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Re: New Car in Aus
« Reply #75 on: July 08, 2015, 07:10:24 AM »
Looking great,Simon. For that tube DS is wanting you to put in,make it removable if it is in the way by using camburg clamps.  You need that tube,in our opinion.   
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« Reply #76 on: July 08, 2015, 08:44:53 PM »
that will work
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« Reply #77 on: July 09, 2015, 08:39:16 AM »
These are good, but be forewarned.  If they are in a stressed area they need to have a radius put in the corners.

The bottom picture is the way I had to fix it after the break. 
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« Reply #78 on: July 30, 2015, 02:56:27 AM »
A bit more. Logbook application in. 2 weeks to finish a millions jobs. Some of it is going to be pretty rough for the first event. Couldn't be happier with how the midboards turned out. Hopefully ball bearings are good enough.

Look closely for the rear shock stiffener  ;D.
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« Reply #79 on: July 30, 2015, 05:49:13 AM »
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« Reply #80 on: August 20, 2015, 04:00:34 AM »
First test of the car on the weekend. Everything went according to plan - even managed to drive the car back on at the end of the event.

Car has plenty of poke with the zx14. Home made gearbox performed flawlessly. Same with the midboards.

Tore down the gearbox and checked the internals after the event. Chain tension needs adjusting slightly, but otherwise all good. Dogs are perfect. I done a bit of grinding learning the best way to select forwards and reverse. Consequently found a small amount of damage on the engagement face of the reverse gears. These were cheap off the shelf items I done a home heat treatment on, so I'd say they fared well.
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« Reply #81 on: August 20, 2015, 05:54:27 AM »
Sounds great. What provision is there for chain adjustment?
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« Reply #82 on: August 20, 2015, 06:03:27 AM »
Diff bearing housings are bored eccentrically. I rotate the housing a set of holes to adjust the chain.
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« Reply #83 on: August 20, 2015, 08:05:17 AM »
Every time one of you takes a new ride out, I am in awe.  Some folks here have mad skills.  Me, not so much.  Congrats on a good shake down run.
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« Reply #84 on: August 20, 2015, 09:47:41 AM »
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Diff bearing housings are bored eccentrically. I rotate the housing a set of holes to adjust the chain.
Is the chain in the pic in need of a one hole adjustment or more than one hole? Or will it need more slack first? I guess what I'm asking also is how many adjustments will be available as the chain wears. I would think that after this initial break in it might not much further adjustment. Is that your thinking?
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« Reply #85 on: August 20, 2015, 09:49:20 AM »
Quote from: Yummi on August 20, 2015, 08:05:17 AM
Every time one of you takes a new ride out, I am in awe.  Some folks here have mad skills.  Me, not so much.  Congrats on a good shake down run.
Maybe so but , you seem to know what works and what doesn't pretty much even if you don't do the actual work as much as some of us do.
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« Reply #86 on: August 20, 2015, 09:54:42 AM »
Simon, the body looks great now. Much improved from first draft!
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Re: New Car in Aus
« Reply #87 on: August 20, 2015, 12:34:40 PM »
what size chain are you using inside that box? i would think transfer case chain would be best imo. also what about routing the chain on the inside of the idler?  i really like the design and work!!
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« Reply #88 on: August 20, 2015, 03:17:04 PM »
Thanks very much for the kind comments.

At the moment, I'm at about half way on the chain adjustment. Like you say and in my experience, the chains stretch a little at first, then not so much. What I have been doing is rotating the adjuster until tight and backing off one hole. Even with th chains as is, it performed fine in forwards, but jumped a tooth in reverse where there isn't much engagement. I think a plastic buffer block around the idler would solve that problem in the event the chain is a bit loose.

There are two 530 chains in the box. Transfer case chain would work very well i think, but I didnt use it because the chains and the sprockets are quite expensive and not readily available in aus. I could fit a 2" one in. I designed this so I could buy 1 x 120 link chain and split in half.

Routing the chain on the inside of the idler is definitely better for the engagement, but unfortunately I would get two forwards gears - no reverse.
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« Reply #89 on: August 20, 2015, 03:35:48 PM »
Transfer case or silent chain and gears are expensive as all get out here as well.
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