Flatcaps adventure into the unknown

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I'm doing a rebuild and I'm using the same lever as Gareth posted a link to. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271244137135
I think whichever cable you use it will need to be modified as every trike is different (with the exception of the factory trikes, Boom, Rewaco ect.)
If you can get a Reliant cable it will fit your wheel cylinders unless you've had a disc conversion, if you can't get a Reliant cable I used a pair of trailer cables with clevis connection at one end and cut them to suit. Something like this. http://www.autow.com/trailer-parts/trai ... bles/PCB06
Looks like yours will come out real nice :thumbsup:
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I bent some steel too a u shape squeezed a small bolt on the end and dropped some weld on it when I had made the cable to length rough but effective and cheap passed MSVA like it and has been fine since if you've got the funds buy the right stuff but if not their is always other ways :respek:
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Bit of luck today! The previous owner gave me a handbrake which fits the frame proper so all sorted! Need to weld another tab on the frame though as its only been prepped for a single wheel brake. :thumbsup:
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No photo's but managed to brave the freezing garage & begin making a bracket to mount the brake m/c. Really excited about this project but head is spinning with idea's :killing me:
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I enjoy the build and the thinking too :respek:
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Spent the last few days of my xmas break welding brackets for bits & bobs onto the frame before its stripped & sent to be powder coated in a few weeks time. It then dawned on me that the likelihood of the exhaust needing a mounting bracket or two doing was strong so some more head scratching was in order!
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Dry build the trike completely before sending it to powder coat, this will mean that you know that all the welding that needs to be done is complete, and you won't have to damage the coating when you realise you have missed a mounting or need to weld something extra.

It's something I wish I had done with mine.
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This is how I did SWMBO's last year - Lever is out of a Metro we scrapped years ago, std. clevis to single cable which I believe is a Reliant one...... perfect length down to the bellcrank and brake rod arrangement on the Regal axle.
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Have to agree with Bob there will be something you have missed or it in the wrong place .You can get away with it if your painting but buggered if you are powder coating
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Nice cans buy the way :respek:
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