I have an very small limited slip axel that someone said might be a crosley. It has dana ring and pinion gears in it. It has extended hub spacers on it because the studs on the axel its self are to short to attach wheels directly to and also because the drums are to big to fit in the wheels. Heres a picture of it. If it is a crosley how much power can it take because Ive been honestly contemplating maybe pairing it up with a vtwin of some sort. Any clue what it is out of?
Can you post a picture of the attachment of the axle to the brake drum? That might be the weak link, especially with those wide tires. How big a V-twin? An old 45 hp or some new big-inch screamer?
the husky engine put out about 8hp, right? I have one of those...I sure didn't recognize it, because I haven't looked under mine for 15 years
Could be out of a later OMC twin. They were about 18 HP, same as an HD 45 "G" motor. The problem with hooking a V twin to it is the transmission. Better just to locate a Servicar rear end and run chain drive as God intended Looking at the picture again, it has Husky mounts. Those rear ends are pretty rugged. I think they are the same as Crosley.
I actually have a transmission and engine that are supposidly paired with this. The problem with the engine is that it has an external coil ( the wires running from behind the fly wheel) Im not sure where I could find the wiring and stuff for it.
You could make your own ignition for that. There are several ways to trigger 'points'. Could be a cam that opens a regular set of points, or a magnet that 'trips' an electronic circuit. They sell electronic points eliminators for a few dollars.
I have that exact rear axle in a '70's Kalamazoo electric utility cart, that I picked up as Navy surplus. Mine is parallel leaf, but otherwise identical, down to the "drive shaft", brakes, and the (common) color. I remember seeing these under a variety of electric and fuel powered scooters and service carts over the years. I work with Dana 60's and 44's a lot, I call this the Dana 1.
There should be a contact breaker (aka, points) under the fan/flywheel. With the appropriately matched condenser, coil and ballast resistor, you should be in the ignition business. It works just like points in a distributor, just without the "distributing" portion since its only got one plug. No tech like low-tech. Wiring is: condenser to points, points to coil-, coil+ to ballast resistor, ballast resistor to 12v. Don't forget to screw the condenser to ground.
Where would i be able to find the condenser and all that at? Its a pretty old set up and I honestly have no idea what type of engine it is.
Dennis Carpenter has all the parts you need. The coil is under the flywheel along with the points and condenser unless someone has monkeyed with it. I've had 10-15 Cushmans over the years. They're fun
Hell yeah this place rocks gimpy! Carl, its an electric start husky, it has the starter mount on it. How can I get into contact with Dennis?
It depends if i can get the ignition components or not. I really want to use it but who knows what will happen
ok, if you decide not to use it, I might be interested. You should be able to find the ignition parts you need, I think there is a lot of stuff out there still for these things.
Have you guys ever been to his shop? He has a huge building devoted to Cushmans, hundreds of them, restored, original, etc. I've never seen so many in one place. Rich
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