10-tooth on clutch, 56-tooth on hub: can I convert to pulleys and a belt?
Some things I've read on this forum recently have rekindled my interest in the possibility of running an all-belt drive.
I've got a 49cc, 4-stroke Hua Sheng 142F, mated to a Q-Matic drive. It seems like it would be a pretty simple matter of replacing the sprocket-type clutch on the Q-Matic with a clutch that has a pulley attached. And then replacing the 56-tooth final sprocket on the rear hub with a pulley of the similar 9+ inches size.
I can just find an appropriate size of belt, and then get the installed belt adequately tight with my spring-loaded tensionser.
This all seems so obviously do-able; am I missing anything here in my thinking, and are the necessary parts readily available from McMaster-Carr, et al?
Also, I wonder why the pictures of Whizzers that I see always have a rear pulley/sheave that's nearly as large in diameter as the rear wheel of the bike.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
Some things I've read on this forum recently have rekindled my interest in the possibility of running an all-belt drive.
I've got a 49cc, 4-stroke Hua Sheng 142F, mated to a Q-Matic drive. It seems like it would be a pretty simple matter of replacing the sprocket-type clutch on the Q-Matic with a clutch that has a pulley attached. And then replacing the 56-tooth final sprocket on the rear hub with a pulley of the similar 9+ inches size.
I can just find an appropriate size of belt, and then get the installed belt adequately tight with my spring-loaded tensionser.
This all seems so obviously do-able; am I missing anything here in my thinking, and are the necessary parts readily available from McMaster-Carr, et al?
Also, I wonder why the pictures of Whizzers that I see always have a rear pulley/sheave that's nearly as large in diameter as the rear wheel of the bike.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts.