home made peggs..

greg m

greg m

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jimvandeveld said:
there is a plastic known as delrin, in many cases as strong as steel, and it can be machined in the same way. This is the plastic composite that is used on the edges of crotch rocket cages that have frame sliders, so that when you dump your motorcycle the idea is that the delrin slides and absorbs the impact instead of your 10k motorcycle. Anyway, I made a set of plastic pegs from this material and had great success, just my two cents. And as a note to Zane, you would not need to find a company that does cnc (computer numerical controlled), but actually just a manual lathe would all that would be needed. CNC'd parts become much more expensive.
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thank you... thats what i wanted to hear:)
cause i already have metal and plastic peggs, but i want to make my own and not outa sockets.....so thanks. where do i get that plastic?
 
mdemoss

mdemoss

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get a socket with a .75 od and slide a pvc sleeve over it make sure u glue that shit on

i did this with a qcs peg along time ago to make it flush with the botom of my deck
 
CTRider

CTRider

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jimvandeveld said:
there is a plastic known as delrin, in many cases as strong as steel, and it can be machined in the same way. This is the plastic composite that is used on the edges of crotch rocket cages that have frame sliders, so that when you dump your motorcycle the idea is that the delrin slides and absorbs the impact instead of your 10k motorcycle. Anyway, I made a set of plastic pegs from this material and had great success, just my two cents. And as a note to Zane, you would not need to find a company that does cnc (computer numerical controlled), but actually just a manual lathe would all that would be needed. CNC'd parts become much more expensive.
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I was just about to mention delrin but you summed it up quite well.
 
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jimvandeveld

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CTRider said:
I was just about to mention delrin but you summed it up quite well.
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agreed, delrin is awesome. And about the socket sleeved in pvc idea, I would no recommend that simply because pvc is extremely brittle and I would think it would completely crack up on your first impact. Again, just my two cents. And as far as where to get delrin, I'd say to run a search on google and buy it offline, in perhaps a 3/4 in diamter? Dependent on the size you wanted. If you were able to get ahold of a high speed steel drill bit that was big enough to leave about a 1/4" wall thickness and you put the delrin in a vice and you had a steady hand you would probably be able to drill the into it and hollow it out. Just make sure and make the depth on your bit so that you don't drill directly through. After that get a bit the size of your axle, 5/16" I believe and dril through on center and slap it on. I'd recommend leaving at least a 3/8" thickness on the end for strength, simply bc your weight is alot of stress on it. Hope that helps
 
zac watson

zac watson

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these arnt plastic pegs but are some pegs i made at school holding up well there so easy to make heres a pic
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DJ Lee

DJ Lee

Steel Member
trust me its easier to home make metal pegs, and like what airplanes said i ride short sockets. half the length but, i can do almost everything on them.
 
greg m

greg m

Steel Member
rottweiler scoots said:
trust me its easier to home make metal pegs, and like what airplanes said i ride short sockets. half the length but, i can do almost everything on them.
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sockets are gay!!!!
i hate seeing people using them!!!
and i fer sure dont want to ride them... and there is like 15 comments about sockets......
so now you guys know, i dont want sockets!!!!!!!!!!
 
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proudlefty

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Alrite I'm working on making my own. If found a bolt in my dad's toolbox and it's just like a normal one but it has like a washer attached to the top. Like imagine a washer welded just under the top like octagonal turning this (idk I'm not tool savvy). So I had some pvc lying around and thought huh how can I make a plastic peg out of this? So then I realized the diameter of the pipe and the washer thing are the same so it's totally flush! So I used a TON of like glue on it. Like a good solid coat of elmers and then super glue and epoxy on it and I filled in the hollow center of the pipe with glue. But I don't think it's gonna hold under my weight... Any ideas on what I can do?
 
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