Hi Stefan, Here's a photo of my rod end bearings as requested, note its not finished! & the nuts are all I had kicking about! Regards, Carl. On 12/10/2007, Dirk Jan Luiting <dj.luiting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Stefan, > > From the time when i was 16, i remember those bushings, being part of the > backwheel suspension of Kreidlers > (anybody familiar with them?) The bushings would be fitted inside a tube, > attached to the frame. > The swingarm for the backwheel would then be attached to the frame by a > long boult goung through that pipe, > The problem with Kreidlers was that these bushings would go lod, and the > whole swingarm and backwheel would flop > form left to right in corners. not nice, specially when you were driving > fast. ;-) > > so i have some bad experience with that. > but maybe the quality of those bushings changed over the years. > > these rod-ends are adjustable as well, so it is a flexible solution, > handy! > > by the way, pythonauts, i happen to be the webmaster of the Dutch company > www.bonnekamp.nl > they also offer a wide range of these products (kogelstangkoppen) > maybe i could talk them ito discounts for endorsement or something > > friendly greetings, Dirk Jan > > > > On 10/12/07, Stefan Bartels < sbartels@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi everybody, > > and another idea, perhaps a stupid one... > > what about nylon bushings? > > Something like this > > http://www.igus.de/iPro/iPro_02_0016_00_DEde.htm?ArtNr=&C=DE&L=de > > What do you think about it? > > Stefan > > > > > > Stefan Bartels schrieb: > > > > Thank you, Carl > > Great idea with the male thread. I didn't even know what you call this > > stuff in my native language, I only knew that my kids use it when they build > > LEGO technical models LOL. > > Do you by any chance have a close-up picture of your arrangement of > > swivels? > > Thanks again > > Stefan > > > > Carl Punton schrieb: > > > > Hi Stefan, > > I've used 12mm on the Python I'm building, should be strong enough, > > some people have used 10mm, personally I would only use 10mm if they were > > spaced a long way apart, say 25cm to reduce the loads on them. Also the one > > in you picture has a female thread (needs a bolt), if you use one with a > > male thread it will take nuts then you can make adjustments to the steering > > angle. Generally the size of the thread matches the size of the hole in the > > swivel. > > Carl. > > > > On 11/10/2007, Stefan Bartels <sbartels@xxxxxxxx > wrote: > > > > > > A short question: if I do not use a BB for steering joint but > > > something like this: (or rather two of them one above the other) what > > > dimension should they be (diameter of the axis to be pushed through the > > > hole)? > > > Thanks for any suggestions! > > > Stefan > > > [image: gelenkkopf] > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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