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Full Suspension Frame Build Gone Wrong

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I build two frames using the horizontal head tube as main pivot tube and it works well.

Use a 44mm headtube and two top bearings sets.





That bike was built with no jig or mill or machine tooling. Hacksaw, files, vise, and some straight lengths of L channel.
 
The headset bearings do just fine, same as they do in a headset.

For your rocker incorporate the other bearings into your rocker.

On fully #2 this is what I did.





The links shown in the built picture were trimmed down, I was impatient to get a ride in on it and they were just rectangle slabs at that point.
 
On fully #3 again the links themselves hold the bearings.

The main pivot uses bearing hearwear from a Devinci Wilson.





If you don't have access to a mill I suggest you re-purpose the links from an existing frame. Buy a junker frame that you want the same layout and steal it's links, or some brands have the linkages / rockers available as spares that are easy to purchase.

The main thing I've learned in building my three full suspension frames is keep it simple. Well unless you have a mill and boat loads of time, then do what you want. It's going to take 2-3x more time than you think it will.
 
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