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« Reply #120 on: August 01, 2011, 11:55:22 AM » |
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cheers zakboy
never twigged to putting the axel under the frame, looks neater. will have to stay with it on top now tho. think i may be able to shape a block to sit the axle in and run the bolts thru. cheers
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« Reply #121 on: August 01, 2011, 02:01:33 PM » |
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dobber, take a look at the latest photo,s on my trike build you should be able to tell how i mounted the axle on mine  |
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« Reply #122 on: September 26, 2011, 08:59:49 PM » |
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Hows things moving with your trike mate
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« Reply #123 on: September 26, 2011, 11:46:44 PM » |
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« Reply #124 on: September 30, 2011, 05:38:13 PM » |
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winters when mine comes out spanners, not so many events. hows it going Dan?
got the new axle stripped of brackets a while back with the conversion on all ready to mount. guy across at the fabricator's keeps letting me down with some solid bar which I'm going to put inside the original tube frame[ where i cut the old ugly mounts off] then slot more tube over to lengthen the chassis as the passenger was the first to get hit in a shunt and remount the axle.plug weld to join... mounting it similar to zakboys with u bolts, with a bit of square box slid over the chassis tube where the axle sits,perhaps shaped for the axle to sit in
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« Reply #125 on: September 30, 2011, 06:09:18 PM » |
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Instead of solid bar slugs, why not use tube. Slit it down its length then squeeze it up in a vice till its small enough to fit your tube.
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« Reply #126 on: September 30, 2011, 06:24:25 PM » |
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There is a formula on here some where for working out how much to take out of tube to make a slug. I used it to do mine and it worked spot on.I did think it was a lot to take out but no spot on.  |
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« Reply #127 on: September 30, 2011, 06:46:56 PM » |
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hi tbone, dizzy. gonna use the solid bar right past the axel and to the bumper if poss. give it extra strenght if it gets hit from back. two lengths are straight, no probs there, two will need a slight bend. hope they will bend with out creasing. may need a little heat.be stronger wher ubolts mount too.
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« Reply #128 on: October 01, 2011, 08:49:29 AM » |
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May be a stupid question but its never stopped me before, if you use solid bar slugs will it cause the tube sections near it to be weaker because the solid parts wont have the same flex?
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« Reply #129 on: October 01, 2011, 09:28:12 AM » |
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Duno but i bet some one on here will know |
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« Reply #130 on: October 01, 2011, 09:52:48 AM » |
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hollow slugs flex, better that way
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« Reply #131 on: October 01, 2011, 10:36:59 AM » |
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i was sure before, now its all gone grey.... where I'm going to put the slugs in will push them right up to a cross piece where all four chassis bits that run back to the axle stem from so it wouldn't flex from that point anyhow. will get a close up photo later, better to know before it gets done. cut 4 guess once
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« Reply #132 on: October 01, 2011, 04:27:39 PM » |
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these are the four bits to join to for the axle mount and carry on to some sort of bumper set up
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« Reply #133 on: October 01, 2011, 06:14:19 PM » |
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Tis your decision mate, but i would still opt for tube.
You`ll get better penetration on your welds and thats what i`d be more concerned with.
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« Reply #134 on: October 01, 2011, 06:35:26 PM » |
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hi tbone, as its my first build need all the advice out there. why will it give better weld.? ? am thinking because weld will not penetrate as far into solid bar... ? ?. would the solid bar still be a good idea to slot in where the axle clamps on to stop the tube crushing? ?. .
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