New Uses for Old Parts

As part of a project to build a Tadpole Trike which has three wheels and kind of looks like a tadpole with two wheels in front for steering and one rear wheel for propulsion. I blogged about elsewhere, but I did want to mention that I dismantled the rear suspension on Sassy. I brought the main arms to my friend’s place who has a better saw and chopped them down until I had just the spindles (I was dismayed to discover that finding replacement spindles is almost impossible). I did use one of the original hubs, but remembered that there were problems with the bearings so I bought two replacements. Anyhow, the rear spindles and replacement hubs became the front wheels on the tadpole. One of the original hubs is the rear drive wheel — I discovered that the McMaster-Carr Quick-Disconnect SH-style sprocket adapter (#6086K216) press-fits into the bearing races of the rear hub. As such, aligning it for welding was a breeze.