Steering Linkage Fabrication - 4x4 Off-Road UTV Build Ep.14
In this video I'm fabricating the steering linkage system that allows me to use left hand side steering rack with power steering on my homemade off road 4x4 UTV that now has right hand side steering. This custom steering is a result of necessity - I have to accommodate the steering system over the BMW differential that gets the drive from the rear via prop shaft. Originally the steering rack was right behind the FWD differential / gearbox on the same level as the drive shafts. This homemade system seems to be working but the steering linkage carrier frame still needs to be properly fabricated and welded in place once the brake booster / brake and clutch pedal assembly is installed and placement of other components is figured out.
This is part of a series of a four wheel drive utility vehicle build to lessen the work load on my trusty 2002 Honda Foreman Rubicon TRX500FA. This partially answers the question "Why?" but for those who want to ask "why don't you just buy a side-by-side instead of building one?" I just want to say - I'm not made of money. Side-by-sides are ridiculously expensive, even the car I drive around daily is worth less (not worthless though!), hell, it is even worth less than my 2002 Honda ATV.
"How much HP will it have?" - the 1.4 litre FWD petrol engine I'm planning on using has 55 kw and this will not change, but the torque will be tripled via the BMW differentials I'm using to transfer power to front and rear axles.
"It will be too heavy!" - this project just like the firewood processor project does not have to float. And a heavier vehicle will handle better anyway when hauling heavy loads.
Stay tuned for future episodes! Thanks for watching!
My other videos: / donndiy
#donndiy #homemade #4x4
Soundtrack:
Pomade - Silent Partner (KZhead Audio Library)
Welding equipment borrowed from Spetselektroodi AS, Estonia:
Fronius TransSteel 2700 welder
Optrel Crystal 2.0 Welding Helmet
Hypertherm Powermax 45 XP plasma cutter
More fabrication videos on kzhead.infovideos
when are you going to use the cnc machine
i flipped the steering on an f100 4x4, with a file & texta,i made the cone half the distance & used a thick washer over the original cone,.worked great for yrs,on the road..ends up looking like an egg timer..done in driveway, cairns,aus..mate made a buggy from an austin kimberly,?. x6. all the running gear is front,unbolt body,chuck,weld rods to vw front,reverse cable shift,fit seat,done..
Idk man I think your wife has it down pretty good. She nailed it. Not sure why you're complicating things :)
С Новым 2021 годом! Удачи в новом году!
A beautiful drawn and detailed Schematic drawing from your Wife lol.
Your wife's schematic is indeed priceless! It should be framed. I have several drawings to help me, from my wife and children over the last 30 years. I love and save them all and frame the best. I greatly enjoy your videos.
Your forward thinking and dedication to a project, taking needed changes to them is a serious step outside the box. As always Donn, your making many complicated ideas come to life and humbleness shows through out it all and it is amazing. Best wishes for the New Year, safe, healthy, peaceful and prosperous for all your friends and family. Thanks for the trip here and look forward to 2021!!
Great videos! And thank you, thank you, thank you Donn for not playing annoying music over your videos. The sound of machine tools is music enough!
IF.....I don't see this UTV on tracks I will be disappointed in you Donn. After all this is how I found your channel many years ago! GREAT work in you problem solving of these engineering challenges.
I still have my homemade ATV tracks, so... UTV on tracks just might happen 💪
@@DonnDIY GREAT!!!! I thought I'd plant that seed in your head.
YOUR SKILL AND INVENTIVE ABILITY ARE OFF THE CHARTS THIS STUFF IS AMAZING TO WATCH
Superbe atelier et très bon mécanicien outilleur + cordes à ton arc👍👍👍😄
Your steering system is really unique, (like the rest of your vehicle by the way), you are better in manufacturing than in drawing ;-)
Donn, you may not know it, but you are a genius. The way your mind works, which then in turn, you translate into the most skillful fabricating is phenomenal. Thanks so much for your video. Wishing you and yours a wonderful 2021
Donn I bet you have forgot more about fabrication than most people will ever know and I love the fact that if you don’t have a tool you make a tool. Lol. Reminds me of when I was a kid growing up on the farm and my dad and uncles would build things like you do and that is how I learned so I hope you are passing down your craft to someone that wants to learn because you my friend have got a lot of skills to spare lol.
