Reply to "Weaver - my first attempt."

Nicely done Kelly!

Thanks to your patience it all makes sense to me now. I had been using Servolink for sprockets and chain. They make a 3/16” bore sprocket but the smallest is 10T which is what I had been using, not 8T. So not only is your top shaft design superior in every way, I will now be able to use SDP 8T x 1/8” and get even a better drive ratio reduction. I had not wanted to bore out 8T 1/8" sprockets to 3/16” because I figured there’s a reason the manufacturers don’t go below 10T on 3/16”. We all know how easily these sprockets can split...

Your adjustable chain tension, properly parallel top shaft, ball bearings and ability to shim/space the top sprocket into perfect alignment with the bottom sprocket, AND get the UJ spider exactly above the truck pivot, is the only way I know to fix all the issues worth tackling. Thank you for thinking it up and actually getting it into production!

Pete

12/17/1510:38 AM

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