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Re: "moon" discs

To: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
Subject: Re: "moon" discs
From: john robinson <john@engr.wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 08:59:05 -0500
Howdy,
         well, Speedway has Moon copies fairly cheap, buying one is 
probably less than shipping one back and forth, and it'll give me 
something >else< to do, in the 89 days till I should be ready to begin the 
final serious thrashing to get ready to go out to the Salt.

At 08:40 AM 5/6/02, you wrote:
>John,
>       If you don't want to sacrifice a disk to make the jig, Moon will loan
>you one for a refundable deposit.
>
>Jim in Palmdale
>
>
> > Pretty close John.... basically what I did was cut a 1 and a half inch
>slot
> > just below the hole that the dzus button goes in... about 3 inches long...
> > then I set the tabs on the disc... so what you have is three tabs mounted
> > to a disc with the metal exposed where it touches the rim.... then I
>tacked
> > the tabs on the wheels and took off the disc and did the final welding....
> >  in my case on my wheels I set it up so that the tab had to be bent 1/4 of
> > an inch and that allowed a bit more welding surface on the rim....
> >
> > Works great... never had an issue... and I don't have to mess with those
> > nasty little screws...
> >
> > You will love it...
> >
> > K


              John Robinson, Mechanician
   Mechanical Engineering University of Wisconsin
                 1513 University Ave.
                  Madison, Wi. 53706
                     608-262-3606
                   FAX 608-265-2316
        Current World Land Speed Record Holder
                 Bonneville Salt Flats
            H/GCC 92 cu.in. 1980 Dodge Colt
                   131.333 MPH set 1995
                   136.666 MPH set 1996
                   140.292 MPH set 2000
                   144.396 MPH set 2000
     MPS-PG 441 c.c. 1967 BSA Victor Motorcycle
                    95.193 MPH set 2001

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