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so I got the wheel turned down on the lathe and made a centre lip so the rim sits more or less centred. Thee was a little bit of play but not...
progress so far on attempt #2... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] red dots for where I'd aim to tap holes for studs screwing into the adapter (from the other...
So I've heard back from Steady-Garage again and apparently the splined bit IS ali but they've been using the same technique on tuned bikes for...
I've been doing a lot of head scratching about this overall...but re drilling the holes actually the guys at steady-garage came up with a pretty...
Just had an interesting reply from the "Steady Garage" guys - I emailed them about the hub adaptor i posted a link to, and re whether it would fit...
{puts the builders' sand back in the shed}
ok so maybe I'll just stick to welding & lathing :P
ah right I was thinking of casting steel/iron somehow - in which case a steel container might not have been much use. It could work pretty well...
aha that makes more sense... hmm I sense a potential shenanigan. Fire, molten metal, you def got my attention now ;) What could possibly go...
why would you need the old brake hub? as a thing to hold the sand or whatever for casting?
lol well at least you don't have to tear down the engine. so that's what the firing issue was? (or is this as well as?)
cheers tamita :) the preheating was only to try and prep the metal/hardening pre welding...250 is ideal temp apparently so I wasn't far off...I...
8am speed-plumbing challenge when new washing machine arrived, but the feeder taps wouldn't shut off and one needed removing - managed to find and...
w00t! new rear wheel and drive axle ordered - feeling a bit more hopeful today \o/
So a bit of mixed bag of success/failure today - on the upside - the welding side of things worked pretty well, and I did ultimately end up with a...
so - I've done a bunch of TIG welding since last post, and reckon I should hopefully have a decent shot at not making a total pig's ear of welding...
oh dear... I had no idea. that's insane.Maybe come in 10s so you can throw the worst two away ;)
Got the new wheel studs fitted yesterday so now the wheel should bolt up to the drive flange properly, and faced the drive flange on the lathe too...
well that lathe was a good purchase..I'd have ben f**ked if I'd tried to do this without it or it would have cost a fortune to get the bits...
Eventually got the fuel gauge working properly today, right throughout the range. Took a bit of fettling but now it works pretty much bang on. I...
