Colnago_Man
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| posted on 29/6/09 at 06:54 PM |
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Gear Changed Snapped Help Please.
Got 30 yards up the road today when the gear linkage snapped! Thankfully its up from my house so I rolled gracefully back to the drive.
It looks like a homemade one to me (I didnt build the car) but does any one recognise it from a known kit manufacture?
Otherwise any advice on how or where to fix it, I never welded so would need to get it done somewhere. Hopefully made a little stronger this
time....perhaps without the holes!
Thanks!
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JoelP
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| posted on 29/6/09 at 07:14 PM |
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is it 3mm? Should've been ok tbh, maybe it had got a little stiff and suffered a bit more stress. If its failed once though i wouldnt repair it,
just make a slightly stronger copy. What is used for pivots?
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r1_pete
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| posted on 29/6/09 at 07:46 PM |
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If you can't find anyone more local I can weld it back together for you, could it be triangulated to stop future recurrence?
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Colnago_Man
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| posted on 29/6/09 at 08:01 PM |
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r1_pete, thanks for the offer I will let you know very shortly if I will take you up on it. More than happy offer cold beer tokens for your time.
Triangulation is a great idea! Very easy to do with little holes, I could easily bolt another cross piece in there. Cannot believe i never thought of
that myself.
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JoelP
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| posted on 29/6/09 at 08:17 PM |
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Ah, i assumed the angle was ment to move like a pivot, not that it was welding into an L.
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mad-butcher
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| posted on 29/6/09 at 08:37 PM |
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looks like the hole was just to close to the stress line caused by the weld, I was always taught it was rarely the weld that snapped but half an inch
either side of it
tony
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big_wasa
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| posted on 29/6/09 at 08:49 PM |
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Again if you cant get it done closer post it to me and I will sort it for you 
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jack_t
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| posted on 29/6/09 at 09:38 PM |
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if your going to just get it welded u might want to think about triangulating it by adding another piece to make it into a triangle (its stronger)
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