Dave’s long-term Lil’Bugga Buggy Build

Had some time off doing other things, but now back to this...

 

The front (front) axle is now nearly done, to match the rear (front) axle.

I hope to finish it off on Sunday and then paint one of them. Then I can reassemble it with all new parts, clean, paint and add a pair of radius arms, mount the wheels and tyres, and then start mocking up the transfer box and props (as the front and back will be virtually the same), and that will lead to the initial chassis design - starting with the chassis rails, and developing the rest as we go...
 

They look tiny. Beefy but tiny.

Unlike my rich friend Baloo on here I couldn't afford to send them for media blasting... I had a wire brush attachment in my angle grinder!

So the axle tube needs 13" / 33cm cut out here'ish -

 

Lots more photos in the blog linked above...

More soon...!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             lol its  tenner to have an axle blasted, i would  rather drive down to the blasters  and pay the man a tenner than spend £10 on wire brushes  lol    anyway good to see you making progress, it all looks good to me,  i could easily get talked into a single seat buggy  it appeals to me, i have collected some bits i might lay them out on the floor and see if it works, will be 2wd though  and a car engine, keep up the good work                                                                                                                      cheers Andy

This project is obviously stalled as I’m incarcerated in various hospitals, but that gives my sick mind longer to come up with ideas…

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I particularly like this one…

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Dave

Interesting idea. Keeping the slides clean could be problematic as they could wear very quickly otherwise. But it has potential. Would you also have a weaker spring inside the tube then when extended you are still applying downward pressure on the tyre beyond gravity to aid tractive effort?

Thanks Lambert…

 

That’s my original sketch above (for the benefit of others): so you mean a smaller helper spring in here -

 

That looks plausible too! 

iI’ll add that to the blog and credit you with idea! 

Keeping it clean… pressure washer and add more grease through the grease nipple and smear some over the exposed piston inner tube between outings…