I will double check, but, I am almost positive they are steel.
Thank you all for your comments, I will definitely check old parts to check wear and or breakage.
Please keep us informed as you progress through this project. I see from your home page (( or what ever it's called) that you are in Ashville, NC . I'm a couple hours east of you in Lewisville, NC. maybe we can arrange to meet up and I could look at your machine. Sounds interesting , what ever the problem is.
It turns out when all is said and done, the combination of cleaning with kerosene and lubing with teflon lube, was the worst thing I could have done. It caused premature wear of chain, which caused premature wear of front sprocket. THIS WAS MY FAULT NOT MOTOR TRIKE. Some (so CALLED experts on YouTube), advised this was a good thing to do, in MY case. It was not. I learned a very valuable (and expensive) lesson.
It turns out when all is said and done, the combination of cleaning with kerosene and lubing with teflon lube, was the worst thing I could have done. It caused premature wear of chain, which caused premature wear of front sprocket. THIS WAS MY FAULT NOT MOTOR TRIKE. Some (so CALLED experts on YouTube), advised this was a good thing to do, in MY case. It was not. I learned a very valuable (and expensive) lesson.
It turns out when all is said and done, the combination of cleaning with kerosene and lubing with teflon lube, was the worst thing I could have done. It caused premature wear of chain, which caused premature wear of front sprocket. THIS WAS MY FAULT NOT MOTOR TRIKE. Some (so CALLED experts on YouTube), advised this was a good thing to do, in MY case. It was not. I learned a very valuable (and expensive) lesson.
It turns out when all is said and done, the combination of cleaning with kerosene and lubing with teflon lube, was the worst thing I could have done. It caused premature wear of chain, which caused premature wear of front sprocket. THIS WAS MY FAULT NOT MOTOR TRIKE. Some (so CALLED experts on YouTube), advised this was a good thing to do, in MY case. It was not. I learned a very valuable (and expensive) lesson.
It turns out when all is said and done, the combination of cleaning with kerosene and lubing with teflon lube, was the worst thing I could have done. It caused premature wear of chain, which caused premature wear of front sprocket. THIS WAS MY FAULT NOT MOTOR TRIKE. Some (so CALLED experts on YouTube), advised this was a good thing to do, in MY case. It was not. I learned a very valuable (and expensive) lesson.