V8 Diesel Trike... old Uhaul truck

[BMB Guns]

Nice, how long is the shaft?. ...I like it

11 1/4 center to center on the u-joints ! That is with 1 1/4 of spline pulled out. That should be plenty of travel for my application.

[BMB Guns]

Well, the clutch is in, transmission bolts up, engine mounts are fabricated and installed, front of frame is cut and capped off with a big ass piece of channel. Slow but steady

[BMB Guns]

[peteg59]

Great to see some more forward progress on your trike
Are you setting it up more for the drags, or street?
Looks & sounds good with the turbo spoolin'!

[BMB Guns]

Great to see some more forward progress on your trike
Are you setting it up more for the drags, or street?
Looks & sounds good with the turbo spoolin'!

Oh this will be a grocery getter and road triper! My cousin also owns a biker bar just down the hill from my shop so I guess I'll be there alot too!

[Gorilla]

Sure sounds SWEET

[BMB Guns]

Haven't posted in a while. Project is not dead just taking a back seat. I added a new machine to my shop! Can you say "custom heavy duty steering neck!" ?!?!

....annnnnd... my pic is sideways... :/

[peteg59]

New shop equip. looks good Brady.

After a 5 month break, bout time to get back to work on that trike now, isn't it?

[LarryA]

wish that lathe was in my shop! 353 sounds great,

[escort 1]

The rear pinion won't be 10 degrees off. As I stated earlier, I cut the saddles off of the rear axle to allow me to roll the differential/pinion to an upward angle to match the angle of the engine/transmission. The offset to allow the u joints to work will be handled by the pinon shaft which is not dead center on the axle.

did you finish your trike yet? would like to know how the front end works? would like to use build something like it to run car rim on front. thanks

[hogcowboy]

Looks like this puppy died on the vine.

[FuzzyWuzHe]

I can't figure how this happens ... but ... I did make it straight ... maybe it will inspire the builder to get back to the project ... LOL. Gotta admit .. it's kewl and massive.

[Pagan]

BMB, I have been around the trike building community for a while and have actually seen a few truck based trikes. One thing I know they ALL did and it makes your ride much more comfortable. Do some research into removing some of the leaf springs. As I am sure you already know that suspension is for very heavy loads, you could remove a bunch of them and improve your ride while still being safe.