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Title: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: TwistedPatience on May 10, 2014, 11:15:56 AM I've not been very active on here so i thought it was time to update the progress of the Tot rod that I started building for my daughter last year.
Still in the first build stage at the moment but coming along nicely. Major time was spent building a steering rack for it using a C50 timing chain and a sprocket that happened to be lying around. Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: TwistedPatience on May 10, 2014, 11:17:39 AM .
Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: TwistedPatience on May 10, 2014, 11:19:21 AM .
Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: panthershaun on May 10, 2014, 05:11:32 PM 8) 8) 8) cool
Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: BikerGran on May 10, 2014, 05:22:14 PM That's gorgeous!
Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: kevsky on May 10, 2014, 06:03:05 PM very nice any pics of the steering rack
Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: poprodder on May 10, 2014, 07:42:26 PM nice, but will it pass biva?
Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: Manky Monkey on May 10, 2014, 07:42:55 PM Yeah, I'm curious about the steering linkage now. Cool bonnet badge!
You realise young Scarlett will have outgrown it by the time it's finished?! Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: the coppersmith on May 10, 2014, 08:08:48 PM Thanks, just shown great grandson Oscar, Ozzie to me, and he wants one, but not pink, why??
Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: TwistedPatience on May 11, 2014, 06:56:11 AM I will try to draw it out but basically you weld a chain onto a round or square bar with balljoints on either end, mount a sprocket above or below the chain making sure it's meshed correctly, house it and mount it.
Any questions? Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: TwistedPatience on May 11, 2014, 07:05:32 AM Photo's of steering rack and steering Column.
Rack give me lock to lock in just under 1 full turn. Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: TwistedPatience on May 11, 2014, 07:06:00 AM Steering column made using two 1/4" universal joints.
Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: TwistedPatience on May 11, 2014, 07:06:24 AM Block on the back of the rack has one of the two bearings in.
Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: Manky Monkey on May 11, 2014, 08:35:18 PM that's clever. Whatever happened to go carts with a bit of string to steer with!
Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: Baychimp on May 12, 2014, 12:38:32 AM that's clever. Whatever happened to go carts with a bit of string to steer with! The trouble is that you can't get the right grade of string these days. And its far to complex to fit.Title: Re: The Scarlett Speedster Post by: Olds on May 12, 2014, 11:20:46 AM weld a chain onto a round or square bar with balljoints on either end, mount a sprocket above or below the chain making sure it's meshed correctly, Nice bit of lateral thinking. :) |