Will definitely suggest to Rayne that we pin one nut to become a bolt head. Machining the other end of the axle to prevent thread damage from the set screw is something I had not thought of, but a great idea. If I could index a chuck (with a big enough through hole for the axle) in the mill to machine fine facets that would be even better.
It occurs to me that if I clamped the axle horizontally in the mill vice using a pair of lock nuts I could get six facets. Twelve would be better and there could be a way using a second set of lock nuts. Hmm! Will go to bed and ponder on it.
Anyone with further suggestions here.
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Thank you Steve, Prof, Tony for the above discussion.
Will definitely weld one side and discuss options for the other.
I put loktite on them when I got to the show on Sunday and they haven’t moved since.
The ride home was a good one and hit the twisties pretty hard with Victor to see what it had. Handled great and had a lot of confidence into the corners. Then onto the FWY and sat on 110 with no wobble etc.
I will also be cutting a couple of inches of the bottom of the bars to drop them a bit. Will see how the bars feel from there. I have a feeling I will be changing to risers and 10” apes. This may include a different top mount that has the ears, which Meatballs (Tony) sells, for dog bone risers.
Looking forward to putting some miles on now.
See y’all at the Muster.
Will definitely weld one side and discuss options for the other.
I put loktite on them when I got to the show on Sunday and they haven’t moved since.
The ride home was a good one and hit the twisties pretty hard with Victor to see what it had. Handled great and had a lot of confidence into the corners. Then onto the FWY and sat on 110 with no wobble etc.
I will also be cutting a couple of inches of the bottom of the bars to drop them a bit. Will see how the bars feel from there. I have a feeling I will be changing to risers and 10” apes. This may include a different top mount that has the ears, which Meatballs (Tony) sells, for dog bone risers.
Looking forward to putting some miles on now.
See y’all at the Muster.
Ren
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Prof
As you said 6 flats are easy to achieve. 12 is more difficult. What if you just stick to 6 flats and do 2 set screws at 90 degrees. That way you would always have a set screw bearing on a surface that opposes counter clockwise rotation. If for some reason one set screw comes out the other will still try and stop rotation.
Steve
As you said 6 flats are easy to achieve. 12 is more difficult. What if you just stick to 6 flats and do 2 set screws at 90 degrees. That way you would always have a set screw bearing on a surface that opposes counter clockwise rotation. If for some reason one set screw comes out the other will still try and stop rotation.
Steve