New member and I will be posting my reverse trike build here

[no1uno]

This car is a rear wheel drive only, the rear wheel will be driven by the Diff in the rear which is is locked to have both sides on the Diff spining at the same speed, since this is a single wheel there will be no scrubbing at all. and the sprocket will be put on the left side of the Diff to drive the single rear wheel. I have tested this on other diffs and really it does not need to be locked since the secondary side will only turn if we loose tracking on the left side and that will not happen since it is a single wheel drive..

Thanks for looking,
Robert

[henrye]

Jul 27, 2014 8:29:45 GMT -5 no1uno said:

This car is a rear wheel drive only, the rear wheel will be driven by the Diff in the rear which is is locked to have both sides on the Diff spining at the same speed, since this is a single wheel there will be no scrubbing at all. and the sprocket will be put on the left side of the Diff to drive the single rear wheel. I have tested this on other diffs and really it does not need to be locked since the secondary side will only turn if we loose tracking on the left side and that will not happen since it is a single wheel drive..

Thanks for looking,
Robert

Hi Robert

Now I understand what you are doing. The reason I assumed it was on the front is because it was a differential you were locking. And of course differentials need two wheels. I see now that I registered to the forums I can enlarge the pictures and see better. You attaching a sprocket and a chain to the differential. 

Have you given any thought to using a motorcycle rear end that is shaft driven. It would save weight. Dont know if bike rear end could take the weight of a long drive shaft but it would lighter.

[no1uno]

When looking at a sprocket rear end or using an shaft rear end the Chain won out since not much had to be reengineered to make it work, and with the rear suspension will support the trike since I calculated the weight.

More to come as the build takes on shape.

[elanimal28]

Thanks for sharing your project. I'm looking forward to more information and lots of pictures