Front end, VW trike
suspension set-up for a girder front-end
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suspension set-up for a girder front-end
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I have to say. That design is all wrong. You'll find it will bend and then it will break. Better to use a standard girder design so the stresses are all heading in the right direction.
And how many Trike front ends have you actually built, from scratch?
Kudos for your attempt. I'm not wanting to dis your project but for what it's worth you will have trouble with that design.
I'm not entirely without experience. I built my first trike in 1981 and have been engineering ( mainly vehicles) since 1973. I have a trike on the shop floor at the moment with an untried double A arm to solid fork desighn which looks and works good but I think may have trouble with excess joint loading.
I'm not afraid to admit that I may end up ditching the design after 80 hrs of fabricating and machining but thats just the way it is. It won't stop me from trying new things and I hope I don't put you off doing the same. All the best.
Have you actually watched any of my trike action movies? We have been abusing these front ends for almost 40 years. This is what we do! Heavy duty, bullet proof construction is what it's all about. Watch the scooters perform in the Trike Crazy vids, then tell me it won't work.
take a welding class
Sorry, but that thing is too wierd to put on any trike I build. There may be some other ideas that one could get from this in designing but not just as it is now. Too unusual.
I would think that the top rod at the nose would also have to be triangulated like the girder section or it would bend from side-load alone.. Is this unit on the road yet?