The 1899 Locomobile Steam Car Replica, known as the Lykamobile is a full scale live steam automobile manufactured in 24 kits. This kit is available from a company called "Steam Traction World" located in Daventry, United Kingdom. Each kit is to be manufactured and sent once a month for 24 months. However for cost considerations I have chosen to have my kits batched and dispatched in larger crates to the United States (Topsail Beach, NC).

Specifications:
• Length 7ft 2.6in • Height 5ft 3in • Width 4ft 7.1in • Weight 904 lbs.• Water Tank Capacity 12 Gallons • Fuel Tank Capacity 7.3 Gallons

Construction:

• CHASSIS Tubular steel fabrication, combination weld, bolted and silver solder.
• STEERING “Ackerman” design tiller steering.
• DIFFERENTIAL & DRIVE Spur gear differential similar to the original Locomobile, drive shaft and bearings.
• WHEELS & TYRES Single tube pneumatic, treaded.
• BREAKING SYSTEM Disc brake system.
• ENGINE 21/4" diameter, 3" stroke modified “Hackworth” valve gear.
• WATER FEED Twin mechanical pump.
• BURNER Fuelled by diesel.
• BOILER Multi Fire Tube, fully constructed and complete with necessary paperwork and inspected by notified body.
• BODYWORK & SEATS Wooden with steel frame, seating capacity of 2 persons, with turned decorative spindles with leather style upholstery.
• Gears: forward and reverse.
• Assemble with hand-tools only
• Step-by-step instructions
• Technical service and help-line backup
• Designed on ‘Solidworks’ CAD
• Manufactured on modern CNC machines for build accuracy and high quality


Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Lyka Kit #7 Part 3 Parking Brake Final Assembly

While going over my posts, I realized that I had not posted final assembly of the parking brake. The first step was to mount the painted Parking Brake Lug to the painted Parking Brake Band that I had previously riveted and glued on the brake lining.
I replaced the supplied hardware with stainless steel M5 bolts, nuts and washers. I also added some medium strength thread lock to each bolt to secure them. 
Next you have to open up the brake band enough to slip the band over the differential. The brake band was springy enough to allow this without deforming the band or paint. Three stainless steel M6 bolts, nuts and washers were used to secure the band to the frame cross member. Again I used medium thread locker to secure everything.



Some Lyka builders have stated that they had to bend the brake band to clear the M5 hex bolts. I can see where this might be necessary as viewed from the side (below image).
But at the moment I'm going to wait and see how everything lines up once additional components are installed from future kits.
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