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« on: May 30, 2007, 04:22:29 AM »
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Offline nickjtc

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Re: Using a front wheel for the rear
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2007, 06:10:24 AM »
Good job. I'm always envious of folks who have the tools and ability to craft stuff like this from scratch!
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Re: Using a front wheel for the rear
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2007, 06:27:17 AM »
You need a spacer between the carrier bearing and the hub bearing so that the axle bolt still tightens onto a "sandwich" of axle nut - axle spacer - carrier bearing - spacer I don't see  - floating hub bearing - inner hub spacer - retained hub bearing - axle spacer (speedo drive on a normal front wheel) - axle head. (wow some Dagwood sandwich there!)
Looks sweet though! I've wondered what difference there might be without the "cush drive" - let us know if you feel anything.
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Re: Using a front wheel for the rear
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2007, 06:36:09 AM »
I love the "look" of it.....  thought about lacing a 19" hoop to my rear hub once but got sidetracked....
Will be curious to know how it feels without the cush-drive....  doesn't that take away alot of the stress from the aluminum parts? (hub etc)  Definitely looks minimal -cool.
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Re: Using a front wheel for the rear
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2007, 07:16:54 AM »
The previous owner of this lovely piece somehow laced the rear rim to the front hub, put a car tire on the rear HD rim, cut and re-welded the shocks 2" shorter, installed boat trailer rear signals, used a hacksaw on the exhaust among other things. Then it got into a shop fire which melted the wiring, gauges, switches, signals etc. As soon as I spotted the left side horn, I knew it was a sandcast and scarfed it up.
Started right-up after the resto. Under the melted speedo, odometer read 5000 miles.

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SV: Using a front wheel for the rear
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2007, 01:05:58 PM »
It my be a little bit  on the side this , but aren't there  some forces on the sprocket`s in /on the rear wheel it gos on sideways forces  and on braking and accelerations   and   duo to the forces  the frontwheel  ???

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Re: Using a front wheel for the rear
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2007, 04:54:30 AM »
hei daniel
Seen quite a few guys doing it on all kind of racers around here, including a rob north framed Trident! Said guy had serious trouble with bearing life, essentially, even if you go up to 20mm bearings, these are not very robust. at least you did add a bearing to carry the chain loads, so that's good. The best setup I saw was from a guy that cut the hub in the middle, inserted a piece of ally tube and them re-welded to make the spacing between bearings wider, something that lowers the loads.
Still, would reccomend that you check your bearings often with this setup for wear, specally since you dont seem to have any drive shocks absorbing.
And BTW, thanks for your proposal on the carb needles. it ended up being some dirt causing  the flooding. all is good now.

Cheers
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