bamabikeguy
Active Member
My 78 year old customer picked up his trike yesterday, pleased at how it pulled the hills. He's an hour south, so I can't check this out personally, hope someone could see if what he describes is "normal"
The keyway I built to hold the sprocket was L shaped, grinding little by little with my drimel, until it was tight as a tick. I bought a stick of oversized 1/4", just for that reason.
But he says there is a little play in it, and I just don't understand HOW?
I'm hoping somebody with a axle sprocket, which they know is locked into the slot tight, can maybe check and see if, standing sideways to it, if it has a few millimeters of "play".
Is this just the quirky way a freewheel sprocket works?
I don't want him to jump in there and pull off chains, loosen everything up on the axle only to discover my L shaped key is still snug as ever.
Could someone check that sprocket back and forth action for me?
thanx
edit: tried to change the heading to "Freewheel sprocket question", because I'm assuming a similar set up is on all these three and four wheelers, regardless of the axle size or the depth of the slot, as long as the keyway is snug.
double edit: then I figured out how to change the title.........
The keyway I built to hold the sprocket was L shaped, grinding little by little with my drimel, until it was tight as a tick. I bought a stick of oversized 1/4", just for that reason.
But he says there is a little play in it, and I just don't understand HOW?
I'm hoping somebody with a axle sprocket, which they know is locked into the slot tight, can maybe check and see if, standing sideways to it, if it has a few millimeters of "play".
Is this just the quirky way a freewheel sprocket works?
I don't want him to jump in there and pull off chains, loosen everything up on the axle only to discover my L shaped key is still snug as ever.
Could someone check that sprocket back and forth action for me?
thanx
edit: tried to change the heading to "Freewheel sprocket question", because I'm assuming a similar set up is on all these three and four wheelers, regardless of the axle size or the depth of the slot, as long as the keyway is snug.
double edit: then I figured out how to change the title.........
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