After moving my swing arm back the bolt is too long. Rather than using spacers, I thought I'd make the threads longer and hack the thing off. The grease fitting looks to be pressed into the hole so it will relocate ok too, I believe. Anyone ever cut one of these?
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Cutting swing arm bolt
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Posts: 1922 (11/05/09 12:39 PM) Hcmf |
I had a machine shop do mine cause they're harder than hell to thread by hand. The threads go wherever they want. Crooked as a bitch!
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Posts: 3017 (11/05/09 4:38 PM) |
After moving my swing arm back the bolt is too long.
What do you mean by "moving my swing arm back"? You got that thing in the passenger peg holes? |
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Red Good |
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Posts: 3516 (11/05/09 5:48 PM) Senior Member |
LOL !
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Posts: 11 (11/06/09 5:04 AM) |
Weld 5/8 plate in the V, moves the swing arm back 4". This allows you to mount the battery in a modified box hanging from the old swing arm bolt holes.
Should be a pic in "My Build" Dombs Tomb, frame comparison.
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11/06/09 8:00 AM.
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Posts: 3019 (11/06/09 8:31 AM) |
I see; pretty cool! I think if it was mine I'd make the spacers and weld 'em to the frame; would make the pivot-axle-holes stronger & fix the
width problem (but either way....).
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Posts: 7506 (11/06/09 5:44 PM) |
Lets see some pics of that mod. I am unsure I completely follow what you did.
Yeah well this is my hobby.........what's your excuse? |
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dusty67 |
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Posts: 16 (11/07/09 6:52 AM) |
Chalfa1980 wrote: I see what you are saying, 5/8 isn't much for the axle to rest on. The piece could be thicker for more support, I had 5/8 and it looked ok. One inch would work, could mill away some of the extra away from the swing arm "bosses" to clean it up some, hummmm. I ended up with ½ spacers in it now to put the swingarm where it needs to be. my build/Dombs Tomb/Frame comparison |
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Posts: 5375 (11/07/09 7:00 AM) |
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dusty67 |
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Posts: 18 (11/07/09 11:10 AM) |
Yep, how'd you do that?
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dtmmil |
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Posts: 5377 (11/07/09 11:36 AM) |
Haha, I am not computer smart enough to explain it, but I can do it.
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