Broncco axle adjuster

[Kinkra47]

I'm planning on making my own adjusters, since parts for these bikes are scarce.
Can someone who has a TX model tell me what material they are made from? Aluminum, stainless steel? I've looked at a ton of pictures and no matter how crusty the bike is, I've never seen a rusty one.

 

[Ginz61]

I’ll check my Diablo when I get home. If you want a pattern etc I’ll do that too but I probably wouldn’t have it till tomorrow.

 

[Ginz61]

It’s steel because that’s a magnet on the tab.

“Say, any of you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'?”

 

[Kinkra47]

I’ll check my Diablo when I get home. If you want a pattern etc I’ll do that too but I probably wouldn’t have it till tomorrow.

Thank you. I was able to make a pattern from the screenshot I included in the post, based on the axle bolt hole being 12mm.

 

[nightgrider]

I'm planning on making my own adjusters, since parts for these bikes are scarce.
Can someone who has a TX model tell me what material they are made from? Aluminum, stainless steel? I've looked at a ton of pictures and no matter how crusty the bike is, I've never seen a rusty one.

That style of axel/chain tensioners are usually referred to as snail cam. Hopefully that helps in your search. In case you decide not to fabricate your own.

 

[Kinkra47]

That style of axel/chain tensioners are usually referred to as snail cam. Hopefully that helps in your search. In case you decide not to fabricate your own.

Thank you. I found some similar tensioners for sale on line, but not sure that the dimensions would work for my application. Looks easy enough to replicate, just curious about the material used.