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Step 6Motor Mount
First you will need two right angle brackets, a turnbuckle and two eye bolts. They can be found at most hardware stores. The angle brackets I found in the lumber hanger/brackets area. Turn buckles are usually used to stretch, or pull fencing, or door frames tighter. Most commonly screen doors. Also buy a long steel rod or pin 6 to 8 inches long.
The yellow seen in the first pic is the belly of the chainsaw where the gas tank was. DRAIN the fuel tank, and connect and mount an auxiliary weed eater type fuel tank on the handlebars.
Place the brackets edge to edge, where a seam is in the center. Drill 3 or 4 holes in each bracket base and one larger one in the same area for the rod or pin thru each side. Then place over the chainsaw housing and drill thru each hole in the bracket into the chainsaw housing. Screw self tapping machine screws to hold everything together. Slide the rod/pin thru one side of the bracket, and then thru one eye bolt, and then tru the other side bracket. I believe I cut a groove around both ends of the rod or pin, just outside the brackets, and put cir-clips/keepers on there to keep it from sliding out. Screw in the turn buckle to the end of the first eye bolt.
Drill a hole the diameter of the shaft of the second eye bolt thru the frame brace where the platform used to be mounted as seen in the second picture. Slide the eye bolt thru the drilled hole and connect to the other end of the turn buckle. The turn buckle is used to keep the v-belt pulled tight and the motor upward on the frame. Ideally if the rod /pin had rollers on the ends it would make it easier to tighten. (less friction)
In the later mods, I took off the stunt/trick pegs and replaced with patios and made a red aluminum shroud/housing to cover this entire area seen in the third picture. The velcro is glued to the frame brace where the other eye bolt goes thru as seen the the top edge in the third picture. The third picture is what you should be close to seeing when this step is done.
The yellow seen in the first pic is the belly of the chainsaw where the gas tank was. DRAIN the fuel tank, and connect and mount an auxiliary weed eater type fuel tank on the handlebars.
Place the brackets edge to edge, where a seam is in the center. Drill 3 or 4 holes in each bracket base and one larger one in the same area for the rod or pin thru each side. Then place over the chainsaw housing and drill thru each hole in the bracket into the chainsaw housing. Screw self tapping machine screws to hold everything together. Slide the rod/pin thru one side of the bracket, and then thru one eye bolt, and then tru the other side bracket. I believe I cut a groove around both ends of the rod or pin, just outside the brackets, and put cir-clips/keepers on there to keep it from sliding out. Screw in the turn buckle to the end of the first eye bolt.
Drill a hole the diameter of the shaft of the second eye bolt thru the frame brace where the platform used to be mounted as seen in the second picture. Slide the eye bolt thru the drilled hole and connect to the other end of the turn buckle. The turn buckle is used to keep the v-belt pulled tight and the motor upward on the frame. Ideally if the rod /pin had rollers on the ends it would make it easier to tighten. (less friction)
In the later mods, I took off the stunt/trick pegs and replaced with patios and made a red aluminum shroud/housing to cover this entire area seen in the third picture. The velcro is glued to the frame brace where the other eye bolt goes thru as seen the the top edge in the third picture. The third picture is what you should be close to seeing when this step is done.
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