Billy Golightly
05-18-2006, 09:56 PM
The day started out with me working on my new aluminum tripple clamps when UPS pulled up about 11:00AM with my new Roll Design/IMS stainless steel heavy duty footpegs that fit a trx250r. I then hacked off the original peg mount from the Tri-Z mounting plate.
I attempted to create an all new mount out of 3 different pieces of plate but after about an hour and half worth of work I scrapped them because I was not happy with them. After that I attempted to remove the peg mounting portion from a 350X foot peg and re-weld it onto the Tri-Z footpeg. It took way to freaking long to get off and when I did I found that due to the shape of the Z mounting plate and what I had cut off there was barely any weld surface, so that got shitcanned too. At about 4:30 I started on some new mounts using 2 pieces of angle iron. First one had the hole for the pin drilled in the wrong location, those got chunked. Second set came out good.
I then spent another hour or so trying to figure out how to get them posistioned properly and tack weld them in place before I removed them from the frame and totally welded them. I put a block under the front tire, a jack stand under the rear axle on one side and a floor jack on the other side because I couldn't find the jack stand. This got it high enough where I could roll my welding chair over to it and have enough height to use the pedal for the heat control. I tacked it on each corner and then pulled it off and welded the ever loving hell out of it (I hope it holds, cause if it dont I'm in for a world of hurt). I welded inside and outside where the |_| shaped mount welded onto the Z peg plate. I double passed the outside. By the time everything cooled and I re-mounted it, it was around 9:30 tonight. Right side tomorrow! :w00t: :w00t:
I attempted to create an all new mount out of 3 different pieces of plate but after about an hour and half worth of work I scrapped them because I was not happy with them. After that I attempted to remove the peg mounting portion from a 350X foot peg and re-weld it onto the Tri-Z footpeg. It took way to freaking long to get off and when I did I found that due to the shape of the Z mounting plate and what I had cut off there was barely any weld surface, so that got shitcanned too. At about 4:30 I started on some new mounts using 2 pieces of angle iron. First one had the hole for the pin drilled in the wrong location, those got chunked. Second set came out good.
I then spent another hour or so trying to figure out how to get them posistioned properly and tack weld them in place before I removed them from the frame and totally welded them. I put a block under the front tire, a jack stand under the rear axle on one side and a floor jack on the other side because I couldn't find the jack stand. This got it high enough where I could roll my welding chair over to it and have enough height to use the pedal for the heat control. I tacked it on each corner and then pulled it off and welded the ever loving hell out of it (I hope it holds, cause if it dont I'm in for a world of hurt). I welded inside and outside where the |_| shaped mount welded onto the Z peg plate. I double passed the outside. By the time everything cooled and I re-mounted it, it was around 9:30 tonight. Right side tomorrow! :w00t: :w00t: