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    thank you mates :) :)
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    :lolgoku: Those are local streets in our college surroundings it wont be a problem driving there because no cops patrol there. And even if we take it to main roads cops wont really mind. They will be wondering like what is that thing :lolgoku: if at all we get caught n tell them its our collage...
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    yup its transmission oil leak from the axle boot. initially we did not notice it, later when we looked into it, it was because of the oil seal inside the boot which had worn off. Brought the boot kit today for $3 and will be replacing it tomorrow :) :thumbsup:
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    HERE IS THE VIDEOoo matessssss... https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_L4wUcuHQow :auto::sifone:
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    Rollinggg ............ Finally almost after 3 months of hard work & spending around $ 830 we achieved it ... We where able to drive it today in our college campus & i ripped it in our football field :auto: the whole college was looking at our vehicle . Felt so happy :thumbsup: :wai:
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    Paint job Hi mates i had been busy lately because i had to complete the vehicle before 7th of this month. We finalized everything took a small test drive where in we realized that rear right wheel bearing had failed so it was replaced which costed 9$ and proceeded for paint job. All the...
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    Gear lever, Reverse gear lever mounting was competed today. two Side panels were fixed 4 more remaining which will be completed tomorrow.
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    Done with vacation... time to work Sorry mates i am really not getting the safety thing into my mind. Though we take safety seriously but over there you people follow very high safety standards which is very hard to follow such a high standard of safety in our case we gotta manage with safety...
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    front shock mount Thank you mate, as you and jslider suggested i am going for the tower mount setup :thumbsup:. since it's a bit complicated i will start of with it after mounting front shocks which will be completed tomorrow. after drilling and tapping the holes the base and firewall sheets...
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    help needed hi mates we brought Maruthi 800 front coil over shock to use it in our rear suspension. The problem is when the strut was mounted the top mount was too high, like it was above the mounting frame. so we decided to shorten the length of the strut Any suspension experts please look...
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    Progress after 2 days Work completed in past 2 days Seat was mounted. The Master cylinder and pedal assembly was mounted Finalized the steering column & optimal pedal position. The Roll cage was permanently welded to the chassis. Work remaining Mounting front and rear suspension Mounting...
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    Seat Today is holiday so could not work so we went to buy seat, clutch, throttle, gear cables. paid $17 :wai: for the seat and $10 for all the cables. the seat is actually used in trucks and modified off road jeeps it has a front-back sliding and reclining mechanism the shop guy demanded $15...
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    After a long time :) Hi mates i got busy with my seminar presentation so we did not work from past 2 days. But We worked on Tuesday & wednesday and could complete the rear end. The axles where giving us lot of trouble so we had to work on it a lot and wasted too much time on it. Sines two...
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    It could have been done but now since we have fabricated the upper arm to match the lower mount on the spindle changing the mount to upper hole will change the camber anger of the wheel, like we designed it to get a optimal negative camber, if the mounts are changed camber will go positive :(
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    thanks a lot for your advice fabroman. :iagree: I was aware of the change in control arm length when the pivot is raised. actually the arm length between two pivot is 340mm so i raised the hole up by maintaining the above dimension and it came out well. We made the modification today and we...
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    I am not sure about the electrode spec i will go check it out tomorrow. So i better bring a professional welder after completing everything so that he can inspect all the welds and re weld where ever required because i don't want my buggy to be screwed due to a weld failure during trail runs :auto:.
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    PrObLeM :( Hello mates we got into a big problem today. we where happy that the rear control arms were completed. After mounting the arms we mounted the CV shaft that is where the Bl***Y problem started. the control arm was obstructing the CV head to get into the wheel hub. :mad::mad:. After...
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    :oops: .. I wore that in a hurry when leaving home actually , i never wear sandals to work. And i am trying to inculcate and practice safety to the best after you and other members insisted on it but some times i forget :mad2:. And about my welds i am really worried. what of it fails...
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    :lolgoku: that is me !!
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    Rear End Hello mates i had my 1st internal assessment so was busy studying and we did not work on Monday and Tuesday. We started off yesterday and till today we completed fabricating the rear control arms, mounts & bushes. Actually we had planned to go for a trailing arm in the rear but...
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