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Irrelevant now unless he is here under another alias but this is a neighbours car

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Skub wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 7:53 pm Image
Makes sense in a 'why hasn't anyone thought of that before?' sort of way. :D
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Count Steer wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 7:58 pm
Skub wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 7:53 pm Image
Makes sense in a 'why hasn't anyone thought of that before?' sort of way. :D
Until you lube the chain.
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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 8:06 pm
Count Steer wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 7:58 pm
Skub wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 7:53 pm Image
Makes sense in a 'why hasn't anyone thought of that before?' sort of way. :D
Until you lube the chain.
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I'm sure I've read of an American production bike having a combined brake disc and sprocket. American production bike, kind of limits it to Harley or Indian then.
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cheb wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 8:47 pm I'm sure I've read of an American production bike having a combined brake disc and sprocket. American production bike, kind of limits it to Harley or Indian then.
I think I saw a shaft drive bike with a brake on the shaft.
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cheb wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 8:47 pm I'm sure I've read of an American production bike having a combined brake disc and sprocket. American production bike, kind of limits it to Harley or Indian then.
Probably a belt, given KFB's observation?

I feel like I've seen combined brake/pulley setups in industry but I could be imagining that.
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There's been bikes with brake discs on the gearbox output shaft too, ATK IIRC.

And proper lLandrovers has a drum transmission* brake.


*There's got to be a woke joke in there.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 9:27 pm
cheb wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 8:47 pm I'm sure I've read of an American production bike having a combined brake disc and sprocket. American production bike, kind of limits it to Harley or Indian then.
Probably a belt, given KFB's observation?

I feel like I've seen combined brake/pulley setups in industry but I could be imagining that.
Belt cog, or pulley, would be too wide.
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Wag going to try my hand at making some but this seems a whole lot easier :lol:


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Taipan wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:02 pm
Belt cog, or pulley, would be too wide.
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Mid calliper spacers, @mangocrazy is that you?
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cheb wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 9:55 pm There's been bikes with brake discs on the gearbox output shaft too, ATK IIRC.

And proper lLandrovers has a drum transmission* brake.


*There's got to be a woke joke in there.
The classic Jaguar back axle had inboard discs, did it not? They must have made thousands of those.

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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:39 am

The classic Jaguar back axle had inboard discs, did it not? They must have made thousands of those.

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Mine (well, it was actually a Daimler Sovereign ;) ) certainly did and that was back in the 1970s.
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How do you change the pads? Presumably you get in through those 'windows' in teh black subframe?
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The XJS had that set-up too, as well as the Sovereign.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 8:45 am How do you change the pads? Presumably you get in through those 'windows' in teh black subframe?
No...you drop the whole assembly ( or lift the back seat and cut a hole in the floor).
Rover 2000's were similar but easier to service.
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Oh right, it's just as daft as it looks then :D

Reason number 75 they don't do it that way much.