rehar
rehar
Busy summer. Progress on the new subframe is making steady and slow.
Here are some pics.
Fish-mouthing tubes, great way to consume a lot of time.
Temporary cross tube, just to align left and right sides.
Top part was the original plate bracket. The plate had a nice fatigue crack after just a few miles, perfectly aligned with the bottom edge. This will provide more support. Will use some foam padding and perhaps some 3M VHB in strategic locations.
Thought I would try something new. Fish-mouth on one end, flattened, formed and slightly bent on the other end.
Very fast and I'm happy with the end result.
Second to last photo, you can see the new seat mounts at the back. 4 screws all together. Not as quick to release as the previous thumb screw (painful actually) - but allows me to keep rubber mounts to the seat and tucks the frame rails up underneath the seat lip.
Turn signal hangers tomorrow. Then some clean up before paint and new electric tray.
Here are some pics.
Fish-mouthing tubes, great way to consume a lot of time.
Temporary cross tube, just to align left and right sides.
Top part was the original plate bracket. The plate had a nice fatigue crack after just a few miles, perfectly aligned with the bottom edge. This will provide more support. Will use some foam padding and perhaps some 3M VHB in strategic locations.
Thought I would try something new. Fish-mouth on one end, flattened, formed and slightly bent on the other end.
Very fast and I'm happy with the end result.
Second to last photo, you can see the new seat mounts at the back. 4 screws all together. Not as quick to release as the previous thumb screw (painful actually) - but allows me to keep rubber mounts to the seat and tucks the frame rails up underneath the seat lip.
Turn signal hangers tomorrow. Then some clean up before paint and new electric tray.
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