Haven't had much time lately, so not much progress.
Did the Trilex rims for one of the rear axles today.
Here all the parts in order of assembly. All the parts are made of machined aluminium, the red bit is a cast piece.
The inside hub, front and back
One of the tow rims. There is a ridge on one side on both of them.
The part that goes between the two rims. The "teeth" fit into the cast piece.
Cast piece, front and back
Assembling the parts. The cast bit goes into one of the rims until it is firmly pressed against the before mentioned ridge.
The distance piece goes on next with the "teeth" fitting into the cast piece.
Next the second rim is placed ridge down on top of this and the inside hub is dropped in. The inside hub fits just so with the thicker parts of the distance ring where the "teeth" are. This way the holes for the bolts line up. The inside hub has threaded holes.
Bolts in place and test fit on axle - Note: the bolts provided are M2x4.5. I will replace them at a later time with M2x8 or M2x10 model bolts. The M2x4.5 only have 2-3 threads in the inner hub. Doesn't take much force to strip the threads either. (Found out the hard way)
Tyres in place - sorry about the cat hairs on the pictures, had "help"
And mounted on axle with the hubcap in place (hubcap has a small rubber ring to hold it in). Still need to paint the hubcap red and insert the little M1 bolts. Also thinking of painting the rims red too ...
