A truly fascinating article Zak; I saw trikes with this done in the Seventies and wondered what was involved, thanks for taking the time to post all that.
One thing I was always curious about - how does the diff survive all the grit and water that the chain throws into it? I always thought an M-Z style chain enclosure would have been desirable.
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Pete
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Cheers Pete, any prob with sh!t and grit geting in there is a good point,iv never wanted a chain drive trike so have never used this convertion on a trike my self so dont know if there is a prob, if there is then i dont think it would be to difficult to fabricate some kinda of guard around the chain holes to help to deflect grit and crap. you can up grade this convertion by fabricating a oil tank around the planet gears on to the crown wheel witch would also stop any grit and crap geting in to the main gubings.... but that will have to be for another day.panheadpete wrote:A truly fascinating article Zak; I saw trikes with this done in the Seventies and wondered what was involved, thanks for taking the time to post all that.
One thing I was always curious about - how does the diff survive all the grit and water that the chain throws into it? I always thought an M-Z style chain enclosure would have been desirable.
Cheers,
Pete
but good point Pete would be intresting to hear from any one who has or still use's this convertion to see if there is a prob to be had
this convertion could prob be used as a belt drive axle as well by just using a pully instead of a sprocket
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lol cheers xjs10, i just think its best to try and show these things in a simple way with lots of pictures with a thought in mind that there may be a compleat novice who may want to follow thisxjs10 wrote:Top thread Zak....you should have been a teacher.....I might have paid more attention to you when I was at school....
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