The SB Cruiser : Amberwolf's 2WD Heavy Cargo Trike & Dog Carrier

[99t4]

BTW, the thing had been failing for some time, as there is obvious oxidation on the broken surface between the safetywasher tab hole and the dropout itself. avbove the tab hole it was shiny and torn, so that all hapepend pretty quick.

IIRC, you've been puzzling over the QR (multiple?) inexplicably loosening up on this fork several times. If the dropout has been opening up over this time period (propagating crack) couldn't that be the cause of the QR slipping loose? Trying to maintain its clamping force over a non-intact nonuniform shifting surface?

 

[bananu7]

If the dropout has been opening up over this time period (propagating crack) couldn't that be the cause of the QR slipping loose?

Sounds very probable. I'm not sure if I'd trust those welds tbh, glad that you're okay but it could've been way worse.

 

[amberwolf]

Yeah, that was the point of this statement although that might not have been clear.

Well, turns out it wasn't actually the qr itself this time. (and might not have been before, to startt with a anyway).

No problems with it today, other than that i forgot to realign the speed sensor so i didn't get any speed readings as i started out to work, and had to stop to fix that (a few seconds).

I'd forgot to mention in the previous post about the fix that it left the rotor alighned differently with the caliper,a nd I dind't have time to deal with that; was exhausted last night by the time I"d gotten it welded and reassembled with the solid axle. All i h ad time for was to make sure hte brake would grab, but it rubbed the disc quite a bit (would stop the instant i stopped moving it with my hand, but didn't feel draggy, with the lever unsqueezed). But it didn't have much brfaking power unless i adjusted the pads in enough to be kinda grabby when the lever wasn't pulled.

So i need to realign the caliper but today was exhausting (as usual). I came home to find the giant trash barrel that normally sits int he alley has been thrown by someone (probably several someones) along with pieces of a couch into my backyard. It was not windblown, someone pushed it up over the fence and bent the fence in, and they aslo threw more pieces of the same couch into the back neighbor's yard, bending their fence too. I'tll jsut have to sit there, unusable by anyone, until i hear back from the city on what they want to do about the problem, in case they need to investigate it or whatever.

So all i had energy for was parking the trike, and going inside and laying down for a while. Woke from anohter nightmare so i'm typing this post up, then will proably try to write some more story and see if i can fall asleep doing that.

 

[The Toecutter]

It was not windblown, someone pushed it up over the fence and bent the fence in, and they aslo threw more pieces of the same couch into the back neighbor's yard, bending their fence too.

Probably homeless people. Be glad you're not one of them. Most have jobs and are still priced out of rent. These could have been junkies doing whatever. They're everywhere in my hood.

 

[amberwolf]

No, the homeless are usualy nice people. The assholes that live in the neighborhood are, however, potential suspects. There are quite a few of those.