Well, the max 4 is in great shape now with nothing to fix.. Soooo, you find thing to fix.. Now that I put in the suspension seat in the laterals are too far foreword, and when I move the seat all the way foreword the laterals hit the seat before reverse engages. I made some new laterals that should this. They just need to be painted & installed. Hope they work... Norm..
norm, just keep at it. they look good. great fab job !! looking forward to seeing you and the max 4 at busco. always really liked the max 4 ' s with the single seats. i'd switch my max 2 over, but ruth likes to ride along somtimes. later johnboy va.
I like your idea. I am restoring a 1998 Max IV for my son. We plan to install a pedestal seat when we get near completion. Do you plan to spring load the laterals?
Spring loading is a matter of preference. Of all my machines, none of them have the springs attached. I hate springs, but you may love them. Like I said, it's all a matter if preference.Originally Posted by RollTide334
l like to buy stuff and no I don't do payments!
Like Drew said it's all a matter of pref. I use my springs but keep very little tension on them.. Norm
We'll I made a bunch of different styles of lats and finally found what was most comfortable to me. They may look funny but they feel really good.
norm, i think those look really cool! gives the rest of us some good ideas. neat design. johnboy va.
Yes,the latest revision is nice. I've spent a lot of time thinking about how to make some sticks with that sort of angle. Just seems to be a more natural orientation for the hands. I've seen the OEM ones on Max IV's cantered the other way and they make my wrists ache just looking at them. One more thing to do....... BTW,nice job on the Mopar!
The first machine I had that didn't have the conventional "straight up" laterals was the Tank Trainer, which are bent outward at the top just a bit. I thought it a bit strange, but got used to it very quickly. I decided that I like it so much that I made the same bend on the Swamp Fox lats, and the Newt's lats. They're opposite from Norm's inward-at-the-top bend, but they still feel more natural than the straight-up design.
Well heck,Mike. I'm just gonna have to lean on you to let me test drive the Fox and Newt. Not cause I just wanna drive a couple awesome machines,no,no,to see how I like those lats canted that way.
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