My first carrier: some assembly required

[super dave]

I thought I would give a little update as I have not had as much time to work on the carrier this last month but I have been able to get a lot of the pieces fabricated and painted. I now have most of the key pieces done now so I can get started on the assembly this winter and hopefully have it mostly done by spring time.

Had new rear fenders made up as I did not have any with the carrier. These are the brake rod covers and I guess the brake rod spring that is mounted underneath the covers. I used Doug's as a sample to make up some new ones.

[super dave]

The front fenders I purchased from john but I had to weld up the mounting holes and drill new ones to make them fit ( has anyone else purchased the front fenders from John and had any issues bolting them up or is it just me, Just wondering ??) any how I got them to fit now and they are painted and ready to go.

[super dave]

I blasted my wheels and replaced all the bearings with the larger 50mm ID bearings and had New spacers machined to make them work like some of the other members here as it was a lot cheaper than the 40mm bearings.

[super dave]

As I was blasting the wheels I noticed on just one of the wheels there was the C Broad arrow stamped on one of the spokes, Has anyone else seen the stamping on any of their wheels Anyhow the bearings are installed and wheels painted ready for assembly.

[kevin powles]

hi dave, I had the same issue with the righthand wing from john, had to weld it up, he knows about this problem because i told him, hope he turns out future ones with the correct hole alignment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

I made up some of those steering rod covers, be careful on the left hand one as it runs pretty close to the cross tube and can foul on it if they are made a fraction oversize.

Nice to see someone else has gone for the the 50mm bearings, however i have seen pretty cheap 40mm ones recently.

nice restortation..................kevin.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by super dave

As I was blasting the wheels I noticed on just one of the wheels there was the C Broad arrow stamped on one of the spokes, Has anyone else seen the stamping on any of their wheels Anyhow the bearings are installed and wheels painted ready for assembly.

When I was first reassembling that carrier I had put on it a couple of NOS roadwheel. I seem to recall the C/i\ on them. Does the wheel with the marking appear very new? Perhaps just replacements were marked with the property marks. It would have been a lot of effort to mark every part on a vehicle otherwise.

[SDeMocko]

Looking great Dave!

Stephen DeMocko

[super dave]

Originally Posted by rob love

When I was first reassembling that carrier I had put on it a couple of NOS roadwheel. I seem to recall the C/i\ on them. Does the wheel with the marking appear very new? Perhaps just replacements were marked with the property marks. It would have been a lot of effort to mark every part on a vehicle otherwise.

No NOS wheels came with the carrier all the wheels I have are used and some worse than others, It would be nice to replace a few with nicer ones but I have not seen any spares out this way .

[Dave Schindel]

One of super dave's pics shows the springs that fit under the brake rods.Mine only had one left. What was their purpose?Anti-rattle?
Dave