meridianPeteJ
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Your axel nuts look worn like mine are so you need to check them often cause the get loose. Either double nut them or check after every ride and when mine get loose thats when trike feels kinda shaky
yesterday when I put the whee back on after the sprcket change , I was sinning the wheek asItightebed the axke nut , if I really tighten down on the nut hard , the wheel becomes hard to turn , I changed the bearings on the wheel , maybe the washer under the nut is causing it to get tight , maybe it is the nature of the beastYour axel nuts look worn like mine are so you need to check them often cause the get loose. Either double nut them or check after every ride and when mine get loose thats when trike feels kinda shaky
I will take pics of how I made the motor adjustable and I will post later today. Makes it easy to adjust for slackI like the double nut idea --- a 1/2 nut ( jam nut ) would be the proper way to go
You know that saying every action has an opposite reaction :
After changing the sprocket from 44 to 50 , I had to increase the length of the chain by adding 3 links and another master link , now the chain jumped off twice yesterday , got to figurethat one out ........ suppose to rain " bad " for the next three days
Nice link ... that 1/2 nut lock nutis cool , 1/2 nut jam nut is what I need , I could cut a full nut in half with the band sawThere are lots of different types of self locking nuts....... look here
I did the same thing as you , might have learned it from you , as I learned it from this site ---- going to take a pic when I go outside , the rain is almost here , heard it is Baton Rouge , 90 miles away - 30 minutes agoI have always done the same with lock nuts so thats a good thing to know about replacement. My big brainstorm on making motor adjustable is just reversing the bolts so you can move motor up and downView attachment 203874