Anyone using a car rim on the front of a trike?

[Eggman]

If you are, what are you using for axle, hub, brake disc and caliper?

Any type of wheel spacer?

Width of tire/rim?

Pics?

Thanks for the help.

 

[rhino 2]

If you are, what are you using for axle, hub, brake disc and caliper?

Any type of wheel spacer?

Width of tire/rim?

Pics?

Thanks for the help.

Just curious why would you want to use a car rim ..?

 

[Eggman]

I already have 4 rims. Would definitely be easier to carry one spare tire versus waiting on a tow truck to get me from the side of the road.

Plus, I just like the look of a decent front end.

 

[stacebg]

plus you can run a car tire rather than a bike tire at about 1/3 the cost w way more mileage

 

[Fowler]

look here

scroll down a bit

https://www.triketalk.com/forum/threads/30623-V8-Diesel-Trike-old-Uhaul-truck/page4

 

[Eggman]

No question as to where the beef is with that assembly. Basically, I'm looking for one a bit lighter than that.

 

[Fowler]

I had originally though of doing what you what to do and for the same reason.

I decided to go to something different (see link) https://www.triketalk.com/forum/threads/35590-88-blazer-trike/page39

Could you adapt the setup in my last post to what I did in the above link

 

[Eggman]

I did get a few things figured out, just have to go back to O'Reilly's and change out either the caliper or the rotor.

 

[LarryA]

front

here is one to study!

 

[hogcowboy]

look here

scroll down a bit

https://www.triketalk.com/forum/threads/30623-V8-Diesel-Trike-old-Uhaul-truck/page4

Do you know what happened to that build? Thread just died. I was just wondering about the angle of the driveline. I had a 77 Blazer that had a fair amount of angle and I was putting u-joints in that thing almost dead on every 18k miles. And that was no matter how often I greased them. I put 3 sets in and then sold it before needing the 4th. I don't know if it was the angle or something else but it eat u-joints.

 

[Eggman]

Do you know what happened to that build? Thread just died. I was just wondering about the angle of the driveline. I had a 77 Blazer that had a fair amount of angle and I was putting u-joints in that thing almost dead on every 18k miles. And that was no matter how often I greased them. I put 3 sets in and then sold it before needing the 4th. I don't know if it was the angle or something else but it eat u-joints.

How was your pinion angle versus your transmission output shaft angle? They need to be equal and opposite. Or you can always rotate the rear pinioni to point at the transmission and use a cardan joint.

 

[Eggman]

View attachment 76568here is one to study!

Damn!! That's a lot of aluminum!!

 

[stacebg]

How was your pinion angle versus your transmission output shaft angle? They need to be equal and opposite. Or you can always rotate the rear pinioni to point at the transmission and use a cardan joint.

also the ends of the shaft need to be timed

 

[Eggman]

After several trips around the block with the all-terrain tire on the front, I've decided that it's not for me. Makes the front end way too heavy to steer comfortably.

Looking at an MC tire... https://www.bikebandit.com/tires-tu...ax-cruiser-and-touring-tire/p/30444?b=2812235

I've read that when running double dark on a motorcycle, with a rear tire on the front, it's ran backwards to the arrow. With running it on the front of a trike, would it be ran backwards as well? Or forward?

Thanks.

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