Sgt. Howard
Active Member
As stated- I did not really like the rag mount on my cheap Wally World Cranbrick with HT motor kit, so I ordered the aformentioned item sans sprocket. Order was placed Saturday. Arrived here in WA state today. Included two Pirate stickers and a lollypop... nice touch, that lollypop. Unfortunatly both boys saw the thing and the fight ensued... oh well, the old man claims it as it was mailed to me any ways.
I ordered the mount designed for the Worksman as a vernier caliper showed my Huffy hub to be in tolerance for the same. Took off all the screws when I got it and fitted it to the hub- thumb pressure locked the silly thing in place!!! Talk about a perfect fit...
This is a relatively hard aircraft aluminum milled item- you still see mild milling marks on the surface, but for $45 I would hardly expect to see 2-3 hrs worth of buffing on the finished product. I assume it would jewel very nicely, should you want to put in the effort, or polish up to blinding for that matter- but it's a hub to sprocket connector widget thingy (I belive that is the correct technical phrase) and such things do not have to be showy they only have to work right. Two bolts hold the two halves to the hub, then three bolts attatch the sprocket to the side. Unfortunatly, the holes on a HT kit are in a smaller circle that those of the mount- you will have to CAREFULLY measure and drill should you decide to use the origional sprocket. Also they are of larger diameter... I have not measured them yet, but I suspect they might be SAE as opposed to metric, I will find out later and post my results. Very well designed, alignment of the sprocket should be quite easy now once I have the holes drilled where they need to go.
On another note- I am building two cedar and oak pannier boxes for the rear rack. Interior dimentions are 9.5" Tall x 8" long x 3.5" thick. That allows them to be flush with the back of my rack while allowing room for my heels when pedaling with ample room for one 2stroke oil measuring bottle AND an ACE HARDWARE 1 quart can of 40to1 premixed fuel (my spare gas can) in one box- the other box will hold goggles, gloves and minor do-dads (another technical phrase). Up 'till now, I was in a minor tailspin as to what graphixs to put on these boxes(I WAS considering cigar box artwok as they will LOOK like cigar boxes pressed into service) the inclusion of the "Pirate Cycle" stickers settles THAT issue nicely!
the Old Sgt.
I ordered the mount designed for the Worksman as a vernier caliper showed my Huffy hub to be in tolerance for the same. Took off all the screws when I got it and fitted it to the hub- thumb pressure locked the silly thing in place!!! Talk about a perfect fit...
This is a relatively hard aircraft aluminum milled item- you still see mild milling marks on the surface, but for $45 I would hardly expect to see 2-3 hrs worth of buffing on the finished product. I assume it would jewel very nicely, should you want to put in the effort, or polish up to blinding for that matter- but it's a hub to sprocket connector widget thingy (I belive that is the correct technical phrase) and such things do not have to be showy they only have to work right. Two bolts hold the two halves to the hub, then three bolts attatch the sprocket to the side. Unfortunatly, the holes on a HT kit are in a smaller circle that those of the mount- you will have to CAREFULLY measure and drill should you decide to use the origional sprocket. Also they are of larger diameter... I have not measured them yet, but I suspect they might be SAE as opposed to metric, I will find out later and post my results. Very well designed, alignment of the sprocket should be quite easy now once I have the holes drilled where they need to go.
On another note- I am building two cedar and oak pannier boxes for the rear rack. Interior dimentions are 9.5" Tall x 8" long x 3.5" thick. That allows them to be flush with the back of my rack while allowing room for my heels when pedaling with ample room for one 2stroke oil measuring bottle AND an ACE HARDWARE 1 quart can of 40to1 premixed fuel (my spare gas can) in one box- the other box will hold goggles, gloves and minor do-dads (another technical phrase). Up 'till now, I was in a minor tailspin as to what graphixs to put on these boxes(I WAS considering cigar box artwok as they will LOOK like cigar boxes pressed into service) the inclusion of the "Pirate Cycle" stickers settles THAT issue nicely!
the Old Sgt.