Why can't i just take the dust cover off a crusier wheel. Mount the sprocket and then cut a round piece of coke can or roof flashing and glue it to the sprocket as a new cover.
attaching sprocket.
- Thread starter deacon
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All you have to do is either grind out the sprocket a little or grind the edge off the cap. I grind the edge off the cap, then stick it back on with grease.
I have a problem with attacching the sprocket and the coaster brake arm, the sprocket that came with my kit is flat not dished and the coaster brake arm does not fit on its mount on the wheel with sprocket mounted on the wheel. Have others have the same problem and how do you fix it to have rear brakes. Thanks in advaance for any and all help.
Yes note you have to bend the coaster brake arm. It will have to be bent to offset the front of the arm. Kind of looks like a lightening bolt. I don't have a pictures but someone probably does..... If you have a vice it is pretty easy without one you might have to use a hammer and pipe method. lay it over a pipe and hold one end then hit the other to bend it.
Much easier with a vise. You are just ending the arm out so it will clean the bolts I expect.
Much easier with a vise. You are just ending the arm out so it will clean the bolts I expect.
on my cruiser i took off the dust cap and tossed it,i dont need it and my sprocket fits on perfect and i didnt need to bend nothing.
I cut the lip off the dust caps with tin-snips. (it's very easy)
If you don't keep the dust cap, the grease will all spin out of the bearings & rot the rubber sprocket mounts. I know this now, because I used to just toss 'em too!
Apologize but my camera died during that build and I did not get any close ups at all. I should be getting that OCC back soon to add a few more stuff that the customer would like and hopefully I can barrow a camera and get better pics.
You can see the only pics I have and a small description of how I did it here....
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http://motorbicycling.com/f6/occ-stingray-first-time-9971-2.html
You can see the only pics I have and a small description of how I did it here....
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http://motorbicycling.com/f6/occ-stingray-first-time-9971-2.html
how much tourk shouled you but one the bolts when you but you r sprocktet on your wheel so it flys straight
Well I did not use a torque wrench I just went by "feel" Pretty darn tight but not so tight that you break or strip any bolts.
One of the tricks, is to tighten the bolts gradually in a "star" pattern! & constantly spin the wheel to re-check the sprocket for "straightness" in all directions.