RTIII
1 kW
Wow, what an ordeal!
I was wondering why we hadn't heard from you.
I have a suggestion for any future experience that's similar to what you went through in solving at least ONE of the great many problems you had to solve. In particular, when you've got the problem you described in this image:
...I notice that you've got PLENTY of slot below the wheel to work with. So, there's a super easy solution that only requires you have a few bits of junk laying around ( :wink: ) ... a piece of short, thin, and not too narrow flat bar stock and a bolt with nut (and 2 washers would help, one flat, one split) that fits inside the slot... Imagine, if you will, that the flat piece has TWO holes in it, one for the axle, one for the bolt! Then, you slide the flat bar over the axle end (or put it on the inboard side if desired) and bolt the flat bar to the existing drop-out with the bolt below the axle, flat washer against the drop out, lock washer on the flat bar side (with the nut)... You can even take up some gap in the width between dropouts this way, if needed! 8) The split washer will keep it from coming loose and the flat bar positively locates the end of the axle - it can now only move axially! :lol: The flat bar can be damned small, only big enough to get a full face on the washers and enough to reach around the axle end...
HTH, just food for thought for the future...
I was wondering why we hadn't heard from you.
I have a suggestion for any future experience that's similar to what you went through in solving at least ONE of the great many problems you had to solve. In particular, when you've got the problem you described in this image:
...I notice that you've got PLENTY of slot below the wheel to work with. So, there's a super easy solution that only requires you have a few bits of junk laying around ( :wink: ) ... a piece of short, thin, and not too narrow flat bar stock and a bolt with nut (and 2 washers would help, one flat, one split) that fits inside the slot... Imagine, if you will, that the flat piece has TWO holes in it, one for the axle, one for the bolt! Then, you slide the flat bar over the axle end (or put it on the inboard side if desired) and bolt the flat bar to the existing drop-out with the bolt below the axle, flat washer against the drop out, lock washer on the flat bar side (with the nut)... You can even take up some gap in the width between dropouts this way, if needed! 8) The split washer will keep it from coming loose and the flat bar positively locates the end of the axle - it can now only move axially! :lol: The flat bar can be damned small, only big enough to get a full face on the washers and enough to reach around the axle end...
HTH, just food for thought for the future...