That’s working great. You can see the correct steering angle between the inside vs outside tire when turned. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Finally got some time to sit down and watch this... Donn, your work on this is AMAZING! You are one hell of a fabricator, I need to make sure my old man is watching too!
Deine Problemlösungen finde ich einfach spitze !
Wow that’s so cool, the amount of on the fly problem solving in that was amazing.
Like the way you show your processes of making things, even if you decide on something different in the end. The utv is coming along nicely.
Nice completely workable design and fabrication. Thumbs Up!
Молодец мужик. Один целый завод. Глова как кампьютер. Сновым годом Всех. Салам алейкум из Казахстана.
love this project
Just saw the whole series of videos in one day.... I need to see this project finished!!! Awesome work dude
That was clever! Budget, heavy duty! Happy New Year, retired engineer/fabricator from the UK
Awesome made, great video and thanks for sharing. Looking forward for the next build.👍
Very very nice work !! It turns so smooth ! Love the amount of originality in all of this !! Totally self made you should be proud of it and yourself 👍👍top notch work !! To see this come to this point has been AMAZING !! Can't wait for the next video !!
Very cool setup with the steering. That linkage will be bulletproof. I really liked the tapered drill bit you made too. Great stuff! 👍👍
AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!!! The ability to fabricate is what unlocks dreams! Donn you have a gift!!
Very well made! Getting heavy , but will be very strong . When welding cast steel an arc welder or dual shield is stronger than the solid wire mig but it should be fine.
You have to reward your great wife for supporting your work in creativity. Go on, man, we love you
You nailed it with that drill modification. Good job!
Happy New Year to you all Donn !! Thanks for sharing with us, you are moving right along. Looking really good. Have a great year!!👍👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This project is really good. I have been watching from the start. Keep up the good work
Its the best ive seenon youtube
@@thomasrowley2650 i could not agree more.
I can't wait to see the first drive . Love your work mate 👍
it's coming along nicely, awsome!
Ну ты дружище гений. Ограничители тоже нужно делать.☝️👏👍👍👍
You are so Talent! Nice to see your video again! Thanks Donn ! 🎅🏻👍🏻🇫🇮🏁🏁🏁
Great start on a new year
She is brilliant! The real brains in this outfit!
Muy buen contenido esta parte14, excelente resultado en la fabricacion de varillaje de dirección para el 4x4 UTV, mis respetos y saludos desde Venezuela👍💯👊
Ingenious as always but your wife is obviously the more technical brains out of the two of you!
Hey awesome build and enjoy watching. The tie rod ends you used are all right hand thread. Not sure if they were all peugeot, but having a left hand thread with a right hand on the same tie rod would be easier to set the toe later on. On your design, if you have to make a toe adjustment you would need to pop out one tie rod and rotate it. Having opposing threads on each end you only need to loosen jam nuts and rotate tie rod with a pipe wrench.
Great solution. I would not have been able to figure that out. The Mrs. must be part da Vinci as well.
Good progress on this build! Happy new year to you and your family from me and my family. Cheers from Sydney Australia! 🇦🇺🦘🐨🇦🇺
Donn, you made my new year happy with this episode! Happy New Year!
Never clicked that fast in my whole life!
bro you're a BEAST metal fabricator!!
Well done powerful system. ⚓
Beautiful! Thank you.
Happy New Year Donny. Love your work Mate & I think you're a genius with the builds you've achieved over the years. Hope this year will be the same. Cheers Billy J..... Queensland, Australia..
Amazing piece of fabrication...again. I always look forward to your videos. Happy New Year.
It's interesting to see your thought process. Happy New Year, dude.
Impressive work!
