Marked out the outer ring of the brake dust shields and started to cut out the middle using jig saw.
Tag Archives: rear axle
5/7/2018
(4/7/2018)
Finished welding the first flange a few days ago. Ground off the welds, one or two need redoing as the welds didn’t penetrate but not a big deal. Have requested laser-cut rings for the centre part but have had no reply on price yet. Awaiting arrival of gas bottle adaptor as ran out of CO2 the other day and replaced it with 15% CO2/Argon mix but my pub gas gauge won’t fit.
Made a template for the bump stop rubber clamp plates, they need to be cut in steel now.
(5/4/2018)
Made the bump-stop clamp plates today, just need some spacers welding underneath.
Above – awaiting painting.
Below – ready to fit to the axle. The bump stop on the left I made with two-part Urethane Shore 90. The right-hand one is the original that was still on the axle.
26/6/2018
Started fabricating dust shields today out of 1.2mm msp. Bought two laser-cut discs 50cm in diameter to make these. Welded a 1/2″ flange onto the first disc today. Here is the best of the two originals:
