Affordable self made lockouts.

[Mnster]

I made these a while ago they have held up fantastic to everything my heavy scaler could dish out. They are a great alternative to using links to lock out rear which wastes clearance or buying highly overpriced store bought lockouts.

Really pretty easy once you get the thought of it down and have tools that you are comfortable working with.

Remove knuckle.

Use nippers to cut appendages from knuckle.

After rough trimming.

Carefully sand away with a rotary tool (or in my case a Lathe) any of the rough spots.

Also do the same on the axle end.

Locate standard 1/2 PVC pipe available from most any hardware store.

Drill pipe inside diameter larger to match the outside diameter of your knuckle chunk.

Additional sanding may be required to bring the pipe to the proper size.

Apply a light coat of epoxy and use a vice to press the two pieces together the fit should be very snug.

Slide on axle case drill the two holes required for mounting.

Apply a coat of flat black, Done.

 

[Gula]

What size drill bit did you use?

 

[krush groove]

Looks very good, will have to try this one!

 

[Lonewolf]

Gula ....After you cut and trim the hub to a nice round surface you will have to measure the diameter...Then find a drill bit a few thou smaller, to insure nice snug fit. Its more about getting a good fit than the specific drill size... He used a lathe most guys dont have that option and will file and sand as needed then measure... Measure many times cut once....

 

[friscokidd]

great idea... i think i may try this in the near future "thumbsup"

 

[TONKA TOY]

"thumbsup" That is bad a$$...... I'm gonna have to try that for my scaler......

 

[karlos]

That came out good. I like the way you think!

 

[redmiller]

wow once painted they look great.

 

[grizz]

That is awesome, Im definetly trying that."thumbsup"

 

[grizz]

I found that three quarter inch pvc works good w/o/ sanding of the pvc,
thanks for the info and inspiration."thumbsup"

 

[GHRGRIMREAPER]

Nice very inovative.

 

[clarkrw3]

Great idea....Could you tell us what dia. drill you use on the inside of the pvc pipe? Also what is the length of pvc pipe?

 

[RockCrawlingKid]

how do you get teh spacing between the axle and the outer knuckle peice correct. how long is the tubing peice

 

[Mnster]

Could you tell us what dia. drill you use on the inside of the pvc pipe?

11/16 was the drill I used though the final hole size was .705

Also what is the length of pvc pipe?

1 1/4

 

[stylusptk]

Other method

 

[grizz]

Those are some pretty cool idea's.:thumbs:

 

[JavelinSST390]

This should be a sticky. Great Idea!

 

[evileddy420]

thanks for the great idea. I just finished building my third set of lockouts. I think they will hold up very well.

set #1

set #2

set #3

 

[JRock]

Wow, I must say that is the way you fab something. Great idea, looks awesome."thumbsup""thumbsup"

 

[Natedog]

I made these a while ago they have held up fantastic to everything my heavy scaler could dish out. They are a great alternative to using links to lock out rear which wastes clearance or buying highly overpriced store bought lockouts.

Really pretty easy once you get the thought of it down and have tools that you are comfortable working with.


Remove knuckle.

Use nippers to cut appendages from knuckle.

After rough trimming.

Carefully sand away with a rotary tool (or in my case a Lathe) any of the rough spots.

Also do the same on the axle end.

Locate standard 1/2 PVC pipe available from most any hardware store.

Drill pipe inside diameter larger to match the outside diameter of your knuckle chunk.

Additional sanding may be required to bring the pipe to the proper size.

Apply a light coat of epoxy and use a vice to press the two pieces together the fit should be very snug.

Slide on axle case drill the two holes required for mounting.

Apply a coat of flat black, Done.

Great idea and great write up with very clear pics! Thanks! "thumbsup"