[GoodKat]

Ok, so I gotta take a break building this because of COVID - 19.

Everyone in the household has it. Even tho we limited the public exposure, ALWAYS wearing masks in public (mandatory by law) and keeping social distancing as much as possible, somehow it got to us.

Muscle aches, runny nose, fever and a cough. FUUUCK!!!

 

[Bandit1052]

I wish you a speedy recovery in overcoming this insidious disease.

 

[GoodKat]

I wish you a speedy recovery in overcoming this insidious disease.

Thank you so much, sir! Everyone feels a little bit better than few days ago, no more fever, only the muscle aches and general bad disposition, but this is not that serious.

 

[GoodKat]

Back in business.

Today I managed to put together the rearsets and the brackets I've made.

It's a first time for me, everything was made from scratch.

Not perfect, the left adapter bracket warped a bit when the final welds were made, I'll massage it back, but I am pretty happy about the results.

Still need to finish them.







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[Mattson]

I like the looks of that (stores the idea to be stolen on some future project)

 

[rex_saugerty]

Thats a neat idea

 

[GoodKat]

I like the looks of that (stores the idea to be stolen on some future project)

Can't wait to finish them. The pictures are before final welds. I paid a welder to TIG them for me. When I got home, I did a test by bolting one to the frame and let my weight on it and it holds me, so everything should be safe & sound 😁

Now...just need to remove all the burrs and give them a good clean.

 

[GoodKat]

Finished the shifter side linkage. Shifts smoothly, 0 binding, pretty happy about how it turned out.

Stainless steel hardware, bolts, shift rod, adapters.






Now...let's see how the brake side will turn out...

 

[GoodKat]

Here's a little video showing the shifting mechanism in action.

 

[GoodKat]

This evening I did some work on the brake side. This is a trial, this is not the final form, I need to improve the design but now I got some clear lines.

Things to improve:

• increase the thread diameter from 6mm to 8mm.
• make the bends near the mounting points so the bending angles are not as sharp, will help by reducing any flex since a straight rod cannot be used.

Also I did the torque arm out of 5x30mm stainless flat bar.

 

[GoodKat]

Today I did this clevis rod end out of some stainless flat bar and a long nut.

Took me the better of two hours, now I think I would be able to make it faster, but if I would have the chance, I would buy it...the problem is that I don't know where I could buy it from.

Probably a machine shop could make some pretty fast, I don't need them to be finished, I can do that myself. Only two holes (8mm thread for the longitudinal hole) a 6mm hole for the transversal one and a 5mm wide slit for 30mm or so, but no one is willing to do just a few.

 

[GoodKat]

Today did some work:

Made a new brake rod out of 8mm stainless rod, with new angles, a safety pin for the clevis rod end, also stainless, and this drum arm plug, also stainless.

Comparison old vs new:

 

[GoodKat]

 

[GoodKat]

Today I've finished the rear brake, seems to work as expected.

& Built the front mud guard mounts:

 

[GoodKat]

Today had only one hour of work time, so I did something small.

I wasn't happy with the rear brake lever knob, so I've made some kind of a pedal tip to bolt to the lever.

A bit of stainless, from this:



A bit of filing, to this: