Hi, ive just purchased a stuart taylor locoblade, and im after some advise on where to get a reverse kit for it other than from Aries at 300 sheets,
or is this the going rate ??
any advise welcome....
The easiest part to source is the Starter motor. The hardest is the correct sprocket that you will bolt onto your drivetrain.
Talk to Russ Bost about a complete starter/sprocket or get your own starter and talk to Doug at westgarage engineering. He makes sprokets for drive
chains so should be able to help you.
If you go the cheap route it might cause you problems with ratios etc.
If you buy ready made then it is up to the seller to sort things out.
I have to say, you've probably bought the wrong car if you want to willingly add reverse to a BEC!
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Originally posted by cloudy
I have to say, you've probably bought the wrong car if you want to willingly add reverse to a BEC!
I looked into it, and it does present some difficulties which meant unless I wanted to fabricate some pretty important peices myself I was looking at
a full day for someone like AB to do it for me.
The problem you will have is that a ST is live axled (correct me if I'm wrong) and that makes fitting the reverse in the normal place impossible
as the drive train at the rear moves, unlike the fixed sierra unit on IRS sevens.
You will need to figure out a suitable place to mount it at the front of the prop - which is going to be tricky.
Doing anything for the first time means you can't ask anyone for advise.
It also means that the arier's one for £300 might not work on yours, I know the AB one with a day worth of fabrication time would have worked out
more than that and Andy was very reasonable with his prices.
[Edited on 8/3/09 by Dangle_kt]
Bec racers have been using them for ages and most of those I have seen have been very simple set ups using a starter motor from a bike and a sprocket
on the prop with some form of cable or rod engagement doodah....only thing I would do would be to make the sprocket in a hard plastic just in case
things went pear shaped and the sod dropped into reverse at giddy going forwards speeds...plastic sprocket would save the day by just losing some
teeth...
Why does everybody want reverse all of a sudden?
I had a Quaiffe reversing box on mine which i took off and sold,i only ever used it once and that was out of curiousity.
Also proved to robb the car of 14bhp at the wheels on a rolling road.
Don't know why, but perhaps IVA???
I've recently sold both of my WF reverse gearboxes and two sets of propshafts (Ford and Freeloader) from the race car. I thought they'd
simply gather dust, or I'd have to get them weighed in. Very popular items right now.
...and to contribute technically. The motor in your case will have to go on the engine. Andy (AB) has done this sort of thing before, he also loves Blades..
The Locoblade is available in both live axle and IRS variants.
It was meant as a joke 
BEC design philosophy = minimum weight - bikes don't have reverse!
James
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Originally posted by mr henderson
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Originally posted by cloudy
I have to say, you've probably bought the wrong car if you want to willingly add reverse to a BEC!
Why do you feel you have to say that?
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Originally posted by sonic
Why does everybody want reverse all of a sudden?
I had a Quaiffe reversing box on mine which i took off and sold,i only ever used it once and that was out of curiousity.
Also proved to robb the car of 14bhp at the wheels on a rolling road.
hi, i thought the same when i first got mine on the road but since using it for all sorts of journeys, ive never needed it. I would save the dosh and
put it toward something else
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Originally posted by Meeerrrk
hi, i thought the same when i first got mine on the road but since using it for all sorts of journeys, ive never needed it. I would save the dosh and put it toward something else
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Originally posted by sonic
Why does everybody WANTreverse all of a sudden?
I don't
really want the cost and hassle at this stage in the build
Hi there
My reply wasnt a shirty one!
I know you need one for IVA on new build cars but the one in question isnt going to go through IVA.
There seams to be alot of talk at the moment about reverse on older cars and just wonders why there was so much interest.
Looking at alot of the ideas about the electric type seams to be the way to go as it wont rob power from the engine,however how long do they last
power wise,do they drain the battery?
[Edited on 9/3/09 by sonic]
Sorry Sonic, wasn't having a go at you, more at the powers that be!! As far as I am concerned it's another £350 to find on top of the
reputed £500ish fee for the IVA Agree that electric seems the way to go, light and no power sapping penalty. The only thing it will sap is the
bank balance
as someone who only just converted to BEC, I'm really missing reverse
my garage has a slight incline, which I hadnt even noticed before...
Trying to push even 600 kgs up a hilll is no fun at all....
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Originally posted by Jumpy Guy
as someone who only just converted to BEC, I'm really missing reverse
my garage has a slight incline, which I hadnt even noticed before...
Trying to push even 600 kgs up a hilll is no fun at all....
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Originally posted by Jumpy Guy
as someone who only just converted to BEC, I'm really missing reverse
my garage has a slight incline, which I hadnt even noticed before...
Trying to push even 600 kgs up a hilll is no fun at all....
hmmm.
Problem is that the path to the garage is up a slight incline. but i have a steep ramp into the garden.
(Slopes go opposite ways, garden level in the middle)
i.e. no escape one of the slopes!
have been doing a bit of research on this. depends on what axle your using mk put a gear wheel between the rear diff and the prop shaft and put the starter under that, they weld the starter to two brackets. where they get the gear wheel from i m not sure!!! they charge 350 quid! this is the way i think i ll do it eventually!