Took me a month to get the purchase order out due to school district red tape but then less than a week for AM to deliver. Likewise, we received them days before the winter break. That was enough time to lay hands on them and consider a design idea that has been floating in my head since seeing some of the west coast drive-trains posted here. What was a real help was the full CAD assembly on AM and a search for 8020 CAD on Google. The result is a full day of Inventor work in between eating Christmas dinner left-overs.
499 design All we need now is a machine shop to assist with milling these custom saddles as it will require a lot of material to be removed. I am assuming the best (only) means of attaching these to the frame is via the four through bolts on the transmission.
