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Front Motor Mounts seem to be a problem, I wound up brazing the
mount plate after fixing in place with a sheetmetal screw into a hole
drilled in frame. Since I brazed all the way around, I'm not too worried
about cracking, the Huffy is made of a mild, malible steel, which takes
braze beautifully. I plan to use studs, and coupler nuts to add a second
brace, should the weld fail. This setup would include some vibration dampening. The mount for the Grubee Skyhawk is a mousetrap when
you get the studs to clear the * fat * frame tube, they are out of plumb with
the engine casting. I thought of bashing in the tube, to clear mount,
building a press to indent the downtube , or my current train of thought,
brazing. The supplied chain idler was a big dissapointment, I'm thinking
of using a motorcycle Cam Chain tensionizer, wish I could go back 20 years
to ' The Den of Thieves ' Motorcycle Salvage [ not their real name, everyone called them that ] and pick through the numerous pails of engine
parts. I've been inspired more than once doing that.
I'll send some photos, when parts are here.
mount plate after fixing in place with a sheetmetal screw into a hole
drilled in frame. Since I brazed all the way around, I'm not too worried
about cracking, the Huffy is made of a mild, malible steel, which takes
braze beautifully. I plan to use studs, and coupler nuts to add a second
brace, should the weld fail. This setup would include some vibration dampening. The mount for the Grubee Skyhawk is a mousetrap when
you get the studs to clear the * fat * frame tube, they are out of plumb with
the engine casting. I thought of bashing in the tube, to clear mount,
building a press to indent the downtube , or my current train of thought,
brazing. The supplied chain idler was a big dissapointment, I'm thinking
of using a motorcycle Cam Chain tensionizer, wish I could go back 20 years
to ' The Den of Thieves ' Motorcycle Salvage [ not their real name, everyone called them that ] and pick through the numerous pails of engine
parts. I've been inspired more than once doing that.
I'll send some photos, when parts are here.
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