Rear upright orientation

[gaz05]

Just about to weld RU7 in to my upright. If it's welded in square it looks like the handbrake cable might not fit so I was thinking of welding it in off centre. That way the handbrake hole is accesible and the plastic stop can be reached from the side. I had to file a little bit of the side plate to clear the handbrake hole bulge. Anyone else come across this problem and how did you do it?

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[Enoch]

If you have disc brakes the rear upright needs to look a bit like this one:

Hope that helps,
Enoch

[Spikehaus]

If you have a dig around the forum there is a thread I started on this, plenty of pics on the second build blog if you get stuck.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4709472881_399c6bf187_m.jpg

[davidimurray]

I welded mine in square so that the cylinder was at the top and horizontal. This meant that the bulge sits between the side plates of the upright. I then had to file a little bit out to get the flange of the cable past.

[gaz05]

I've gone the off centre route. The brake pipe will have a bit more clearance from the top bracket and the handbrake hole is now facing upwards slightly making the handbrake cable just a bit less curved.

There's a lot of work goes into those uprights!

[davidimurray]

This is what I did with regards to the brake pipework - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6307803&l=557d322879&id=601005324

[onedayTM]

thanks guys for all the info.
tony