At 01:48 PM 10/6/2002 -0700, jerry dycus wrote: > > Yup, I'll probably be selling some used Optimas that > > will have 70-80% of > > their rated capacity sometime in the next couple of > > months. > If you replace them with other lighter batts and >have any space to spare left, take the aft most batt >weight out. These aft 2 or so batts hurt the stability >so by making them lighter or moving them forward would >partly make up for the less stability lost to the >lesser weight of the new batts. > If you could use that space to move your seat >down would help too.
There are 7 batteries under the seat, so lowering the seat isn't possible. (Heck, if I want to use Saft NiCd's, I'd have to raise the seat an inch or so.) Moving weight forward may be difficult as well. > > They are getting a rest this week, as I have to > > replace the rear axle > > bearings in the Sparrow. > You may have your gates polychain belt too tight. This does seem to be a common problem with Sparrows. The belt may be too tight, I can't check right now as everything is taken apart. It doesn't help that Corbin didn't put any way to adjust belt tension on the car. This may be somewhat driven by the very small front sprocket. It has only 24 teeth, vs the 135 on the rear sprocket. I wonder if the standard tension on the gates belt wasn't tight enough to keep the front sprocket from slipping and grinding up the belt when starting from a dead stop. >Also for others using >polychains is you can't use an idler with them. Just curious, why not? -- John G. Lussmyer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dragons soar and Tigers prowl while I dream.... http://www.CasaDelGato.com
