Tri-cruiser axles

[jimFPU]

Brad, can you expand the build detail for the Tri-cruiser? I see it is quite a bit different from the Street Fighter/Fox set up, but looks as though it may be easier to build. Any help? Pics?

[AtomicZombie]

That trike uses exactly the same parts, but cost more to build since you have to have the small round section drilled to 14mm. I do not plan to explore that design again in the future.

Brad


Brad, can you expand the build detail for the Tri-cruiser? I see it is quite a bit different from the Street Fighter/Fox set up, but looks as though it may be easier to build. Any help? Pics?

[jimFPU]

Sorry for the confusion, what I was referring to when I asked is what I was looking at while typing. Since you have absolutely no way of knowing what that was lemme 'splain'.

I was referring only to the front axle part, and would that work on the SF/SF? You have a close up in the gallery, but I really can't tell what/how you did it. I suppose I'm looking to see if it is easier to do it that way as opposed to doing the tab welding as the other plans call for...see what I mean?

[AtomicZombie]

No problem, I totally understood. Same answer though.

Brad

[jimFPU]

OK, then. No worries.

[TheKid]

Why can't you drill it yourself?

[AtomicZombie]

You would need a good drill press that couild handle putting a 14mm bit perfectly straight through 1.5 inches of steel. Also, the tube itself was machined. The tab axle mounting solution is virtually free.

Brad


Why can't you drill it yourself?

[TheKid]

On one version of a steering column for my old quad, I slipped a piece of pipe over a steering tube with the fork cut off, and put a 1/4" bolt through the whole thing. When I tightened the bolt. it squeezed the steering tube, which I naturally discovered was actually two pieces, the tube, and the fork. Those were only tack welded together, and the force of tightening the bolt separated them. I took it apart and braised the fork and steering tubes all around the bottom. Now the holes didn't line up anymore, so I enlarged them to 1/2". That did the trick. It wasn't hard to drill through the tubes, but for steering on a tadpole or quad, I could see how drilling perfrectly straight at a precise angle on two tubes with a hand drill would be difficult. There are plans out there that show how it's done, but I think the tab or tube methods offer easy solutions to correct errors. It's easier to cut a tab or tube, move it into the correct position and reweld it, than to fill in a hole and redrill it.

[AtomicZombie]

Yes the tab method is SO much easier (and lighter) - I tried many other ways as well.

Brad


On one version of a steering column for my old quad, I slipped a piece of pipe over a steering tube with the fork cut off, and put a 1/4" bolt through the whole thing. When I tightened the bolt. it squeezed the steering tube, which I naturally discovered was actually two pieces, the tube, and the fork. Those were only tack welded together, and the force of tightening the bolt separated them. I took it apart and braised the fork and steering tubes all around the bottom. Now the holes didn't line up anymore, so I enlarged them to 1/2". That did the trick. It wasn't hard to drill through the tubes, but for steering on a tadpole or quad, I could see how drilling perfrectly straight at a precise angle on two tubes with a hand drill would be difficult. There are plans out there that show how it's done, but I think the tab or tube methods offer easy solutions to correct errors. It's easier to cut a tab or tube, move it into the correct position and reweld it, than to fill in a hole and redrill it.