I felt that the heel rest on my right footpeg had self adjusted a bit so intended to put it back to where it should be, only to find that the male end had a fracture break so got on the web and ordered a new set but they were going to be a good couple of weeks to get here so in the meantime I thought to steal Lynes pillion peg and did that but having a better look at the dissasembled front peg assembly decided it might be a fix I could do.
I got a piece of steel the same diameter as the width of the male end and used that as a starting point
I turned one end to the 1/2 inch diameter that would be the stub and with the length marked in turned the short end to match.
I have a 100 lb magnet for holding the knife blades and that was perfect to grind one flat sown to the turned stubs. I had used the thickness needed for the male end to determine the dia of the stubs so that grinding flats down to that dia would give me the perfect thickness to work.
Having done that I put the surface grinder attachment on the grinder and gave myself a nice even parallel flat stub.
With the flat section sorted I could mark in the bolt hole and round off the corner to allow for movement (when cornering too hard 😎) You will notice that the end is not square but I did that so the peg is angled back slightly. You can see on the old end where I had drilled in a short length of rod to hold it off to the same angle. When your legs are necessarily spalyed out to reach the pegs that slight angle makes for a more secure foot rest, being square to the foot.
With the hole drilled and the corner ground off I could then cut the offending part off and drill the hole to take the new end.
The stub was a sliding fit in the hole so with a few Center punch marks to give the epoxy a bite it was ready to assemble again.
With 24 hr epoxy in the hole, it was cramped together and will sit in the vice overnight. In the morning I will drill a hole to add a pin though the stub right at the thread side of the large flange and that will ensure a permanent fix.
ONIX wrote: ↑5 Jan 2024, 3:16 pm
It must be so handy having the tools and skills to be able to do these sorts of repairs yourself. Props @VonGruff
Good training as a boy with father who always encouraged us to "have a go". We grew up with both parents being very capable at making things so it just seemed natural for me to do so as well. but I take your point about having the tools necessary to allow for the making but in many cases I also made the tools to do some jobs especially with the knifemaking. Belt grinder, both forges, power hammers, anvil etc It is nice when a hobby of making things needs things made.
