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gear swivel home made
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:25 pm
by martinr

made in my shed

doing the adjuster block next
Re: gear swivel home made
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:31 pm
by lambro
I like the look of that
Don't let Mr B see it though,
He isn't very keen on all the Freds in their sheds
If he see's it, tell him Adam W made you do it

Re: gear swivel home made
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:08 am
by carlos fandango
Nice work Martin , You must have a steady hand to file that chamfer so evenly

Re: gear swivel home made
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:03 am
by Timbo
Clever stuff....

Re: gear swivel home made
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:23 am
by Adam_Winstone
lambro wrote:I like the look of that
Don't let Mr B see it though,
He isn't very keen on all the Freds in their sheds
If he see's it, tell him Adam W made you do it

... you can get away with that... only because it is Christmas!

Re: gear swivel home made
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:09 am
by Rich_T
Love, it nice work.
I saw that Tino did the same a few years back but I have one question, does anyone have experience of how the bearing faces wear on the cable trunions and pivot? I did initially think, great that will sort a part problem out then I got concerned it would only last a year or two of serious riding which isn't so good.
I guess you could hard anodise which would help
Re: gear swivel home made
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:27 am
by martinr
yeah I was a bit concerned about wear so I made the pivot out of brass .and all the oil and petrol that ends up all over the place should lube it a bit

Re: gear swivel home made
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:51 pm
by gaz_powell
"Don't let Mr B see it though,
He isn't very keen on all the Freds in their sheds
If he see's it, tell him Adam W made you do it"
Snigger !!!!!

Re: gear swivel home made
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:07 pm
by Rich_T
Have just seen these things are £100 a pop from Cam Lam and I like the idea of a screw down top instead of that daft circlip. I think I might have a play over Christmas and see if I can design one with roller bearings and seals just to go completely OTT.
Having just tried to fit the new Casa chain tensioner (which does not fit properly and is an absolute pile of poo) I'm going to have a go at one of those too. Really, how had can it be to f**k up the design and construction of a chain tension..but they did it.
Re: gear swivel home made
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:36 pm
by martinr
who is MR B do you mean mark mb