I cracked the brake mystery. More to come.
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This is such a cool build. Very involved customizing and resto work. And you're so detail oriented that this bike is going to be stellar. Looking forward to more progress as it comes!
I forgot to get a pic of my recreated brace before we slapped it on. But, if you look at the brace I bought you can see that I just essentially traced the pattern, then I kicked one of the legs out to reach the seat tube. Cut it out, smoothed it out, drilled out the holes, then tacked it all in place and checked the fit. It allows adjustment of the caliper, so it's set. For those of you wondering, I cannot weld. But I run a trailer manufacturing plant, so I have lots of welders working for me. Anyway, while playing around with it, the disc has a very slight wobble in one spot. Not a big deal, but I want to close the distance of the pads so that the caliper will engage the disc sooner, with less pull. So I may try to straighten that out. If not, there will just be more play. I'm just concerned with how it will work for the drag brake.
You can straighten just about any kink in a rotor. They actually make special park tools for it but you can do the same thing with wide duck bill vise grips
The Huffy Super Stock originally came with a 24x1.75" rear tire. So mounting a 24x2.125" Jerald Slick provides some clearance issues. With the stock fender mounting tab, it holds the rear fender too close to the tire.
So I cut the bugger off.
This allows more fender clearance, and I can still use the stock rear fender.
But the stock new fender needs a mounting tab. But first... that giant hole in the cross brace was needed to mount the rear brake. Since this bike now has a disc brace, the hole would only annoy me. So, we plugged it.
We also closed it all up. I didn't show it, but it was only held in place with some brazing on the top. It was open on the bottom. Now it's go welds around the full tube. So I cleaned it up with a dremel and sand paper.
Cut out a little tab and tacked it on
Cleaned it up, ground it down, drilled a mounting hole, and tapped it.
It's going to need some body filler to really smooth out that area, but it's a good start. Before I apply filler, I have other modifications that need done. The parts should be here today.
So I cut the bugger off.
This allows more fender clearance, and I can still use the stock rear fender.
But the stock new fender needs a mounting tab. But first... that giant hole in the cross brace was needed to mount the rear brake. Since this bike now has a disc brace, the hole would only annoy me. So, we plugged it.
We also closed it all up. I didn't show it, but it was only held in place with some brazing on the top. It was open on the bottom. Now it's go welds around the full tube. So I cleaned it up with a dremel and sand paper.
Cut out a little tab and tacked it on
Cleaned it up, ground it down, drilled a mounting hole, and tapped it.
It's going to need some body filler to really smooth out that area, but it's a good start. Before I apply filler, I have other modifications that need done. The parts should be here today.
Very good to know. I've never tried before!
Thanks!
Arrived! These are housing stops, if you can’t tell. They are going to help with the cable routing, obviously.
I checked the width to fit the housing ferrels, but they were slightly too small. So…
And now they fit.
Now… to mount them…
I checked the width to fit the housing ferrels, but they were slightly too small. So…
And now they fit.
Now… to mount them…
Tacked in and ugly. These little buggers were difficult to attach.
Next, weld clean up and frame prep.
Next, weld clean up and frame prep.
Cleaned up the welds and the frame. This frame came from a friend in Nee Jersey. I don’t know the history, but it has some scars on the surface. They aren’t deep, so I just need to clean them up for aesthetics. Now the frame looks terra cotta!
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Thanks buddy! That was actually a summer build. "68 Sting Rat".
@CRASH Always wanted to do the welded on cable stops and disc mount. Very nice!
I’ve gone through about 6 sessions of sanding then reapplying bondo in little spot that will bother no one but me. After these pictures I shot etch primer. I’m sure that will reveal more little issues I’ll work on before I mock it up. But for now I’m going to set it aside to work on other projects.
The paint is going to be smooth on this one, and wild no doubt!
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This is what I love about rat rod bikes. Everyone coming together to make something happen for each other. Broken shifter? This guy has the hook up on chrome, another guy can 3d print the plastic piece, another guy has the factory diagram of how it goes together, another guy has a spring on one in his parts pile. And between 6 guys and a little luck it goes together and works. And when it doesn't work we make it work.
