07-27-2015, 11:46 PM
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How do you like that bender Weld? I see one in the store and was unsure
about it. I looked at one the day I bought my mini air compressor. Also picked up a cheap 1/2" drive impact wrench and man that thing is STOUT to be so cheap! I am kinda a harbor freight junky! lol
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07-28-2015, 10:52 AM
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Me too! They have a 7" polisher on sale for $29.99 that I might grab tomorrow.
I've only used the bender a couple of times so far, but it worked well for me. I once found a video of a similar bender in use, and that sold me on it. Plus, they're stupid money where I live, so crossing the border for HF made sense. I even bought the extra mandrels for it, so I can bend square tube.
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07-28-2015, 04:04 PM
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Just let me know. I am not going to use them. I have a rolling chassis in my shed.
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07-31-2015, 09:35 PM
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I have been focusing my attention on the kitchen remodel, so not spen much time working on the scoot. But I am getting there (see next post)
 the green & white dining room in the background is what I finished up last month, the wood cabinets used to be white and I refinished them, and the red paint that you can (barely) see is the new paint. Had to peel 3 layers of old a$$ wallpaper off to get to the 'rock just to paint! lol Down to touch up spackling spots and this final wall.
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07-31-2015, 09:40 PM
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So here is where the scoot is at as of 07/31/2015.
I added captions to the pics so they are for the most part self explanatory. Only REALLLLY bad snag I am running into is the 3-bolt pattern on the brake disc vs. the new wheel. Factory brake disc is 3 on 2.5". New 13" wheel is 3 on 2.75" So just get a new rotor, no biggy right? Noooooooo!!!!!! The factory brake rotor is 6-1/4" OD. ALL brake rotors I can find online ( from over a 3 hour search) that do have the 2.75" 3-bolt pattern all are much larger OD. :-/ Dang. anywhoo, pics: .
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08-01-2015, 12:43 PM
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It looks like there was a "see-through" between the kitchen and the dining room. Did you panel over it recently? I'm guessing so, since 7/15 is painted on it.
How do you set the engine back? Does that mess with shock geometry? Are you going to drill the rotors to suit?
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08-01-2015, 01:14 PM
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** The engine is set back by way of fabricating an entire new engine to frame mount. Now, if you own a Honda Ruckus, you can just buy this part already made. If you want to spend $395 + S&H for it that is.  So I am building my own. As to the shock, the factory shock will have to be changed I am certain. No clue yet how much longer it will have to be. May even have to move the upper shock mount back a bit to keep tings lined up right. ** Unsure about the rotors. Kind of leaning that way, but need to make sure if I drill the rotors out a bit that there will not be clearance issues with the brake caliper where the bolt heads pass through. That is still yet to be determined. What I do know is, for the moment, I will be running the factory 10" wheel in the front until I can get back to that issue latter on. Unless a Eureka moment happens.
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08-01-2015, 01:19 PM
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It looks like the innermost drilled holes in the rotor don't have scuff marks, indicating that the caliper doesn't extend that far. If that's the case, perhaps you'll have enough room to elongate the holes. You might need to clearance the body of the caliper a tad.
Can you get another rotor just like the one you have? That gives you a spare to play with.
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08-01-2015, 06:48 PM
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Or....If you have the where with how to redrill the correct spacing in the three unused spokes on the disk. A good divider would work on the lay out.
If it were mine thats what I would do. Once you got the layout all it would be is center punch and drill. A good drafting divider that locks is all you need. |
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08-02-2015, 12:55 PM
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Excellent idea!
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08-09-2015, 01:16 PM
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IF ANYONE WAS CURIOUS ABOUT SIZE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
A 2-STROKE MINARELLI ENGINE vs. A 4-STROKE " GY6 " LONG CASE ENGINE, HERE ARE A COUPLE OF COMPARISON PHOTOS FOR FUTURE REFERNCE. NOTE, THE MINARELLI 2-STROKE IS ALMOST THE SAME SIZE AS A 50CC 4-STROKE QMB139 ENGINE. . .
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08-10-2015, 10:46 PM
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The mounting points don't look much different at all.
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08-12-2015, 09:07 PM
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Very different in how they line up. :-/
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08-12-2015, 09:17 PM
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Ahhhhh crap!!!!
Dad blamit! Axle shaft is wayyyyyyyyyyyy too long!
Now I got to find a shorter axle. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. .
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