Kimjon Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 Forget world peace, solving the famines in Africa, and whatever bullshit woman say about how difficult child birth is...this my dear friends has to be the most difficult problem the world has faced! No...not that No that was easy, just slap it in the mill Bingo! Yup, an innocent looking little pull start. But it's not innocent, Satan had a lead role designing this system in the 1940's when he realised humans were getting tired of killing each other in WW2... so he cursed the world with this pull start mechanism, and the suffering continues to this day! 8 hours spent on this over two days trying to figure out how the fuck this pull start works!!!! 8 Fucking hours!!!! But it now works, and I'm exhausted...my brain hurts, my fingers are bleeding and I'm covered in carcinogenic grease from 1943 when this was last assembled. 8 hours!!!! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 Girder frontend underway Still a fair bit left to do, but it will have to wait until next weekend. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transom Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Looking good the motorcycle Barry in me says that's a leaf sprung leading link fork you are building not a girder fork (girders have linkages at top not bottom) but it does look evil and dangerous so big thumbs up 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 Brought two cool new tools this week to use. 1) step drill set Which did an amazing job cutting a perfect hole to fit this volt meter in. I feel stupid for not previously owning one, as I now appreciate just how good they are. The second tool is a compact bender. I'm feverishly googling and YouTube-ing up a storm on how to set-up and use one, as I've never used one before. Looks easy, so once I get it bolted down I'll put it to use tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 Got up early, excited like a little kid on Christmas. Last night I was faced with the dilemma of where I was going to mount the compact bender. But in the early hours of the morning I had my epiphany! If I mount it with (4x) 16mm dynabolts, into the concrete floor it's going nowhere. And if positioned just out from a door pillar, I can get the full 270° of articulation when both doors are up. The arm can come off and hang on the machine, completely tucked out of the way...and it's in what I would call dead space in my shed i.e. a space that has no other use...win, win...win! It handled the 16mm cold rolled solid rod with relative ease, producing a perfect bend on my first attempt! Fuck yeah...love this tool!!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 Bit of a lazy day, didn't do a lot. But did achieve a few small steps all leading in the right direction. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98cc Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Choice! is the engine ready to run now KimJon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 1 hour ago, 98cc said: Choice! is the engine ready to run now KimJon? Ummm kind of. It's complete, but no spark yet. I've brought a couple coils and will hook those to a battery to bypass the magneto. Pete ran it like this, so I should be able to replicate his method. Engine will be next move, and the work back from there to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rot808 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 That leaf Spring front end looks so so good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 Got a bit done on the pivots this afternoon. Needs more work, but I have some ideas to improve it like turning up some more plain bearings etc First step was to fill up the original fork holes with the "hot metal glue gun", then Linisher to bring back to flat again. Then I started the pivots Plain bearings and split pins will be added later, plus tidy it up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 Logic tells me that this should work, but part of brain is not convinced? Logically, the geometry of the caliper is pivoting around the wheel centre as everything is on a fixed radius. So it shouldn't ever bind...well I think that's right? It's a bit of a mind fuck, as the wheel moves twice what the leaf spring does. But I'm sure this caliper is neural??? Ahhhh...hope I'm right??? Other than being crippled by uncertainty, I'm pretty happy with the overall concept. A disc braked leaf spring front end on a velobike. Everything will get a tidy up later, but time to move on to the next challenge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mof Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Looks good to me. Do you have a dropout in the bottom of the arm? Can you get the wheel off with the brake underneath like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 Just now, Mof said: Looks good to me. Do you have a dropout in the bottom of the arm? Can you get the wheel off with the brake underneath like that? Haha...it's like you were there, I went to take it apart and thought "dam it!". But if I loosen everything I can (only just) squeeze the wheel out. For now I'll just leave it as a hole. Can always mill it out later if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transom Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Front brake with linkage like that should cause brake force to make the front end rise = anti dive braking system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 48 minutes ago, Transom said: Front brake with linkage like that should cause brake force to make the front end rise = anti dive braking system Is that good or bad? (Just googled answer...cheers) Just did a quick test to check that caliper geometry is right, Success! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transom Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Kimjon said: St Is that good or bad? (Just googled answer...cheers) Just did a quick test to check that caliper geometry is right, Success! Yes anti dive is a known good feature of leading link forks when I have been setting up bike calipers onto odd thing I set the caliper onto the disc in the right place for pad contact up/down with the adapter attached then rubber band the brake lever to hold it all in place then rotate disc to wherever the adapter is gonna attach always make sure the disc clears the top of the pad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 24, 2017 Author Share Posted June 24, 2017 6 minutes ago, Transom said: Yes anti dive is a known good feature of leading link forks when I have been setting up bike calipers onto odd thing I set the caliper onto the disc in the right place for pad contact up/down with the adapter attached then rubber band the brake lever to hold it all in place then rotate disc to wherever the adapter is gonna attach always make sure the disc clears the top of the pad Cool, in a roundabout way that's how I did it. I used a couple cardboard shims each side of the rotor and wound in the adjustment screws on the caliper in until it gripped the rotor, then I tacked it in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 Started to teardown the motor. It's not pretty, some parts have been beaten like a ginger stepchild! Nothing to lose, going to give it a nudge and see if I can get it going? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73crownwagon Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Rule of two strokes: does it have compression? Yes... It will run 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 argh so many non-photos! keen to see pretty pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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