ridingorhiding Posted September 20, 2004 Report Posted September 20, 2004 Looking to buy a swing-arm would like pics,brands & prices thanks Quote
locogato11283 Posted September 20, 2004 Report Posted September 20, 2004 what kind? how long? i recommend cotton eyed joe's carrier conversion kit. it comes with everything you need to turn a shitty stocker into a badass roundhouse swingarm. all this for 215 bucks. just a little cutting and welding. it takes me about 45 mins to do one. Quote
Noob Banshee Posted September 20, 2004 Report Posted September 20, 2004 loco did you arch that swingarm? Quote
BenBB Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 Chris, here's a link to the Quicksand, I'll let you know what else I can find: http://www.quicksandmotorsports.com/swingarm.htm Loco that looks awesome, I'd be doing that now if my swingarm wasn't already stressed to hell (have cracks on the welds where the rear shock linkage mounts), I'll need whole a new one when I can afford it... Quote
locogato11283 Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 Chris, here's a link to the Quicksand, I'll let you know what else I can find: http://www.quicksandmotorsports.com/swingarm.htm Loco that looks awesome, I'd be doing that now if my swingarm wasn't already stressed to hell (have cracks on the welds where the rear shock linkage mounts), I'll need whole a new one when I can afford it... thanks ben. its a really simple cheap conversion. i bought an after market swinger once and i could do 4 of these conversions for that money. its gotta be strong cuz i pound on my shit and there are no signs of any problems. i highly recommend it if you wanna save about 600 bucks. you can get parts thru Cotton Eyed Joe for all who are interested. yes thats right, im pimping CEJ. Quote
warwgn Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 hey Ben do we get a discount through them?? Quote
BenBB Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 Not yet, seems like I remember they were offering a discount for HQ members but I can't remember, I haven't sent them a sponsorship letter yet, do you need something? If so I can send 'em a team letter and see what happens... Quote
warwgn Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 always need something, they look like they have good quality stuff!! By the way, you are the wallpaper for the NMDRC site, you can make out the gold jersey and red grill. COOL HUH!!! Quote
Holyman Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 locogato... where did you get the carrier? I have a swingarm I want to convert but I haven't found a carrier with tapered bearings for under $250. Quote
BenBB Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 Holyman-it's STAN, aka Cotton Eyed Joe, aka "the billet meister". Haha warwgn, that is pretty cool! Guess I was the slowest one comin' down that hill so that was the best pic huh? Gary at Quicksand does some nice work, used to post here as azsandrat but haven't seen him in a while, but CombatTalon2 is the webmaster over there, think he just got shipped overseas tho. Anyway, I'll write 'em and see what they say, I've been jonesing for that swingarm and those rotors for a while now, sucks to be broke... Quote
warwgn Posted September 21, 2004 Report Posted September 21, 2004 I would second that, but all I can afford right now is I'll 1/2 that!!!! Quote
locogato11283 Posted September 22, 2004 Report Posted September 22, 2004 locogato... where did you get the carrier? I have a swingarm I want to convert but I haven't found a carrier with tapered bearings for under $250. cotton eyed joe sells the wole kit (round tube, brake caliper holder, brake pivot stud, snap ring, pinch tubes, bolts and carrier for $215) thats a fuckin steal if you ask me. im sure hes got some. i am pretty sure his are tapered. Quote
Cotton eyed Joe Posted September 22, 2004 Report Posted September 22, 2004 (edited) locogato... where did you get the carrier? I have a swingarm I want to convert but I haven't found a carrier with tapered bearings for under $250. cotton eyed joe sells the wole kit (round tube, brake caliper holder, brake pivot stud, snap ring, pinch tubes, bolts and carrier for $215) thats a fuckin steal if you ask me. im sure hes got some. i am pretty sure his are tapered. 95% Locogato, but I'll still give you an A. The bearings I use are regular old ball bearings. The reason why is, I used to stock the high dollar ball bearings and people would bitch that they could get the same bearing for $2.00, so instead of stocking a $15 bearing (each) I now have a little bit cheaper bearing for the carriers. To be honest I don't see a reason for a tapered roller bearing, or even some of these carriers that have 4 bearings per carrier. Alot of the stress from riding gets absorbed by the tires, and the suspension as well as the axle. I wouldn't think those bearings take a real beating. Hell they aren't even really a high speed bearing. Get a drink..... Here's an example: 20" tire has a circumference of 62.83 inches. 85 miles per hour is 1.41 miles per minute. 1.41 miles per minute is .02 miles per second. .02 miles per second is 124.66 feet per second. 124.66 feet per second is 1495.92 inches per second. 1495.92 inches divided by 62.83 inches (one revolution of a 20" tire) = 23.8 revolutions per second. That is converted to 1428.5 blah blah revolutions per minute. My mill can spin upwards of 4000 RPM and the lathes can about match that, and thats with actual side pressures and a hell of a lot more rotational mass than the rotating masses on your banshee. AND they hold accuracy dead on because its needed. THOSE are high dollar, high pressure, high speed bearings. The bearings for our cutter grinder are $700 each. It takes 2 of them. A banshee axle carrier doesn't need that kind of bearing. As well as the round house coversions I also sell chromoly swingarms if you don't have what you need to do a conversion. Edited September 22, 2004 by Cotton eyed Joe Quote
Holyman Posted September 22, 2004 Report Posted September 22, 2004 Can you put one together for a tapered bearing? Because I KNOW what you mean... "I can get a great bearing for $1 each" then go and buy it. It's made out of recycled soup cans but that's good enough for you Quote
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