'66 Schwinn Twinn build

[SchwinnSchwing]

Decided the front fender was way too far from the wheel. Had to do a little "fab" work. Which consisted of adding a small extender at the top & shortening the fender brackets. I put the brackets in the vice & just flattened them an inch further up than they were, drilled a new hole & cut the old hole off. As I'm just about to drill all the way through the second hole the drill caught & literally twisted the bracket around the drill bit TWICE & also put a nice kink in it. & don;t forget these were already painted in that granite finish. I thought for sure it was toast. I uncurled it from the drill & pounded it back flat & was actually able to salvage it & no one will be able to tell. Pheww, that was a close one. Last picture is the bracket that got twisted around the drill

 

[SchwinnSchwing]

I also had to pound in a section of the rear fender where the chain goes by it since I moved the stock fender that already had that. Came out a lot better than I thought it would. Just opened the vice up to the width I wanted the gap & set the fender over it. Then I covered it with a piece of cloth so I didn't mess up the paint too bad when I hammered it. (this is why they do all the fitting FIRST when building a custom car...lol)

The little details

Also ran into another snag. The stem wasn't long enough to get the springer bracket over it & still have room to get the top nut on. So I ground the lip of the top nut off & turned it upside down. Luckily the springer bracket hole was big enough to allow the tapered part of the nut to fit inside it & still go over the threads. I was only able to get half the threads on but it's good enough for what I'm doing

 

[SchwinnSchwing]

Finally got the handle bar spacer I was waiting for so I could get the front bars painted & mounted. Just have the rear fender & tray to install. Should be all done by tomorrow. I also noticed the rear goose neck has a bend in it. You can see the rear bars sag to the right in the head on picture

 

[kwoodyh]

It's a little tweaked, probably normal fatigue from the rear rider pedaling, right foot down stroke and left arm pulling up?


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[SchwinnSchwing]

If it aint one thing it's another. I went to put the chain guard on & realized I put the stupid front sprocket on backwards. I have it offsetting outward instead of inward. It just time I guess

 

[kwoodyh]

Assembly gods are watching and your Karma will kick in if you're not living right! Make sure when you assemble the kickstand it folds down and not up![emoji23]


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[SchwinnSchwing]

Got the rear rack baskets on & ordered the seats yesterday. As soon as they get here it'll be done. I was going to do the rear rack in white but decided to go with gray at the last minute.

 

[SchwinnSchwing]

Can't forget the straps

 

[kwoodyh]

Drill out the post? I've been wondering if dry ice might be able to shrink it enough to remove? I also have a stuck one i might try it on?


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[SchwinnSchwing]

Drill out the post? I've been wondering if dry ice might be able to shrink it enough to remove? I also have a stuck one i might try it on?

Yea, I ended up drilling it out with a 13/16ths bit I had to buy. Not sure if the dry ice would do the trick or not