This evening I broke down the old Tomos front end. I removed the front tyre and installed in on my new front wheel. The front end is now complete! I started installing it onto the frame but ran out of time tonight. As you can see the forks look too long compared to the old ones so I will need to slide the tubes up into the yokes until it sits at the right height. More to follow tomorrow.
This evening I made the caliper mount out of a piece of angle iron. I had to do a bit of grinding to make it fit properly but was pretty straight forward. I still need to add a few washers to get it lined up properly. Next I'll bleed the brake and fit the tyre.
Today I offered up the caliper to the disc rotor and was able to slip a bolt through the existing bracket. Im planning on cutting a piece of metal (shown in red) to bolt between the existing bracket and mounting holes on the fork leg. This will hold the caliper in the correct possition.
Today I was working on the disc brake for the Tomos. My goal was to get the wheel centred on the forks without anything rubbing. I used some washers and spacers to get the wheel centred but the the disc rubbed on fork leg and so did the nuts holding it on. This was due to the disc not being flat but offset. I decided to flip the disc so it would be closer to the wheel and also reversed its nuts and bolts because the bolt heads were 2mm shallower than the nuts. I put it all back togther but still needed to grind the fork leg slightly to give the bolts heads extra clearence. Its all straight and runs smooth with no rubbing. Next is to make the caliper mount and fit the tyre.
