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I first tool from them, but happy with the quality so far

Spike

Finished the floor boards, and rear spare tire panel

Spike

REBUILDING TRIKE SPINDLES / KNUCKLES
Started rebuilding the trike front spindles. I'm starting with a used pair of Chevy Chevette front spindles. They were used and abused, but straight and true. Took the dust shields off and degreased them, then straightened up the dust shields. From there I cleaned them up with a wire wheel and grinder. Along with removing a lot of the casting lines. Next, etching primer was used to arrest any remaining rust in the pits. Followed with buildup primer. lastly I decided to used a Rustoleum Hammered finish paints, for the rust protection, and convenience/ availability for touch up later on.

Spike

Any particular reason you decided to reuse the dust shields?

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Perry

'If man built it, man can fix it'
"No one ever told me I couldn't do it."
"If you can't build it safe, don't build it."

Perry's Locost Super Che7enette Build
Perry's TBird Based 5.0L Super 7 L.S.O
Perry's S10 Super 7 The 3rd
Perry's 4th Build The Topolino 500 (Little Mouse) Altered
Perry's 5th Build the Super Slant 6 Super 7
Perry's Final Build the 1929 Mercedes Gazelle

Yeah, probably not a lot of problems with puddle splash to warm the hot rotors or get into the inner bearing, though you might just cut them back to still provide a guard for the bearing. On the spindles, make sure there is no step to catch a finger nail on from a spun inner race from lack of or bad mx. This caused “tramp” rumble vibration every few seconds at highway speeds from the loose races walking around the spindle.

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Miata UBJ: ES-2074R('70s maz pickup)
Ford IFS viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13225&p=134742
Simple Spring select viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11815
LxWxHt
360LA 442E: 134.5x46x15
Lotus7:115x39x7.25
Tiger Avon:114x40x13.3-12.6
Champion/Book:114x42x11
Gibbs/Haynes:122x42x14
VoDou:113x44x14
McSorley 442:122x46x14
Collins 241:127x46x12

The only reason, is because of the dust cup/grease shield. I have contemplated trimming the shields back, but had not made a final decision yet. Or know how much metal to leave on. My thought is marked out below. But is it needed at all?

Spike

I'd trace around the edge of the spindle and cut it there but you could cut it smaller at the red circle with no issue.

Will it ever be needed? You can hit puddles on rain free days too.

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Miata UBJ: ES-2074R('70s maz pickup)
Ford IFS viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13225&p=134742
Simple Spring select viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11815
LxWxHt
360LA 442E: 134.5x46x15
Lotus7:115x39x7.25
Tiger Avon:114x40x13.3-12.6
Champion/Book:114x42x11
Gibbs/Haynes:122x42x14
VoDou:113x44x14
McSorley 442:122x46x14
Collins 241:127x46x12

Did not use them on any of my builds.
We are not driving these cars in the harshest of conditions.
The grease seal in the rotor does just fine.

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Perry

'If man built it, man can fix it'
"No one ever told me I couldn't do it."
"If you can't build it safe, don't build it."

Perry's Locost Super Che7enette Build
Perry's TBird Based 5.0L Super 7 L.S.O
Perry's S10 Super 7 The 3rd
Perry's 4th Build The Topolino 500 (Little Mouse) Altered
Perry's 5th Build the Super Slant 6 Super 7
Perry's Final Build the 1929 Mercedes Gazelle

FINISHING THE TRIKE SPINDLES / KNUCKLES
Finished the Chevette/Fiero knuckles for the trike. I decided to remove the backing plates, but I will keep them, just in case. Packed and installed the bearings, along with the rear seal. I went with the chevette dics, for the 4 x 100 bolt pattern. Which will be helpful when it comes time to bolt up the Triumph 15 inch wire wheels and hubs.

Spike

I like synthetic too. I’m surprised you didn’t go ahead and paint the rotor hats inside and out before greasing. I’d spray them with acetone or brake clean to remove the very temporary rust preventative. They will be highly visible with wire wheels.

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Miata UBJ: ES-2074R('70s maz pickup)
Ford IFS viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13225&p=134742
Simple Spring select viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11815
LxWxHt
360LA 442E: 134.5x46x15
Lotus7:115x39x7.25
Tiger Avon:114x40x13.3-12.6
Champion/Book:114x42x11
Gibbs/Haynes:122x42x14
VoDou:113x44x14
McSorley 442:122x46x14
Collins 241:127x46x12

Yes, I like the synthetic grease and oils. The rotors do have a coating on them. But I waited to paint them, because I had not decided whether to go with all suspension in the Hammered Silver, or to alternate between the Hammered Silver, and Hammered Black.I'm leaning towards all Hammered Silver.

Spike

I agree about not running in harsh conditions, that is why I removed the plates.

Spike

MORGAN 3 WHEELER FRONT SUSPENSION / WISH BONE LAYOUT , DESIGN, AND BUILD. PART 1
Today I made the jig for the front wish bones, cutting an offset for size difference of the bushing tube. Then I made some mock upper and lower arms, and secured them to my frame, to check if my geometry was correct. Made some minor adjustments to the lower arm for clearance. in the next part I will start cutting the tubing.

Spike

I like the wood jigging. A level lca means a line through the center of the balljoint and the center of the lcap is level. The way that is jigged with the wood, the height of the lbj means the lcaps will be above the rails or the lca will effectively slope up toward the lbj at ride height even though the tubing will be level.

You could also pocket the lbj in the lca by bolting it to a plate across the bottom of the tubing instead of the top but that would raise the car and inch or so. Nothing wrong with hanging the lcaps off the top of the rail though if you want.

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Miata UBJ: ES-2074R('70s maz pickup)
Ford IFS viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13225&p=134742
Simple Spring select viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11815
LxWxHt
360LA 442E: 134.5x46x15
Lotus7:115x39x7.25
Tiger Avon:114x40x13.3-12.6
Champion/Book:114x42x11
Gibbs/Haynes:122x42x14
VoDou:113x44x14
McSorley 442:122x46x14
Collins 241:127x46x12

I wanted to make sure I was in the ballpark, before I started cutting my tubing

Spike