SMS630 Spiderman Axle Sliders: DIY

[KXcam22]

Thanks to all the axle slider ideas on here I was able to build myself some. Bought a mini "spiderman" skateboard at ToysRus for $8. I has 4 lovely red wheels on it made out of very hard material. I used scraps from my shop to build the whole thing and painted them black to disquise them.

Front: used 3/8 stainless threaded rod. For spacers I started out with cut down pipe fittings. A 3/8" pipe nipple has a perfect 3/8" inside hole and can be threaded into larger pipe piece. A 1/2" pip OD matches the axle OD perfectly. It would have worked well but then I cheated and got a friend to make me a couple of simple spacers on his lathe. Much cleaner. Note: they are not aluminium so I will have to build a couple more when I get some aluminium scraps to use.

Rear: Again used the 3/8" rod. The pipe fittings for the rear axle worked out great. For the sprocket side I used a 3/8" pipe union. It has a 3/4" wrench flats which when filed a bit, fit nicely inside the axle. A 3/8" threaded pipe nipple then makes the rod tight inside the fitting. On the disc side I found a fitting pipe fitting that fit inside the axle with the thread filed off the fitting. The ID was drilled out to 3/8". Heres some pics. Cam.View attachment 19369View attachment 19370View attachment 19371View attachment 19372View attachment 19373View attachment 19374View attachment 19375View attachment 19369

 

[KXcam22]

And here is the finished product. I added the dimensional drawing for the front axle spacers. Cam.

 

[KXcam22]

It sucks not being able to add or edit. Extra notes: On the front rod I attached the disk side slider and spacers and installed with the RF spacer. I used a nut cut in half as a thin locknut to hold the rod and spacers together (shown in a pic) and then installed the RF slider. There are LOTS of washers used as spacers that are not shown. I used a nut and washer on each side of the skate wheels and locked them in with red loctite. This may not be necessary but I used 4ea 3/8" thick slices of the 3/8" pipe nipples and pounded then inside the skate wheels as a rod bushing. That worked very well. Hope this helps. Cam.

 

[RDTCU]

Nice! Now throw on some peg sliders, a Hyde plate to save the cases, and some handguards. Also, I would leave the passenger pegs on, ask me how I know.

 

[KXcam22]

Actually those are my winter plans. I am heading to Vancouver in the morning to get a Hip replacement, compliments of a motocross race crash 30 some years ago. I wont be able to ski this season so, to stay sane the plan is to play with the husky and add stuff. I was considering upgrading the pegs before I add sliders. Cam.

 

[Virginian]

That's a great idea. Thanks for posting.

 

[Coffee]

It sucks not being able to add or edit.

Your account was 100% in July, and in my notes I indicated that was long overdue. If you cannot edit your own post, initiate a conversation (send PM), or your content is moderated - click on the Housekeeping button and let us know.

 

[KXcam22]

Thanks. I will try harder. Cam.

 

[KXcam22]

Thanks, the edits works now. I am back from hip surgery and staring at the walls already. Can't ride, can't ski but husky planning I can do. Cam.