WHEEL WELLS
[10/20/2004]
The wheel wells have been milled! It was a short night, since I had to get home to
help put together a new bed before getting some sleep for the night. I only got a
couple things done on the list of things I wanted to do tonight, but cutting the
wheel wells was the #1 thing I absolutely wanted to get done, and now I'm there. I
also trimmed the motor mounts so they don't interfere with anything now. Here you
can see partial results of both completed tasks.
And here is a view from beneath, showing both wheel wells. I need a bottom tap
so I can tap the wheel hub on one wheel for just one more thread to get the wheel
centered within the cut-out. My lab partner says I could use more clearance (by milling
the hole(s) wider), but now that I have everything mounted up tightly, it looks to me
like all I need is to cut one more thread to allow the wheel to seat down [where I
wanted it to be in the first place] closer to the gearbox, which will give me just the
clearance I need.