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Day One
Day One
The first subset of assembly as to mount the rear brake caliper and the fender mount on the swing arm. The rear caliper is installed over the wheel mount and then the rear fender bracket is placed over the caliper. This is shown on the picture on the right. A rigid brake line is also visible where its connected to the break caliper. On the opposite connecting port of the the rigid brake line, there is flexible brake line to compensate for any movement the swingarm may experience It runs up the swing are from and will connect to the front of the car where the brake fluid is held.
Contigiously we mounted the swingarm onto the frame of the car. There was two bolts that where on either side of the swingarm to support it from falling through. The bolts supported the swing arm are on the left. The conclusion of day one lead to a completion of around 1/3 of the assembly.
Returning to the assembly, mounting the suspension spring was the first task. During the mounting process trouble with placing spacers between the spring and its mount occurred but was overcome by removing a part from the swingarm mount which relived tension creating a wide enough gap to fit both spacers. The mounted spring with spacers are shown on the right.
Day Two
Day Two
After the previous day we found a crack in the plastic covering of the electrical ports. This required repair that was difficult as the nuts were completely set into the plastic and therefore the plastic had to be removed, exposing the electrical ports, then with a combination of both mechanical prying and the ratcheting the nuts came off so the new cover could be installed. The new cover is pictured below.
Day Three
Day Three
Day three consisted of mounting the motor to the swing arm using a motor mount. One part of the mount bolts onto the motor and it provides a half a clamp. The second part of the mounting process was the second half of the clamps that allow for the full clamping to swing arms lower and central bar using 3/8" bolts. The finished attachment is below.
During the mounting process we had to aling the sprocket on the motor with the sprocket on the swing arm. This is pictured on the right.
Day Four
Day Four
Day four was the final day of assembly. The aligned sprockets allowed for fitting of the chain. The chain is split and then reconnected using a Master link. The Master link must go in the opposite direction of travel. There must also be around an inch of slack for the chain.
The final part of assembly was installing the chaingaurd. To install the chaingaurd two bolts were installed into pre existing holes, then goes through the chainguard where its held by a cap nut.
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