54 Evans Colson springer

[mrg]

Look thru the archives and threads here and can't find a breakdown of the lower section/dogbones, got this in pieces and trying to figure out how to reassemble, really different! anyone have a detailed view, pictures, any help, seems like 2 of the shoulder nuts ( not shoulder bolts ) screw right on the axles?

 

[fordmike65]

@Fltwd57

 

[Fltwd57]

 

[mrg]

That's a good angle, I hope I have all the parts, that's all I got and was together before shipping, don't know why it was taken apart to ship but everything was taken apart so trying to figure out a bag of nuts & bolts .Thanks

 

[Fltwd57]

A close up for ya..

 

[mrg]

Thanks Martin, that's a even better angle, these were in one bag but not sure what they're for, don't look like anything in the closeup, no crown lock nuts so far tho.

 

[mrg]

Well, JCH beehive springer is kinda a pain with a few versions and Snyder even more with different versions and that spacer on the axle but this particular version of the Evans/Colson has been a challenge, don't think it has been together correctly for years and missing lock nuts and probably some spacers but now seems like it takes a longer axle as I'm running out of threads, the struts, threaded shoulder nut, dog bone, lock nut and maybe some washers, ( pic of Fltwd57's axle does look longer ) I have seen longer replacement axles?, It came to me with standard axle so not sure how it worked. somewhere there's got to be parts list-assembly pics or something, I've even looked for the patent for a pic.

 

[mrg]

Maybe should have started this in the project thread, Think I figured out I need at least a 6 in. axle ( seems like normal is 5 1/4 -1/2, so searched all my bikes and rims and only found one 6 in. axle but it's a union brand and has different threads and with a 1 in. wide shoulder nut screwing on both ends of the axle it's got to be exact.