Saturday 26 April 2008

26th April 2008 - Brake mounts

Fabricated the two brake mounts for the Cleveland brakes. Using the standard Vans 500 * 5 Cleveland wheels the mount tubes needed to be 1-1/4" long rather than the length called for in the plans. This ensures that the wheel bearings and oil seal rings are not running on the axle threads. The rings were cut from 1/16" 4130 sheet using a 68mm bi-metal holesaw to create the outer diameter of 2-1/2". Then a 1-3/8" holesaw was used on the same centre to cut out for the axle tube. The brake mount holes were drilled using the brakes themselves as a pattern. The mounts still need final welding and match drilling to the axles.



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