Getting Started

[Scotrod]

They use these diffs on racing cars, so they are tried and tested under extreme conditions

That was the impression I had, which makes a major failure like this one very 'peculiar',,, It isn't like this is the first gearbox the company has made nor is it the first box the Trike company has installed,,, WTH???!!!???!!!

Only 'good' thing is,,, if it had to happen, at least it happened BEFORE you took posession and got stuck alongside the road!!!!

Hang in there, Paul!!!

[Hambly434]

Well Paul I guess that's what testing is for.
Better now than in April or May when your just getting primed up for the riding season.
I'm betting Santa and his elves will still get that machine under your tree by xmas.
We're all pulling for you.

[Paul B Blues]

Well Paul I guess that's what testing is for.
Better now than in April or May when your just getting primed up for the riding season.
I'm betting Santa and his elves will still get that machine under your tree by xmas.
We're all pulling for you.

Right now Neil I am still be promised pre Christmas delivery, they are good guys at the Trike Shop, and I know if they can deliver they will.

[Paul B Blues]

That was the impression I had, which makes a major failure like this one very 'peculiar',,, It isn't like this is the first gearbox the company has made nor is it the first box the Trike company has installed,,, WTH???!!!???!!!

Only 'good' thing is,,, if it had to happen, at least it happened BEFORE you took posession and got stuck alongside the road!!!!

Hang in there, Paul!!!

Yes Scotrod I agree, it would have been a real messy situation. I now have the problem of a confidence issue with the diff, as I won't be riding it at all until maybe March, I will just have to hope and pray it was a one off.

Paul B.....

[Scotrod]

I now have the problem of a confidence issue with the diff,

Paul B.....

I understand completely how you feel, but,,,,,

As catastrophic as the failure was, and at such an early point in the box's life,,,,, The chance of an identical repeat failure somewhere down the road would be virtually nil,,

Something was FUBAR with the first set up as it died in testing,,, Wrong enough that it should be easy to tell what went wrong as Owner abuse, wear, maintenance, etc, etc, were never a part of the problem. It 'did what it did' very early in life, and the 'smoking gun' has only few places to hide,,,

You know all eyes will be upon the 2nd box and they'll be testing it before you get the trike.

[Paul B Blues]

I understand completely how you feel, but,,,,,

As catastrophic as the failure was, and at such an early point in the box's life,,,,, The chance of an identical repeat failure somewhere down the road would be virtually nil,,

Something was FUBAR with the first set up as it died in testing,,, Wrong enough that it should be easy to tell what went wrong as Owner abuse, wear, maintenance, etc, etc, were never a part of the problem. It 'did what it did' very early in life, and the 'smoking gun' has only few places to hide,,,

You know all eyes will be upon the 2nd box and they'll be testing it before you get the trike.

You are quite right of course, I know that for it to FUBAR so early on the fault must be an obvious one.

[Bob the bike]

Sorry to hear about the Trike problems Paul.
I have got my fingers and everything else crossed for good luck that you manage to ride the Trike for christmas.
The pictures are great...........keep them coming. Bob.

[Paul B Blues]

Sorry to hear about the Trike problems Paul.
I have got my fingers and everything else crossed for good luck that you manage to ride the Trike for christmas.
The pictures are great...........keep them coming. Bob.

Cheers Bob, I am optimistic that I'll get her before the big day, and as the weather is set to be mild for a while yet, I'll put a few mile on her too.

[Steve 0080]

One small set back , a preview for better days......

[Scotrod]

You are quite right of course, I know that for it to FUBAR so early on the fault must be an obvious one.

Heh heh heh! Tell them you don't want one that was put together at quitting time on a Friday before Holiday!!!!



Would LOVE to hear WTH went wrong with the first one,,, We all know CHIT happens, but was the "upper cog placed on the lower shaft" at the factory,,, maybe a "shifting-related disaster",,, or,,,???

(I have a strange attraction to mechanical chit that got TORE UP BIG TIME unexpectedly by the 'yet-unknown',,, Kinda like a mechanical version of 'crime-solvers')