I put together my first kit (this one) in my sister's gravel driveway.
One of the many times the bike fell over, i lost the bits that go through the housing to disengage the clutch. I put a bolt in there of about the right size just so i could test it out, it works but it ain't quite right. If someone has one of these 48cc motors apart right now, and would be so gracious, i'd much appreciate the specs of the push rod and the bearing. I think that's all i'm missing. I never even saw the things so i don't know what they look like.
I need my ride and it's awkward for me to order stuff and get it to where i'm [strike]hiding out[/strike] living. So i need to fabricate something maybe a little better than just a bolt.
Is it usually substantially more difficult to pedal a bike once it's all converted, because of the weight and the turning of the extra chain and all? I thought i had the clutch full disengaged but it's hard to get the rig rolling.
-> UPDATE - i found the ball bearing, which was the bit i was most concerned about
but it would still be helpful if someone could describe the pin, i.e. length and diameter and is it rounded on the ends and if so, how much, etc. Thanks.
-> UPDATE II - So i spent about an hour with a bolt and a grinding wheel, manufacturing what i imagined the pin should look like. Thought i had it, so i took off down the road but it jammed up and the clutch wouldn't engage so i went back to grind some more. When i took the plate off, the bearing dropped out into the gravel again, which was to be expected but what i didn't expect was, as i watched where the bearing was bouncing, i spotted the pin. It was about thirty feet from where i was working, and about fifty feet from where i found the bearing.
Of course i was so happy to spot the pin, i lost track of where the bearing was bouncing so i spent the next hour combing through the gravel.
But who knows, maybe i lost the bearing again, just so i'd miss the truck that would've hit me if i had taken off right after finding the pin.
Thanks,
-Joe:-
One of the many times the bike fell over, i lost the bits that go through the housing to disengage the clutch. I put a bolt in there of about the right size just so i could test it out, it works but it ain't quite right. If someone has one of these 48cc motors apart right now, and would be so gracious, i'd much appreciate the specs of the push rod and the bearing. I think that's all i'm missing. I never even saw the things so i don't know what they look like.
I need my ride and it's awkward for me to order stuff and get it to where i'm [strike]hiding out[/strike] living. So i need to fabricate something maybe a little better than just a bolt.
Is it usually substantially more difficult to pedal a bike once it's all converted, because of the weight and the turning of the extra chain and all? I thought i had the clutch full disengaged but it's hard to get the rig rolling.
-> UPDATE - i found the ball bearing, which was the bit i was most concerned about
but it would still be helpful if someone could describe the pin, i.e. length and diameter and is it rounded on the ends and if so, how much, etc. Thanks.-> UPDATE II - So i spent about an hour with a bolt and a grinding wheel, manufacturing what i imagined the pin should look like. Thought i had it, so i took off down the road but it jammed up and the clutch wouldn't engage so i went back to grind some more. When i took the plate off, the bearing dropped out into the gravel again, which was to be expected but what i didn't expect was, as i watched where the bearing was bouncing, i spotted the pin. It was about thirty feet from where i was working, and about fifty feet from where i found the bearing.
Of course i was so happy to spot the pin, i lost track of where the bearing was bouncing so i spent the next hour combing through the gravel.
But who knows, maybe i lost the bearing again, just so i'd miss the truck that would've hit me if i had taken off right after finding the pin.
Thanks,
-Joe:-
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