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born2ride14
02-08-2008, 03:35 PM
i will be gusseting my swinger soon and this is a rough scetch of what i think would be the best way. black is the swinger yellow is the gusset. i will probably only do the top (i dont have a wide variaty of steel)What do you think?

born2ride14
02-08-2008, 03:36 PM
wow thats big! tell me if you need it smaller

born2ride14
02-08-2008, 03:45 PM
here

born2ride14
02-08-2008, 05:28 PM
no one thinks this is a good idea can someone give me the go head to do this

Nichols Atvs
02-08-2008, 06:20 PM
I took a 1 inch x 3/16 piece on the bottom all the away up the swinger

Steven623
02-09-2008, 01:50 AM
Hi ,If its the round one, you should watch out for the pivot tube (front) will bend. I made my son's so it wouldn't bend and the pivot tube bent instead. It was ridden very little. The square tube ones are really nice! Good luck!

drr5
02-09-2008, 06:40 AM
just go to home depot and get a length of flat bar and weld it on the bottom of the swing arm not the top, you need to stand the flat bar up as you have illustrated in your post , trust me this will be more than sufficiant and you do need to add a piece of either square or round tubing between the pivot tube and the swing arm ill see if i can post some pics later of our swing arm

Hetrick Racing
02-09-2008, 07:08 AM
:eek2: now thats a gussett
Your Idea is good I think your going a little big though

born2ride14
02-09-2008, 06:28 PM
hear it is it will be done tommorrow

cz440
02-09-2008, 08:37 PM
make sure this wont interfere with overflow bottle:confused:

born2ride14
02-10-2008, 06:42 AM
if the over flow bottle is there it will hit . but im relocating mine

ecmini1
02-11-2008, 06:52 AM
I see your wearing your new welder in well.:D

born2ride14
02-11-2008, 04:53 PM
bout time you replied lol i used my old arc welder actualy

tom450r
02-11-2008, 06:23 PM
i hope you havn't welded this yet, the shock bolt won't go through with out cutting your gusset. i did the same style gusset to my square tube swing-arm just a little shorter so the bolt would go thruogh. i aslo only did the top gusset because it doesn't have a problem bending up.

born2ride14
02-11-2008, 07:03 PM
mine clears the gusset

tom450r
02-11-2008, 07:15 PM
sounds good, looks like it will work for you, keep us up dated on how well it holds up.

born2ride14
02-11-2008, 07:17 PM
i sure will tom thanx for the compliments