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« Reply #165 on: December 26, 2016, 10:48:50 PM » |
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Made a couple more body mounts as it is only held in place by the outriggers. A simple stay bar for the front end  D72 British Bellytank  D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #166 on: December 26, 2016, 10:57:37 PM » |
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Some plates on the end of each outrigger. These stop the body moving side to side on the outriggers and may or may not have matching plates on the outside.  D72 British Bellytank A couple more tabs each side of the rear axle.  D72 British Bellytank And one at the rear, work in progress at the moment while we finish the push bar at the rear.  D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #167 on: December 26, 2016, 11:43:40 PM » |
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Accelerator pedal was going to be floor mounted but with the steering rack moved down it now has to be fitted here.  D72 British Bellytank Made a couple of tabs with possible adjustment holes and a pedal arm going down.  D72 British Bellytank Little dog leg in arm so in middle of available space and a small side bracket to hold the cable end.  D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #168 on: December 26, 2016, 11:51:04 PM » |
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Small tab on side of safety cell to hold the cable.  D72 British Bellytank  D72 British Bellytank And the pedal and toe hook, rough at the moment but will tidy up.  D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #169 on: December 26, 2016, 11:57:23 PM » |
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Better view of accelerator pedal. Toe hook is to allow you to pull the pedal back up in case it sticks, will also have two return springs at the other end on the carb and maybe a spring on the pedal shaft itself. Safety first.   D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #170 on: December 27, 2016, 01:16:02 AM » |
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Gear linkage, with the gearbox now being behind the driver instead of along side your feet the cable would not reach and there was no room for the shifter itself. So being proud owners of push rod brake bicycles we copied that idea. Had a set of 10mm linear bearings which were meant to be used on the trike for that gear linkage. fitted one by the rear outrigger and one by the front outrigger with a length of 10mm bar between. Rear.  D72 British Bellytank Front.  D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #171 on: December 27, 2016, 01:27:32 AM » |
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Connected up to a simple lever.  D72 British Bellytank Which then moved from here...  D72 British Bellytank to here.  D72 British Bellytank Had too much travel at the top which we could sort by moving the pivot point but it just seemed wrong to use and difficult to know what gear you were in. Cut it off and start again. |
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« Reply #172 on: January 01, 2017, 10:16:53 PM » |
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Gear linkage number 2 made and slowly evolving into number 3, will post pics when whole set up is working. Decided to make a start on the firewall. Made a template out of hardboard first before marking up some ali sheet. The firewall is made in three parts and held on a 1x1" flange on the bottom half and a 2x1" flange on the top half as this is also part of the engine cover.  D72 British Bellytank  D72 British Bellytank Templates made to overlap each other.  D72 British Bellytank Test fitting and hardly any trimming needed as it should be a circle.  D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #173 on: January 01, 2017, 10:34:33 PM » |
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Marked out the top section now known as the 'mushroom' and the two side sections on to the ali sheet and cut using a slit disc and steady hand.  D72 British Bellytank 2 side sections made with the overlap needed. Also started planning swage lines but am limited by the reach of the swager.  D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #174 on: January 01, 2017, 10:42:04 PM » |
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Came out like this. Kept the swage lines simple as did not want to risk messing it up with too many bends.  D72 British Bellytank One remark was 'Optimus Primes cod piece'   D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #175 on: January 02, 2017, 07:59:35 AM » |
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Fitted the lower flanges, made out of 2mm ali same as firewall. Barely fits in the shrinker at 2 mm but after a bit of work it works, will clean up the marks left by the shrinker later on.  D72 British Bellytank Cut the holes in side panels for chassis tubes and test fitted.  D72 British Bellytank  D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #176 on: January 02, 2017, 08:02:37 AM » |
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And the top flanges made the same way as the lower ones just wider so they can be part of the engine cover.  D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #177 on: January 02, 2017, 09:41:20 AM » |
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Reminds me of Captain America's shield, strapped to his back  Looks very nearly complete once you start putting panels in. Nice work Sir. |
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« Reply #178 on: January 02, 2017, 07:20:10 PM » |
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Can't fit the top flanges till we know where the engine cover is and cant do that till we know where the exhausts are going to exit so body back on and cut out the holes for the exhausts. Best pic at the moment, have been cut down to about 9" and a stay bar welded between them.  D72 British Bellytank  D72 British Bellytank |
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« Reply #179 on: January 02, 2017, 07:25:52 PM » |
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Ooh, that's gonna be loud! |
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