Bell crank steering is similar to the Sabra, with a big difference. The Sabra is front steer, rather than rear steer, meaning that when bump or droop is encountered, the front steer will induce toe in, while rear steer will bring about toe out. The longer the tie rods, the less you will experience. Keeping the tie rods level with the ground at ride height helps. You may have to use spacers at the outboard ends of the tie rods at the steering knuckles. You could change the existing ball joints to Heim joints, which will simplify the tie rod angle. Save that until the vehicle is finished and you have established actual ride height.
Happy new year everyone from The Netherlands.
Нет таких трудностей ,которые мы не смогли бы себе создать.) Можно было взять рулевую рейку от Mitsubishi Delika с угловым редуктором ,и сделать все гораздо проще.) А так, однозначно лайк! Всех с новым годом!
в конце концов, дело в том, что Донн делает существующие части
Keep up the good work I really like watching your videos!
That was too easy now you need to make it four wheel steering. Lol Thanks mate learning so many useful skills from you
Great project, can't wait for another video! Feliz 2021, um abraço de Portugal!
Happy New Year, very creative problem solving on the steering!
Really clever solutions. keep going hard for this new year. bests for you and yours.
super!!!
I don't know Don , I think your wife might have been on to something there . LOL Great build Dude , I am really enjoying this one . I want to say "Can't wait to see it finished" , but , the journey IS what this is about . Kudos brother .
Happy New Year from New Zealand. You and your family stay safe.
🖤🖤 my mechanical youtube addiction
Very enlightening video. Thank you and Happy New Year to you and your wife and father.
👍🇳🇱 Happy New Year for you and the Fam. Stay Safe ! from the Netherlands
Quality of craftsmanship is surpassed only by the creativity. Another great video its really coming together. Ill be patiently waiting for the next one. Happy New Year
Excellent engineering and skills . Keep up the excellent work and content . Happy New Year to everyone from lockdown in England . Stay safe . 👊 👍 . ✌. 😷 .
As always a great video thank you and Happy New Year 😊
Well done Donn, was thinking for one moment it was going to turn in the opposite direction, was holding my breath I can breath now, see if you’d built a tank you wouldn’t need a steering wheel, mmmm plenty-of time yet, great work. MarkUK
Great job, Happy New Year's to you and your family.
Looking good!! Hopefully not too much problems with that setup
Man with the action plan 💪💪💪
I think you should make it 4 way steering, just to reduce the steering angles on each tire - which reduces the stress on the suspension. It makes cornering with a trailer on a tight track also much easier, since the trailer will take a larger diameter arch in the curve.
Incredibly awesome this man...👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I really like your bending jig for the press.
great job man alot of fab going on there
Great Work Com rad!
NICE! Built strong as tank! Happy New Year!
excellent work.
Com as ferramentas certas, e um bom profissional, o trabalho flui brilhantemente
Nice mechanism👍
Brilliant video thank you
Great work! In case you do the ball joint stuff in the future they do sell tapered bits to make the proper hole for ball joint studs
What a great job
Спасибо за хороший ролик . С Новым Годом !
Very impressive, well done, HAPPY NEW YEAR
Great video
Your wife is very artistic, I totally see what see saw. Although her thought process would be cost effective I don't believe it can be done. But was way beyond my cave man wall art capabilities. Truly enjoyed 👍 👍
Happy new year👍 Rasťo Slovakia
Happy New Year to You too and to Your wife!
I threw up a little in my mouth and milk came out my nose when you cut into those threads...and then I realized what you were doing. Phew! What a relief! :-)
Donn DiY I really like your work here in Brazil watching
👍👍👍💖💖💖thanks for clip ..i like your idea👍👍👍 (White shift gear shaft ep.10 It can easily become loose.)
Good job 👍 Interesting I like your project Well Dane
It's nice to see your father in one of your videos, thumbs up.
Genioooo la verdad un trabajo estupendo!!!!
Feliz ano novo, muita saúde e paz
A piece of Art!
Fajnie to zaczyna wyglądać.
Oh my god, now way. I had the most shitty day of the year already, but that's all good now I can watch your video. Lifesaver. You are uber1337.
i guess it's not really a big deal with off road vehicles, but you should still check if there's any bump steer in it. happy new year!