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crackmonkey YaBB Newbies Offline nothing to see here. keep moving Posts: 42 Hagerstown, MD Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #150 - 01/24/11 at 17:55:17 nice tool re-purpose! so you are doing a chain conversion aswell?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: The project begins Reply #151 - 01/24/11 at 18:49:56 I love winning against a problem like that/. Wanna come unclog this drain now, smartypants?
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #152 - 01/25/11 at 07:37:17 crackmonkey wrote on 01/24/11 at 17:55:17: so you are doing a chain conversion aswell?
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Boule’tard Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Master of the Obvious Posts: 1620 Austin TX Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #153 - 01/25/11 at 09:03:02 You could probably win the current scavenger hunt (over in the cafe, challenge proposed by youzguyz) just by taking a photo of this project. Winter project with the highest number of detached parts wins.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #154 - 01/25/11 at 11:35:59 Would I show the naked frame or the trash barrel full of parts?
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2538 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #155 - 01/25/11 at 12:44:50 MotoBuddha wrote on 01/25/11 at 11:35:59: Would I show the naked frame or the trash barrel full of parts? Saw the pretty pictures. Wanna see the barrel too!!
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crackmonkey YaBB Newbies Offline nothing to see here. keep moving Posts: 42 Hagerstown, MD Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #156 - 01/25/11 at 13:23:46 very cool... since you did that you probably could have used some other wheel and converted to disk brakes as well
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #157 - 01/25/11 at 14:08:15 youzguyz wrote on 01/25/11 at 12:44:50: MotoBuddha wrote on 01/25/11 at 11:35:59: Would I show the naked frame or the trash barrel full of parts? Saw the pretty pictures. Wanna see the barrel too!!
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #158 - 01/25/11 at 14:17:11 Hope you're throwing that away, I see a couple of things some will want.
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Reply #159 - 01/25/11 at 14:18:00

crackmonkey wrote on 01/25/11 at 13:23:46:

very cool... since you did that you probably could have used some other wheel and converted to disk brakes as well

Maybe phase two. But there's a lot to be said for the simplicity of a drum brake on the rear.

What I'm itching to do for phase two is fix the way the left side of the swingarm arcs out to clear the belt and pulley that aren't there anymore. Seems like I could get a second swing arm, cut both in half, weld the two right sides together, then cut the axle end & shock mount off the new left side and weld on the axle end from the old left side. Then shorten the upper shock mount to match.

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #160 - 01/25/11 at 14:18:30 verslagen1 wrote on 01/25/11 at 14:17:11: Hope you're throwing that away, I see a couple of things some will want. There will be a sale.
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Reply #161 - 01/25/11 at 20:15:48

The tool solution in reply #145 above got me thinking about how to tighten and loosen the new sprocket without the engine together, or just more elegantly than the usual chain-wheel-brake-2x4 method.

The sprocket has three holes. I don't know what their purpose is, but I can make use of them.

So I designed an easy-to-make tool. A piece if steel bar, drilled for a couple of bolts. One bolt fits in the larger hole (deeper than shown here) and the other rests against the outer edge of the sprocket or on top of the chain if it's in place. The question is whether there's clearance to get at the nut. Gotta go measure. Maybe the tool attaches to the back of the sprocket.

It would give me the leverage I need to keep the sprocket from spinning.

I think the same basic idea would work on the pulley. One bolt goes inside the lip, the other outside, against the belt. Or turn around the bolt further from the end so the head sticks out and engages between the pulley teeth to keep the pulley from spinning between the bolts.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: The project begins Reply #162 - 01/25/11 at 21:23:55 Why not leave it off till its easy to put on?
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james may Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 252 holyoke, ma Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #163 - 01/25/11 at 21:26:27 That's cool looking graphic did you use a CAD program to design it or some kind of paint? It's got a more cartoony and vivid look that most of the CAD program full skins i've used. But it's deffinately 3d like.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #164 - 01/26/11 at 04:57:45 james may wrote on 01/25/11 at 21:26:27: That's cool looking graphic did you use a CAD program to design it or some kind of paint? It's got a more cartoony and vivid look that most of the CAD program full skins i've used. But it's deffinately 3d like. I did it with Illustrator.
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