locogato11283 Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 You can order swingarm parts already made from JJ&A. http://www.jjandaracing.com/contents/en-us/d15.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnsideBanshee Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Bookmarked, Thank you. We will see what i end up with lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennett131 Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 The problem I see here is, you're not doing it to tinker and try new things. You're doing this to save money. If you have only been at this stuff for a year, truth is, a lot of it is probably over your head. I'm not trying to talk you out of anything here and I don't mean to disrespect you, I just don't want to see you get hurt because you did something wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnsideBanshee Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 The problem I see here is, you're not doing it to tinker and try new things. You're doing this to save money. If you have only been at this stuff for a year, truth is, a lot of it is probably over your head. I'm not trying to talk you out of anything here and I don't mean to disrespect you, I just don't want to see you get hurt because you did something wrong. Not all just doing it to try to save money, This is what i am going to be pursuing as a career. At the time yea its going to save me alot of money, Which hopefully at the end of this summer will be helping me to return to UNOH to finish my associates in high performance motor sports. And its not something that im going to be trying to complete all on my own, The shop that i work is just me and my boss, someone who has grown up Fabricating his own dirt track cars and such. So im just gathering information to present to him and get a combined collective of something that is going to work. I may be in kentucky but im not out back stick welding scrap metals haha... Thats down the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickedcarbine Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 If you are confident in your fab skills, then I agree with every Tom, Dick, & Harry ^above. Build a swing arm. Either way you're welding the same amount. The roundhouse parts are way straighter then any OEM carrier ever stays. If you can handle the swinger, there are also sub frame kits out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennett131 Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 There are tons of threads out there with some pretty off the wall stuff that should give you some ideas. Snoop around a little bit. Just take your time with everything and think it through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnsideBanshee Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Good info, Ill be getting all the information and measurements i need this week and possibly start seeing what happens over the next week or so, Also trying to get mine together as it was for the ride coming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnsideBanshee Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 There are tons of threads out there with some pretty off the wall stuff that should give you some ideas. Snoop around a little bit. Just take your time with everything and think it through. Absolutely why im here and not just diving in lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1JUANstunna Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Not all just doing it to try to save money, This is what i am going to be pursuing as a career. At the time yea its going to save me alot of money, Which hopefully at the end of this summer will be helping me to return to UNOH to finish my associates in high performance motor sports. And its not something that im going to be trying to complete all on my own, The shop that i work is just me and my boss, someone who has grown up Fabricating his own dirt track cars and such. So im just gathering information to present to him and get a combined collective of something that is going to work. I may be in kentucky but im not out back stick welding scrap metals haha... Thats down the road Oh fuck an UNOH flag fag! They still racing around CP like it's a fucking track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry's Shee Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) I have to laugh at your swingarm idea. Ten seconds with your boss and you'd have the answer to that. You have equipment and ability to do cro-mo? Edited April 27, 2016 by Larry's Shee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guns4children Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Before you do anything to your subframe you need to do a leak down test on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty722 Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Great advice as stated. If you cut and extend your stock swingarm, put a sleeve inside the tubing to take the stress, that z400 is my girlfriends dads bike, and it truly sucked dealing with that out on the sand. Think about how heavy that arm is going to be when you are finished...IMHO $$$$ ahead to fab a whole arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigweav81 Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Fuck it build a frame! sent from yo mammy house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elconor Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Man most of you dont even understand structural integrity. Just please know how to fabricate properly before building anything. Before it breaks like that swingarm in this thread. And you hurt yourself or others. You can extend a stocker to be just as strong if not stronger then a complete new one. After its all said and done, just build new. Imo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Man most of you dont even understand structural integrity. And what are your credentials? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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