darrenjlobb's Rolling Road Chassis Dyno Project

[darrenjlobb]

Spent a bit of time putting the air brakes back together, had a bit of fun remembering exactly how the retainers / springs all worked / went together, but once I did, it flew together, replaced a few suspect joints, and changed the way its plumbed slightly, these are the roller brakes to let you drive on / off the rollers. Originally on a lever valve, but have now mounted a solenoid, and will add a button in the dyno controller handset so you can just hold a button drive off and put controller down.






Then set about laying it on the floor, originally its all held rigid by fixing it to the floor (each pair of roller frames is separate)and although I intend to do the same, I wasnt happy with the two not being linked, so set about making a few thick plates to tie them together, that way they cant slide forward / back and will remain perfectly true with each other in all events!





Then started re fitting the rollers to the frames (heavy by yourself!) :





Haven't finished plumbing up the control system yet, but have tested with temp air feed, and all 4 rollers lock up solid, so thats good!

Thanks for reading,