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Clevis Fork dimensions after material removal
 
Date: 12/16/2013
 
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Heims overall length cut down to 1.700"
 
Date: 12/16/2013
 
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Emergency Maneuver that starts with Heim? 1 of 13
 
Date: 12/16/2013
 
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Emergency Maneuver that starts with Heim? 2 of 13
 
Date: 12/16/2013
 
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Front threaded rod cut down to .450 (I aim for minimum of 9.5 threads of engagement on any 5/16-24 joint)
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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Rod end clevis fork ground down to 1.975" (again minimum 9.5 threads of engagement)
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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Length of coupler is ~ .855" cut down from 1". 9.5 times two is 19, so this allows minimum of 19 threads of engagement
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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Temporary mount using 1 flat head 1/4-28
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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The threaded portion of my "thunk" fits nicely inside this spacer
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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The 11/16-16 thread is not too common
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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I will leave ~ 1.25 diameters of thread engaging and remove all else
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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What an idiot, I turned off half the nut down to spacer OD to save a little weight
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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You can see I left a little space so the spacer can pinch the bearing when the nut is tightened
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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I'm going to Redux the nut in place and Redux/Flox the thread extender hang-over
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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1/2" ball end-mill on order (McMaster) to to mill a pocket  in the brake master cylinder directly above the mounting holes
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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Using fore and aft the supplied by Europa for push-rod jam nuts that are .155" thick
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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The magic number is 1.990" from the forward pillow block bearing to the grove.
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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You can see the pillow block is aft of the threads
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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Aft mount
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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Overall view of front mount
 
Date: 12/13/2013
 
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