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C5Alive General Category => C5 Chatroom => Topic started by: aladds on 28, October, 2010 - 20:49:28
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Has anyone tried replacing the RHS axle mount with something made of anything but plastic? I just snapped mine under heavy braking coming down the big cycle bridge over the railway line in Cambridge (if you know the area you know where I mean!)
In the mean time I can probably strap it down with a piece of steel, but that's hardly lasting solution... I know mounting the bearing on which the axle is attached shouldn't be hard, but then the brake is lost. Perhaps I could fit a disc brake to that side?
Also, I'm looking for a replacement for the broken bit (top of the mount), as you can probably see by my recent posting!
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after seeing your post, i had a closer look at the mounts, and tbh they look much like the big end and crank case bearing casings found in many engines.
perhaps a peruse around an engine re conditioners might turn up trumps 8).
Alan
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did you ever get a new plastic bearing case for the one you broke?
Alan
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Yeah I did, Karl sorted me out with one which is just the job. I've also flattened a section of copper pipe, bent it to the shape of the contour of the upper bracket and drilled a couple of holes so it can be bolted in place. That makes it have 4 metal sides, rather than three metal and one plastic, so *hopefully* it won't break again...
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Good news, just I wondered how you got on
Think Karl should be awarded an OBE
(Order of the Battery Elite)
:).
Alan