Hello everyone, I've really enjoyed reading everyone's contributions to making these motorized bikes...I recently made one and will be posting some pictures soon. Mine has been made entirely of angle iron... Anyway now i have a question.
My question is: how have you been attaching the drive spindles to the drive shaft of the engine??? Obviously welding would work but i dont have welding skills...
My 30CC Ryobi engine has a "left handed" threaded drive shaft tip. I took the clutch off and found that it had "3/8-20" stamped into it. I went to the hardware store and found a left handed nut which was also 3/8-20, however when i got home it would not fit, apparently the pitch must be different... I ended up grinding the clutch down to make a nut but i would like to be able to attach other drive spindles to the engine and this would require more nuts, or another way to attach them... What are your ideas? And has anyone been able to find left handed nuts which fit on outdoor power equipment???
My question is: how have you been attaching the drive spindles to the drive shaft of the engine??? Obviously welding would work but i dont have welding skills...
My 30CC Ryobi engine has a "left handed" threaded drive shaft tip. I took the clutch off and found that it had "3/8-20" stamped into it. I went to the hardware store and found a left handed nut which was also 3/8-20, however when i got home it would not fit, apparently the pitch must be different... I ended up grinding the clutch down to make a nut but i would like to be able to attach other drive spindles to the engine and this would require more nuts, or another way to attach them... What are your ideas? And has anyone been able to find left handed nuts which fit on outdoor power equipment???
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