starting a trike truck project
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racie, very nice project. How is the motor going to be connected to the rear wheels? Will there be a differential? Somewhere I saw a trike with a Peerless diffy axle behind the motor like a jack shaft and two chains going back to the wheels.
Hi dale....whizzer auto clutch back to a peerless....pulleys out on the nd of those axles..belt to whizzer sheave.
I haven't gotten the peerless yet but when I do I'll look for a pulley to bolt on it ,somewhere between 5-7". You can always change ratio out at the ends easily.
That's my plan anyway....and add an electric start from an ambassador.
I haven't gotten the peerless yet but when I do I'll look for a pulley to bolt on it ,somewhere between 5-7". You can always change ratio out at the ends easily.
That's my plan anyway....and add an electric start from an ambassador.
I haven't seen this one until now. I must live under a rock. Very nice work there!
I've been tossing around the idea of doing a trike truck. The idea came to me while staring at a ladies Schwinn Del Mar frame that's sitting in my garage. It would be perfect. Having never built or owned a trike, I got to brainstorming about how I will accomplish this. I'm really liking your perspective on the trike truck. Gives me some good ideas.
Now, one question I have (that I may have missed the answer for) was about how you're going to drive the wheels. Is it going to drive one or both? I saw the picture towards the beginning and saw a second shaft with a chain on each side, but how will the two wheels spin at different speed in a turn? Do you have some kind of differential in the works?
I've been tossing around the idea of doing a trike truck. The idea came to me while staring at a ladies Schwinn Del Mar frame that's sitting in my garage. It would be perfect. Having never built or owned a trike, I got to brainstorming about how I will accomplish this. I'm really liking your perspective on the trike truck. Gives me some good ideas.
Now, one question I have (that I may have missed the answer for) was about how you're going to drive the wheels. Is it going to drive one or both? I saw the picture towards the beginning and saw a second shaft with a chain on each side, but how will the two wheels spin at different speed in a turn? Do you have some kind of differential in the works?
Thanks a green..the wheels will each have a whizzer sheave on the inside, belt driven. Across the front of the box area will be the differential from northern tool 3/4" shaft,also belt driven off the whizzer clutch. That gives it no drag turning ability . Kinda simple but it should be fine. That motor has mods done to it,so it won't struggle.
