The Quadricycle Build Story4th August 2011
Due to the winter, changing jobs, and moving house, I didn't have much chance to do anything with the quad since the wedding, but with the Leicester Skyride looming, I decided to make some of the tweaks I should have done in the first place!
Since it was completed, the seats have been awkward to adjust, requiring the use of two spanners to undo the nylock nuts and bolts that held them to the seat beams, and also requiring the use of a squeezy clamp to hold the inside edge down to the central beam. After a day or so of thinking, I got the angle-grinder out today, and have started cutting some 'slots' that match the bolting positions on the seats so that seats can be slid into position after loosening off the new wingnuts and spring washers that will hold them still.
In this photo, you can see the new driverside rear slot, towards the right hand side of the picture, you can see the old holes that would have held the front of the seat down. There is now a slot here as well, and also one in the central beam (You can just see the inner rear seat bracket of the stoker seat up centre).
You can also see in this picture what made me adjust the chainline to how it is in the wedding pictures! I've still got the bracket on as I'm going to straighten it out, pop another pulley on it and use it as a pickup to take some of the sag out of the return run of the chain.--------------------------------------------------------------------------
6th August 2011A few more pictures of the latest modifications:
New chain guide pulley mountings, rear driver side pulley:
Forward driver side pulley and chain rings from above:
As you can see, the two chain ring pulleys (on each side) are now mounted on a length of M8 threaded rod. This allows them to move to line up with where the chain is coming from/going to. Because of the extra space they now have to move, the drive is now much quieter, and I hope I won't go through pulleys quite as much as I have been!
A view under the stoker's seat, showing the new slot/wingnut/washer arrangement:
That's all for now, thanks for reading! More photos will come as modfications are made!
