PM I'm having a fully independant back end built and will post some piccys as soon as I have been over to get some piccys.
Regards Gary Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: trikerpete on July 28, 2007, 10:10:57 PM Ive used sierra diffs before with sierra shafts, note...left and right shafts are different lengths, about 1&1/2" between them. I used 2 shorter ones to keep diff central and the overall width of trike a little narrower. The bottom rails of frame came right through to back of trike and were used to mount the lower of 2 "H" arms which all had 4 "oil-lite" bushes in them, 2 connected to bottom of one off backplates on wheel and 2 onto the frame. That was duplicated on the upper "H" arms and fitted to top of wheel backplates and parrallel top rails of frame. Further to this each side had an extra diagonal "brace" forward mounted on the lower frame rails to the "H" arms with same bushes to eliminate any "torque" movement. I opted for "H" arms instead of the usual "A" type to give more stability. No anti-roll bar was fitted or needed and when going into a corner it allowed trike to lean a little like a bike. All this worked very well and the new owner is still pleased with it even after nearly 5 years.
hope this is useful to you Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: trikerpete on July 28, 2007, 10:16:01 PM another photo
Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: ian on July 29, 2007, 03:21:59 PM many thanks for the info i am buying a pro built unit, what was the ratio of the sierra diff
Ian Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: BikerGran on July 29, 2007, 05:08:42 PM I like the look of that, it's cleaner looking than some irs back ends.
Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: trikerpete on August 21, 2007, 07:40:20 PM many thanks for the info i am buying a pro built unit, what was the ratio of the sierra diff Ian sorry ian, ive hunted around my files but cant find what ratio it was, the trike was sold on a few years ago. Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: TwistedPatience on August 22, 2007, 10:31:36 PM I was going to use BMW 3 series as you can get different ratios.
Like this:- Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: ian on August 26, 2007, 06:50:19 AM have now bought unit same as that off Casarva LTD many thanks ian
Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: TwistedPatience on September 06, 2007, 09:41:11 PM Show us some photo's then, don't leave us in the dark.
Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: trikerpete on September 07, 2007, 01:40:09 PM think this may be it? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BIKE-2-TRIKE-CONVERSION-CRADLE-ASS'Y-LEFT-HAND-DRIVE_W0QQitemZ230166622730QQcmdZViewItem Title: Re: independant suspention Post by: ian on September 13, 2007, 08:01:18 PM thats the one, very good unit. will send in picks when totally finished
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