Reverse Box of Chain drive
phil_far - 24/11/10 at 05:47 PM
Hi,
A friend of mine is building a three wheeler with a front mounted engine driving the rear wheel via chain. Is there a reverse box in the market that
coudl be fitted somwhere as I am not awrae of any!
jacko - 24/11/10 at 05:56 PM
I think Moffet make one as used in
Kit car crisis
[Edited on 24/11/10 by jacko]
blue2cv - 24/11/10 at 07:30 PM
Muffets do make a chain and a shaft drive reverse box (at least they did a few years ago) the one in kitcar crisis was an Allens Performance / Nova
Racing unit, as my pics in archive
smart51 - 24/11/10 at 07:57 PM
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Originally posted by phil_farfront mounted engine driving the rear wheel via chain
That's going to be one long chain. Is he sure that's the best way to move the power all that way?
paulf - 24/11/10 at 09:52 PM
Maybe he could fit a prop shaft type reverse box in the middle sideways by fitting sprockets to the prop flanges and adding outrigger bearings to take
the side load on the gearbox.
Paul
quote:
Originally posted by smart51
quote:
Originally posted by phil_farfront mounted engine driving the rear wheel via chain
That's going to be one long chain. Is he sure that's the best way to move the power all that way?
MK9R - 24/11/10 at 11:26 PM
not cheap, but an option
http://www.novaracing.co.uk/reversing-gearbox-for-inprop-shaft-installation-and-engine-coupling-kit.htm
The Venom Project - 28/11/10 at 12:19 PM
quote:
Originally posted by phil_far
Hi,
A friend of mine is building a three wheeler with a front mounted engine driving the rear wheel via chain. Is there a reverse box in the market that
coudl be fitted somwhere as I am not awrae of any!
When I was looking at building my Reverse trike, I had looked at various setups, I know that Quaife do a specific reverse gearbox designed for a
chain, they weren't cheap in my opinion, something like £1600.
I would have opted for the caravan motor mover direct onto the rear tyre. This is a much cheaper option, especially if you go to a caravan service
centre, where they have second hand units. Motor movers are designed to move caravans on 1 or two wheels. I think a second hand unit was something
in the region of £250, when I eventually get enough money to buy the MEV TR1KE this will be the route I go down.
Links for Quaife are here:
http://www.quaife.co.uk/catalogue/products/qba2r
Just found this while looking for the proper one, looks interesting:
http://www.100-biker.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=18453
The box above modified is around £600, but I would suggest looking at MNR, they make there own a bit cheaper, and to be honest a better box, the
problem I had with my Quaife box like this one, but mine was for propshaft so standard not modified, is they don't half take a lot of power, they
seem to suffer from lots of drag, the MNR box is a free loose drive, no friction, no power loss.
Hope this is of some help
Nick
phil_far - 29/11/10 at 06:15 PM
Thanks guys I iwll pas son the information!
Cheers
keljon - 21/6/11 at 10:55 AM
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