Sequoia Electrathon Racer

[Functional Artist]

Also, disassembled the front suspension/components

* Used the Dremel (& small cut off wheel) to mark (permanently scarred) many of the "left" side components ta help with proper re-assembly

Like this

Then, cleaned 'em up
...& did some more paintin'

* I love the simplicity of these hubs
...& Rustoleum Ink Blue Satin (for anyone interested)

See how ya can still easily see the "mark" even after paintin?

 

[Master Hack]

* I love the simplicity of these hubs

But, do they actually work as per the drawing?

i had fun making dem. Ya saved me from Feburary boredom!

 

[Functional Artist]

But, do they actually work as per the drawing?

i had fun making dem. Ya saved me from Feburary boredom!

We are gettin' close ta findin' out

 

[Denny]

Satin paint! The devil thanks you for your patronage!

 

[Functional Artist]

Satin paint! The devil thanks you for your patronage!

The "devil is in the details"

Like roundin', smoothin', cleanin' & paintin' every little piece

Swing arm

A-frames

Hub spacers (long & short)

Tie rods (gotta have some contrast)

...& Tie rod ends

 

[Functional Artist]

After lettin' the paint dry for a couple of days, I started assemblin' stuff

Added a little blue "medium strength" Thread-loc to the rotor bolt threads


Then, started installin' 'er on the swing arm (thin spacer, bearing spacer, inner bearing "pack" & hub)

Installed a ~1/16" thick shim/washer/spacer (thanks T)

Goes up/against the caliper mounting bracket (like this)
...ta space the hub a little bit away from the caliper mounting bracket/swing arm)

So, the hub can spin freely (like this)
...& can't/don't rub against the swing arm

 

[Functional Artist]

Did some assembly on the front hubs too
* Notice the bearing "seat" (so the bearing can't move or be drawn inside the hub)

Prepped the bolts

...with (blue) Thread-locker (just a dab will do)

After assembly

...& the back side

 

[Denny]

Have those hubs been spin balanced? If not you may see a high speed vibration or a catastrophic failure from an explosion. That’s according to the Space Alieums I was talking to while they were in town to see the light show. They said pretty color though.

 

[Master Hack]

Have those hubs been spin balanced?

Actually, they were! Well, they were on the spinny thing @ 600RPM...
Some paint wakes up those things! (nowadays, ya have to say wakes or waked, to avoid woke)

 

[Functional Artist]

Worked on assemblin' some of the painted stuff

Caliper brackets on spindles

Another view

Caliper bracket on spindle with wheel hub

Notice the little "spacer"?

Caliper brackets on spindle with wheel hub & caliper

Another view

 

[Master Hack]

Looks like it should work.

 

[Functional Artist]

Spindles
The original plan was to use spindles (on the front) that were 4 1/2" long
...but, (as we found out) they were (technically) a bit too short

So, (my buddy) T improvised a solution
...& added a little "notch out" in the side of the hub, for inserting a Cotter/safety pin

It was a great solution
...but, I really wanted the bearing(s) mounted at/on the ends of the hub(s)

Like this
*Notice the "notch"?

Plan B
So, (as you can see) I ordered some spindles with 6" arms (BMI karts)
...& made a longer "spacer" to bring the bearing(s) out to the edge, of the hub

Then, added a "washer" to "space" the retaining nut away from the bearing

Another/closer view
* Notice how the washer doesn't go across or "bridge" the inner & outer parts of the bearing?

Because the inner part (of the bearing) is supposed to stay stationary (& not rotate with the wheel)
...while the outer part (of the bearing) "is" supposed to spin with the wheel

Then, installed a Castle nut

Adjusted the Castle nut down to where there was no lateral (side to side) movement of the hub, on the spindle
...while making sure that the hub still spins "freely"

* I used an unpainted Castle nut to mark the holes, for the safety pins
...drilled 'em out
...& then, installed the safety pins

Another view

The "finished look"
...& we may be able to use that extra little bit of spindle length, for mounting some stationary, aerodynamic wheel covers

 

[Denny]

You must be one heck of a diaper changer. You sure know your way around safety pins!

 

[Functional Artist]

You must be one heck of a diaper changer. You sure know your way around safety pins!

Hey Denny,
Well...I was
...but, my little babies/twins are turnin' 18 soon
...so, it's been...a minute...or decade...or so

 

[Functional Artist]

Remember when I ordered some XT90 connectors?
Well, some how I ordered the wrong stuff
...& a (10) pack of little dinky XT60 connectors showed up (the bottom connectors)

So, I had ta re-order (for real this time) some XT90's
...& then, got (1) installed on the battery pack