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Sunday, 25 August 2013

Tomos disc brake 2

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.

Saturday, 17 August 2013

Tomos axle

My new axle arrived today it has a 12mm shaft with 10mm threaded ends.

Thursday, 15 August 2013

Av10 arrived

Took delivery of a Av10 from France today, which was bought on French eBay. Pleased I've got it, by all accounts it's the one to have. Heard a lot of good stuff from watching tomohawk tuning post on YouTube. This is going to be a long project but it's a huge step in the right direction.

Tomos disc brake

Today I got the disc mounted to the Tomos wheel. First I used the rear sprocket spacer to mark on the disc where the new holes had to be drilled. Then I drilled the holes which took absolutely ages. Once id finished drilling I used M7 bolts with nylock nuts to bolt it to my old rear wheel which is now my front wheel. Next I need to order a 12mm axle and make a bracket to mount the caliper.

Peugeot Airsal 70cc H20 kit

Today after months of waiting my new kit arrived for my Peugeot Vogue.