My K9 coming together.

Energy One
What is the difference between Adams 1 & 2, or are they used in combination? Seems like a lot of members like the Adams. Thanks!
They are used in combination, I think number 2 has a sealer in it to protect the shine. They will work separately
 

SMCT

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Both rims consist of two hubs a piece, so that's front rim and right and left hub, rear rim and right and left hub, and while your at it, you might as well get the sprocket chromed. The front rim will run around 475.00 to 500 bucks. The rear rim around 700 to 750 bucks. The hubs are around 75 to 90 bucks each (approximate hub total 350.00-370.00). Rear sprocket 225.00 to 250.00.

Your total is somewhere around 1850.00-2000.00.

P.S. The rear sprocket from what I understand is very complex due to the teeth portion being hard anodized. You can't just strip it in one shot because the non teeth portion will erode at a much faster rate then the teeth portion of the sprocket.

P.S. Thanks for the compliments, really appreciate it. There is no doubt that this was a pretty significant under taking. I only have realized this thereafter. If I turned the hands of time back, and knew how much work it involved, I would do it again in a heartbeat. I think the end results will make for a real looker of a bike and it really should stand out. I think the bike will even look that much better, in a photo shoot with a pretty girl in a bikini and high heels.

Something kinda like this......


 
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SMCT

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I left off with an update as of this past Saturday, and my objective is to keep plugging along in an attempt to get it together for a near future event. I've never been down to Rolling Thunder and personally I think everyone, at least one time should get down to the memorial to pay tribute to our veterans who served our country, and who are still serving our country. I've been down there on a few occasions and have taken my children there as well. A humbling experience to say the least, each and every time I go, especially the last time which was about 5 years ago, and it was the first time with my children.

I started to assemble the front, and that required polishing of the left shift arm and right brake arm, of which I didn't chrome. I replaced the front left and right peg with chromed ones and I also replaced the right brake foot pedal and left shift pedal with chromed ones.










Next was moving back onto the rear rim and getting that left side hub on and rotor. In checking the length of the axle tube which sits in between the two hubs, it appeared to me, by measurement that the factory had it too long and when the hubs where bolted down the the rim center, it would load the bearings to much. I just wasn't comfortable with the length or even the area where it contacted the bearings inner race. I took .005 off one end and increased the chamfer on both ends so that the area of contact was between 1.196 and 1.198, which would be a perfect match for that inner bearing race. So I chocked it into my lathe and did what I needed to do.





Here it is all together now. Spins fine and has no load and no slop either.



 

Th3InfamousI

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Nice ! Bike is coming along great! Chrome is awesome.

Looks like you came to the same conclusion some of us others have that the squish tube was too long and causing premature bearing wear. I know you asked for a link to that thread and I tried searching quickly from my phone and didn't find it. Have to search from my PC.

I have never liked how tight the bearings were to move. However I don't have a lathe to mill any off so I just have to run it as is. Maybe some day I'll get it fixed.




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SMCT

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The process was no issue to remove some material and re-chamfer the ends on that tube. If you or anyone here decides to take those chinese bearings out and replace them with a better bearing, just drop me a message and i'll give you my shop address. It takes more time putting it in a box and bringing it to the post office, than actually doing the tube work. If you want me to get the press fit correct in the two hubs, just let me know and i'll schedule it in advance. If I schedule it, I can turn it all around in about 3 days. If my boring head fixture is set up, it would make sense to do a few of them at once due to the initial time to set up. The three parts (2 hubs and tube) can easily fit into a large flat rate postal box.

P.S. My tube needed .005 taken and the chamfer on the ends where incorrect. Mine also might have had a maximum of .001 to .002 of chrome on the rim, and two hub ends that butt to the rims. So therefore in conclusion, hubs that are from factory in conjunction with the factory rim thickness, most likely have a tube that is .012 to .014 too long, and that's absurd.

You can do one or two things to determine this. Take one side hub off and with two sets of feeler gauges, lay two down of the same thickness, set the hub back on (no bolts) and see what it takes for the rocking of the hub to be gone. This will get you far more closer than what the factory did.
 
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Bdm4ever

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Hey Andy, a bunch of us in the Virginia area are riding the dogs in Rolling Thunder this year. PM me if your interested. Got plenty of space for visitors.. I only live 25 minutes from downtown DC.. Well, at least not in traffic.. Oh and most of us are VETS..
 

SMCT

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Hey Andy, a bunch of us in the Virginia area are riding the dogs in Rolling Thunder this year. PM me if your interested.
I am very interested. Thank you. When I get this project on the ground and fired up, you'll be hearing from me.
 

Th3InfamousI

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I'm actually replacing the tire this weekend I'll take a look using your feeler gauge idea.

I might take some measurements and try and find a squish tube to send over to you and just at your convenience you can throw it on the lathe.

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Th3InfamousI

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"Spins fine and has no load and no slop either". Just a dumbass question but are these bearings supposed to have any preload??
Yes ...and I can't find that god damn thread had a lot of good info.

Our new search feature doesn't seem to be as good as the old site unfortunately. Or I just can't search well. Prob the later

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