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[steff_dk]

[steff_dk]

Gents, I realize we are long overdue for an update.
Well, I have been busy with life but have managed to get all the stuff needed to set the bearing seats into the wheel.



Got a colleague from the US to get me a bunch of JB Weld since it is half price stateside.



Also went to the local pharmacy to get some syringes to help get the JB Weld into the groove where it mates to the wheel.
The lady gave me a worried look and told me I could only buy the syringes but not the needles .. lol



The two tubes of JB Weld have the same density, so mixing 50/50 is easy with a kitchen scale. Whipped up 24g of weld.



Cut an old windscreen wash jar for mixing



Used one syringe to scoop up all the mixed JB Weld and then pushed it into a clean syringe and changed gloves so I could work with the wheel without gettng the stuff everywhere.





First I put it into the grooves of the bearing seats.





Then got the bolts in with Loctite 2701 (permanent bond) and ran a bead of JB Weld on the inside of the wheel and pushed it in with a finger all the way around, like a real gentleman.



24 hours from now, when it has all hardened I will measure it out and see if everything still lines up.

I am procrastinating with the caliper mounts because they quite frankly are a nightmare to model in Fusion 360...

Also, the ones I have already drawn up are pretty expensive to have CNC machined because they have to me machined from several sides which makes the many setups time consuming and expensive.
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