Chain Life,
In my quest for the better mousetrap, I am going to make a offset drive from my gearbox output down and across to the centre of the car, as my prop
shaft comes out just where I need to put my pedals. Reading a recent post on here, It raised the question about chain life,
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=189975
I have 2 options, use a 50mm x 8mm pitch belt, which does take up quite a bit of space, ------, needs to be quite rigidly mounted so the belt runs
flat, any more than 1deg parallel runout and the belt life and strength is compromised, but the advantages are I have a built in cush drive if I use a
sprung tensioner, Surprisingly, I can mount the pulleys on a 25mm keyed shaft using taperlocks, which are well within the torque/weight loadings I
expect to put thru them,
Or use the bike chain, 18t sprockets, and a total length of chain of about 500mm,-- this will entail making custom sprockets and bearing carriers, my
worry is the chain and sprocket life, I don't know how long the chain last or for that matter the sprockets either, I don't want to be
making custom sprockets every 2k
Something different, Very different..............
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