Whats up players and pimps of the SBC, although this post about the tracker is not very exciting it’s a major move on getting this project completed.
After I got the bike back from Grant the next step was to try and waterproof the electrics as best I could. After I came to grips with the fact it’s never going to be 100% water tight I figured that this would still take some time even been less than perfect.
This is what we started with, I welded in this base plate before the bike was wired. In hindsight it would have been best to weld in a proper steel sealed box, however I am a novice! and also had no idea as to the wiring set up.
Small trip to super cheap auto and I had some silicon, the key here is getting the right style, and I had no idea there were so many. cost around $18 and we have lots to spare.
This stuff worked a treat and once all completed some black spray paint on the exterior finished it off pretty sweet.
Next was to secure all the electrics, superglue and velcro was the key here
This photo does no justice to the time I spent making this box to fit, I would think! at least 12 hours to shape it correctly and still it’s a little off. All the time did pay off as it acts as a perfect base for the tail section to sit on!
Hinges all placed and working sweet.
Here you can see two things one being the hinge system and also the old inner tubes I stuck on to act as a gap filler between the frame and the ply wood box. It’s not perfect but in some places it 100% sealed.
After the box was completed I quickly moved to mounting my seat section. The front was flexing left and right so I made this aluminum bar to help brace it, worked sweet. What you might notice in this photo it the Titanium bolt and race purple spacer.
After using some of Brian’s wise words I had a plan sorted for the seat to frame mount. The idea was using shortened axles to brace and hold it in place bolted to the main frame. Next was to dig up the bit’s needed to complete this. No thanks to Brian here but a major thanks to Teva as he has the workshop pretty organized and finding the parts was E——-ASY.
Cut the axles to the right length and ready for fiberglass
On a usual weekend trip to Bunning’s I stumbled upon this fiberglass repair kit $29, in the back ground you can see the jig I used to get the right placement for the bolts.
Fiberglass all done and starting to set, it was my first time using this stuff and it was pretty cool to try it out. After 5ish hours it set’s like a rock. One thing I did not plan was getting the angle on the axles just right as there was no way to measure this! and once you get to 11:30 on Tuesday night, high off resin of two types you just guess! some how the ruler laying along the seat was about 90% spot on! thank fuck.
Alright that’s it for now.
