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Irish John
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Day 8 on the Fosscati FG4 Indian Pacific
Today I cut the mudguard with a hacksaw to let the chain pass. Filed it smooth and painted it black to match the original. Also greased the gearbox.
I think I should maybe have mounted the engine a bit further forward cos the gap between the drive sprocket freewheel and the seat tube isn't wide enough to get a chain through without breaking the chain each time it needs to be put on. I could move the engine forward by iunbolting it and turning the tray around but that would be over a days work cos of the way I have nuts on all the bolts so I won't be doing that. The mere thought of it fills me with dread.
The chain will be quite short and I don't know how that will affect the power transmission to the rear wheel. If the sprockets don't get a really good line I might have to remount the whole thing to give more length but I've found that the motor always has to go as far as possible to the drive side to get the best line. I wonder why the tray slots go so far to the right when nobody could use them in that positon. When I get the mudguard back on I'll be able to see hoe the alignment is. That will be tomorrow.
Every time I remove the back wheel it takes ages to get the plastic Nexus 7 hub clips to go back into their slots. Apparently it is a well known nightmare known to all owners of Shimano 7 & * speed internal hubs. I hate the coaster brake slightly more than I used to which I thought was impossible to exceed on the hatred scale. The front V-brakes on the springer forks squal like mad and I can't figure out why. Trials will be postponed til Tuesday now.
Today I cut the mudguard with a hacksaw to let the chain pass. Filed it smooth and painted it black to match the original. Also greased the gearbox.
I think I should maybe have mounted the engine a bit further forward cos the gap between the drive sprocket freewheel and the seat tube isn't wide enough to get a chain through without breaking the chain each time it needs to be put on. I could move the engine forward by iunbolting it and turning the tray around but that would be over a days work cos of the way I have nuts on all the bolts so I won't be doing that. The mere thought of it fills me with dread.
The chain will be quite short and I don't know how that will affect the power transmission to the rear wheel. If the sprockets don't get a really good line I might have to remount the whole thing to give more length but I've found that the motor always has to go as far as possible to the drive side to get the best line. I wonder why the tray slots go so far to the right when nobody could use them in that positon. When I get the mudguard back on I'll be able to see hoe the alignment is. That will be tomorrow.
Every time I remove the back wheel it takes ages to get the plastic Nexus 7 hub clips to go back into their slots. Apparently it is a well known nightmare known to all owners of Shimano 7 & * speed internal hubs. I hate the coaster brake slightly more than I used to which I thought was impossible to exceed on the hatred scale. The front V-brakes on the springer forks squal like mad and I can't figure out why. Trials will be postponed til Tuesday now.