Thanks for posting the video. Kudos to you for getting something to work quickly, and without fancy machining or welding. I'd suggest reading up on machining before buying something.
Just a couple of worries:
The torque of the motor will tend to rock your aluminum cylinders side to side. They are much longer than they are wide. Will they be strong enough, or will the side to side forces eventually break something? At a minimum I think you should inspect for that regularly, and better yet design blocks or a spacer ring for more strength.
The gaps between the posts could let water splash or road grime into your clutch area.
Generally more of concern to racers, but the posts would also let pass pieces of an exploded clutch.
I'm chipping away on a Porsche adapter, very similar to VW, you can see some stuff here:
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Sent: Friday, July 4, 2008 12:16:15 AM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] what sort of lathe sufficient for adapter plate and making keyway
Here's the link to the video that my wife put together:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BI0292l71o Adapter Plate and Coupler Video
I want to make a bunch and sell them to make just enough profit so that I
don't have to substitute as much. It's nice to have a break from being
cussed out by students. I also love staying home and spending time with my
new baby boy! I think I'll stick with simple, low power types for now. My
whole conversion is coming in under like $1600. I've got some really good
deals, and the adapter plate and coupler was only $80 with doing it myself.
P.S.: I don't know the difference between a mill and a lathe. I'm new to
this. :)
-Paul
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