Fatboy Front Wheel to Chopper Rear Wheel

This is how you make a fatboy front wheel work on the back of your choppa. The work and pictures were done by Columbus(Warpig62), but he can't figure how to blog or post pictures on the shovelhead forum. So I had to help.

First get a front wheel. $30 special right here.


U drill bit for the 7/16-16 UNC tap. 5/16 drill bit for the 3/8-16 UNC tap.


The sprocket side will be the side that sticks out more and has the lettering(if it hasn't been polished). Center up on the existing hole and drill with the U bit about 1.00 inch deep.




Tap the hole to 7/16-16 UNC. Had to use a very short dead center, because the drill-mill didn't have a deep enough drop.


Center up with a small drill bit for a dead center when it got deeper.


This tape is used to mark how deep to go with the tap. Should have done this before we started tapping.


Flip the wheel over to do the rotor side.


This side needs 5/16 drill and 3/8-16 tap. Keep the drill and taps straight as always.




Drill and tap them all and a front rotor goes no problem.

The sprocket side needs more attention. The spacer holes need to be drilled out 7/16 or maybe one step bigger. Paul Jr. uses a Uni-bit for everything and he's a badass builder, right?


The step on the sprocket side is about 2.300 inch so standard chain sprocket will not quite fit.




Needs to be opened up to about here.


Yes, Columbus has a mill and a lathe, but chose to go poor boy just to show a garage builder how to do it. Mark the area around the hole with red sharpie. Cover the marker with soapstone. A compass or caliper may then be used to mark the difference in the radius that's there and the one you need. This needs to done to both sides of the sprocket.

 
I used a dremel to remove some of the stock using the lines on both sides to gauge the depth of the cuts.
Taking your time here will pay off BIG in the end. Once you go all around, use a 1/2 round rasp to hog out the material down to your scribe lines. Once you get close, do some test fitting to ensure as exact a fit as you can.

 
What do you know...dang thing fits!



This choppa is going to be awesome.