| Author | Message | ||
     Foximus |
So who can guess what was on the lathe tonight? 2.5" 6061 aluminum. 0.5" wall thickness. 8.125" length.  | ||
| Greg_cifu |
At 0.5" wall thickness, I hope it's not a breather (gonna be a little heavy). I'm going to go with replacement shock tube for an early S1 or S2 alloy bodied shock. | ||
| Oldog |
I think that Greg nailed it big for a catch can, or a shock resivour most shock bodies are steel keep us posted | ||
| Oldog |
rolling pin body??  | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
Awkward cookie cutter? | ||
| Foximus |
Though Greg is close in the area of the bike, Oldog is surprisingly closer actually....  | ||
| Ustorque |
Pepper mill? | ||
| Duceater |
exhaust can? | ||
| Foximus |
This might throw you off.... however.. I'll be selling my rear PM wheel in about a week.... | ||
| Brinnutz |
Is that the mount for that swingarm you've been wanting to mount? | ||
| Foximus |
GD it.... damn your memory. | ||
| Brinnutz |
So, with the win, I'll take a custom something or another in the future. And, you're welcome. =) | ||
| Foximus |
Dropped the swing arm off at the machine shop today to get the bore notched in it. Hoping to have it mounted by monday. Not sure you have too much else left on your bike to swap out other than that bulky headlight. lol | ||
| Foximus |
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| 01x1buell |
i was trained on lathes a while back, maybe i should get one, how much did you pay for that one? | ||
| Foximus |
i traded my industrial Carolina Bandsaw for it... but you can pick something up like this for $400 or so, with an additional $100-200 in jaws and toolings. my only complaint is the jaws are a bit small. On one of the last passes last night just pipe jumped out and marred the end a bit. | ||
| 01x1buell |
that is not a bad price at all, I do not have alot of experience on them buti would say a little bit over a year on a big industrial one i might have to buy one just so i can have it in the future. BTW great work on the pieces and i know welding aluminium is a royal pain in the ass. | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
Ehh ,not much room for a dust seal! But it looks you did not press the bearing cups in completely ,right!? It looks promising  | ||
| Foximus |
they are pressed in. There are no dust seals on the swing arms. The race face sits on the swing arm lug. Should have the swing arm back tomorrow ready to be welded. (or so I'm told. Who knows if he'll actually finished it.) | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
http://www.americansportbike.com/shoponline/ccp0-p rodshow/17090.html | ||
| Brinnutz |
You should definitely have some on there. FYI. Or, be prepared for very occasional bearing failure. The fit right in so it shouldn't be a problem, you just need the right ones if they're different bearings than stock. | ||
| Foximus |
Ah... neat. alrighty. Anyone have a timkin part number so I dont have to order through him? | ||
| Foximus |
203025 timkin. Edit. Wrong part number... (Message edited by foximus on August 02, 2012) | ||
| Foximus |
By the way... making things is so exciting. I'll be sad when I finish. Does anyone want to buy a reinforced steel swing arm? | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
This are the seals for the steel swingarms 14840 http://www.etrailer.com/Seals-for-Trailer-Bearings /TruRyde/10-9.html Making it yourself is half the fun!  | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
By the way Fox ,you know that the thickest side of the swingarm spacers are sticking into the swingarm for around 7 millimeters!? that's also the area where the dust seal is  | ||
| Foximus |
What?! damnit. back to the lathe... Gr. I knew I should have taken the swing arm off first. Do you happen to have a measurement of any sort? Does the outside of the lug end up flush with the outside of the mounting block? Thanks for saving me some trouble. | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
Yes the outside of the lug ends are flush with the outside of the mounting block.   | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
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| Foximus |
thankyou. Hopefully my spare set of mounting slugs will be in the mail today... as the swing arm should be done at the machine shop now as well... | ||
| Foximus |
grr... nevermind it seems he just shipped them out today. le sigh. | ||
| Sanddamaged |
What swingarm are you fitting to your bike? | ||
| Foximus |
Ducati 996 |
