Well unfortantly not much new to report in the last few months,I havent givin up hope but have many other projects lately. I just recently bought a 1999 KX 125...
Well i have put in about 20 hours in the past 3 days working on the R6, I know,its about time i got my butt to work on it. I have decided against the roberto...
I have updated my folder with a couple pics of the lower sprocket carrier and CV boot flange. I need to get a 6" chuck for the lathe before i can make any of...
Ok here is the deal. This is a all time low for the R6 build.I have been working on the drive cassette.At this point including the CVs i have about $300.00...
Cool Toy I'm not sure exactly how your using this but if you can change to a 150 x 100 x 24 bearing the price would drop at least 50% Dave ... From: cooltoy...
MSCDIRECT.COM has those for $293.00 each. that's still $2400 for the cassette. I'd friggin kill to get a look at the plans for that cassette to see if it could...
If you could somehow substitute a wider roller bearing for the radial bearing then the price for each bearing is only about $23 each. Roller bearings also take...
Well here is were i am at.In my possesion i now have: BMW CV's and axels 16 T sprocket Taperlock 32T sprocket Taperlock 2012 bush 1 3/16" Shaft Keysteel ...
... transmission.It houses a drive gear on a layshaft with a chain to the CV's. Yes it is part of the plans. Check out the rorty web site for a pic. ... the...
thanks I'll check it out I don't see the need for such an exspensive setup unless your running a mega horsepower setup but even at that I see 350hp turbo...
2 problems with that set up. That would put your rear sprocket hanging way below the frame OR if you held the sprocket higher to clear the frame then your CV's...
I'll check it out, the site was down yesterday the only way around it seems to be using a double reduction to keep the sprocket size down. this has been a...
Well today i got home and had a nice surprise.My bearings arrived, ausse to usa in 4 days,Holy crap thats fast. The bearings are much lighter than i expected....
I am in Michigan usa. Here the bearings ranged between $259.00- $477.00 each.I paid $107.00 each and $40.00 total shipping.Much cheaper buying over there. Dave...
thats cool, I was born in Ann Arbor, livin in Washington. when I finally start building my mini my main use will be a hill shooter slash duner. I like what...
... They are NTN bearings, You couldnt really go wider as then they would be to wide for the CV.These bearings go around the CV's ... shooter ... under. what ...
ok that make sense I couldn't really tell by the picture how the bearings were bein used I was visualizing the shafts being on the bearings (duh) but that...
i am pretty sure that they are a 100mm lobro cv joint. as far as how they compare to the type 2, and type 4 i am not sure. if they are physically thicker than...
thanks Pete I have not heard anyone except this group talk about the BMW cv's before and was curious about them and how the angle compares to the 25 - 28...
This is a list Bob sent me some time ago. The numbers in brackets refer to the month and year. Here's the list of all the BMW CVs that fit: 1500, 1502, 1600,...
Chris thats good info. the type 2 and 4 vw cv's 100 x 32mm and 100 x 34.02 mm with the 930 being 108 x 40.19mm. it sounds like the bmw joints give best of...
Well here it finally is.After almost 2 months and $600.00 later the drive cassette is 99% done.All that is left is mounting tabs.Drive sprocket,Rotor and...
Lookin good. got a question, if the weight is high what about making out of aluminum? does the cassette end up with oil in it or is it just covered to keep...
The end plates are aluminum,The side plates are 1/4" steel.I dought the side plates would work being aluminum.They are holding everything together,If they bent...
it looks pretty bullet proof how are the bearings held in? and the aluminmu plate on the cv's is that for a boot?? Dave ... From: Bill and heidi Wilhoit...
--The bearings are fitted in the bearing carriers,The carrier has a lip on the inside that holds that side and the cassette side plate holds the other side...