Manky Monkey Motors

hello all, can any one make me a set of axle clamps or provide the metal to make them with as describe by manky and t-bone as i cant get hold of small amounts of material, at cost of course,
any help would be appreciated,thanks.
Merv

Hi Merv, have you had any luck with these yet?
I dont think i have any 2" ID tube in the shed, will take a look for you but that wont be until monday.
There are other options available to you though. I was considering using flat plates bolted together using 3 crush tubes top & bottom of the axle, the centre crush tube could be welded to the axle as an anti-rotation device.

Thanks tbone,i haven't had any luck yet  there's no hurry im just collecting all the main ingredients to start my trike, the kids have asked me what i wont for christmas so i asked for a pipe bender,cant wait to see what i get

Always a tricky one ..letting family buy tools for you! Just my 2p......I used a Clarke bender and it was fine!

Sorry Merv, as i thought, no tube...........
But i did find 2 clamps that i`d nearly made earlier.
I started a pair but abandonded them when i went for an MGB axle instead of a Reliant one.
They need finishing off, but are complete. I`ll sort a picture later............

One picture.....

thanks t bone,how much would you want for them,they be a big help
merv

PM me your address please  ;)

hi rodeo, it was the Clarke bender i showed the wife and told her that was the only one i wanted
merv

thats not very nice,tbone is the only one trying to help me out
merv

hi tbone did you get my address

clamps are very nice but im workin on hidden bolts not like somting you see on a penny thing out side off woolwrths with a dog in plastick cuz iv worn them

I did. The clamps should be on your doorstep by now  ;)

tbone you are a star,you must live close by,we have to get to gether and i buy you a pint or some thing,Were do you buy your pipe from to do your frames just so i know who to try thanks

Watkins & Powis....Turn right at McDonalds,off the bristol road, follow the road round to the left and they`re on the left hand side.
The stuff comes in 9.5mtr lengths so get them to chop it into 2x3 mtrs and a 3.5mtr then you can get it home (they may charge extra for cutting it, depends who`s in).

Oh and its worth having a peek at their off cut rack for some larger stuff to do the top centre rail. They wont offer to show you so you need to ask!

thanks mate, what do i ask for and do you know how much they charge?forgot about them .

Corus INSTALL+TM, welded steel tube (also known as gas list and previously specified to BS 1387) suitable for general purpose
conveyance and pressure applications.
Thats the posh name for it anyway  ;D
Now, pipe is sized by its nominal inside I.D. and this is what you ask for, but you also need to specify "medium" or "heavy" and this refers to the wall thickness.

Andy (manky monkey) uses 1"  heavy pipe on his frames. Thats 1" I.D. with a wall thickness of 4mm and an O.D. of around 33.5mm.
For my last current one, i opted to go smaller at 3/4" heavy. Thats 3/4" I.D. 3.2mm wall and O.D. of 26.9mm.
That`ll take care of the majority of the frame, the main top centre rail needs to be bigger at around 1 1/2" or so.

Its really up to you which you use, personaly i feel the 3/4" is fine but that is the smallest you wanna go  ;)

Price wise  ??? its been a while since i bought any and the price on steel fluctuates a lot. £60 should be in the ballpark, but dont quote me on that!

Is that steam pipe tbone?

Thanks for all the help you been,hope i can help you out one day.Still like to meet up with another person who have an intrest in trikes,i dont no of any other

Thats the stuff  ;)

Are your old drum parts looking for a new home?
i saw on another page that you was asking about the drum parts from some one who was doing a disc conversion.If you still want these you can have mine soon as i can get my hands on a slide hammer to pull my half shafts.the axle was off a working reliant so should be alright

No problem buddy. My interests are many and varied, just as well really cos my attention span is tiny  ;D
If you pack the brake parts in a box n shove my name on it, i`ll be happy to take them off your hands when the time comes, thank you.

ok,i let you know when i boxed all the parts up