Chainsaw clutch: will it fly apart without housing?

[Magice]

I was thinking of attaching my chainsaw to my mountain bike via friction drive. I don't have clutch housing.. just the internal piece. Will it fly apart if I rev it up without any housing around it or will it just expand?

I wanted to mount it 1cm above my wheel so when I rev it the clutch expands and frictions the wheel.

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

You need the bell. that or have the shaft rub directly.

 

[Russ2251]

Will it fly apart if I rev it up without any housing

Yes

 

[jr dragster T]

And most likeely it would shred your tire in a second.

 

[kibble]

Don't even THINK about trying the clutch without the bell! Stuff will likely fly apart at high velocities, inflicting major damage into surrounding objects!

 

[Magice]

That's why I asked

Anyway I found some pulleys down at the autoparts store.. VERY small bore. I think I'm going to see if cutting a small keyway in the chainsaw crankshaft is possible or attaching it some other way. The I'll attach a pulley to the wheel somehow.

A 100cc should rip on a bicycle

 

[I like karts]

100 cc?!? don't waste that on a bike, put it on a kart!

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

100cc chainsaws are worth a lot of money, around as much as a KT100.

 

[Magice]

I don't have a kart to put it on currently, or the equipment to make it work on one.