Last night I built the rear brake caliper "rod" or what it is called, the brake torsion restrainer perhaps?
I don´t dare to ride the bike without a rear brake since I have no idea how high the idle torque will be, not fun if the rear wheel starts eating itself into the gravel road outside my house...
The rod is made out of chromemoly tubing so even if it looks a bit thin it is more than strong enough.
After that I started to fit all the stuff I removed earlier from the frame, this time with locking nuts and bolts that aren´t twice the lenght needed...
The other side.
Today I found an hour while the little girl was sleeping and assembled the gearbox with the set of SKF bearings with C3 play I ordered a week ago, later I will fit cheramic hybrids to cope with the revs but according to my jet mentor and friend John Wallis these ones should be ok as long as I keep the revs below 10.000rpm.
Fitting the bearings.
The bearings and the gland in place, a snug but still loose enough fit against the shaft so it shouldn´t leak much exhaust gasses into the bearings.
6 bolts cut to lenght and drilled for locking thread, they will be used to bolt the freepower housing and shaft tunnel together.
Bolts torqued down and lock wiring almost done!
No advanced lock wiring, just to make sure the bolts won´t come completely lose.
With that done I could fit the turbine wheel and thread lock the bolt, I wouldn´t want to drop the turbine wheel at 33.000rpm...
Cheers!
/Anders