Michael LeBlanc|Mechanical Engineering

Construction:

 

This design project has a handful of components including the peg, the pivoting mechanism, jam nut, and a PTFE bushing.  The components that will be constructed are the peg and the pivoting mechanism using manual and CNC machining.  The jam nut and the PTFE bushing will both be pre-manufactured as they will be purchased from a source such as Grainger.  The peg will have an extruded cut cylinder through the flat short face extending into the first cutout area in the peg.  The extrusion will have the PTFE pushing sit inside of it to house the main shaft of the pivoting mechanism.  The pivoting mechanism main shaft will then be slid though the bushing until the threads begin to display inside the first cutout area of the peg.  A jam nut will be screwed onto the threads to hold the shaft from pulling back out of the bushing.  The secondary shaft on the main body of the pivoting mechanism will need to be slid into the cutout at the bottom edge of the face will the main shaft is slid in to the bushing to provide proper fitment.  After the peg and the pivoting mechanism have been connected and joined into an assembly, it can then be connected to the standard mounting point on the motorcycle by fitting the existing bolt through the through hole on the pivot mechanism body.