When tapping the hole in the end of the axle on the right side for the outboard wheel fairing retaining screw, I broke the tap in the axle. I could not get it out, and had to just grind flush the miniscule piece of tap that was protruding from the end of the axle. I decided to try fabricating a fairing mounting bracket of some sort to attach the outboard side of the fairing to, hopefully with two bolts instead of just one.
I bought a typical 3/4 -16 nylock style nut that went on behind the wheel retaining castle nut. There was just enough unused axle protruding from the castle nut that I only had to grind flat the back of the nylock a very slight amount so it would screw onto the axle and fit snug against the castle nut while also fitting flush with the end of the axle. The top and bottom flat sides of the hex also sat level to the bottom of the wheel opening in the fairing.
From here I fabricated a bracket from 1/2" aluminum plate. It was basically cut as a hex hub with an opening in the center that fit snuggly over the 3/4" hex nylock on the end of the axle, and two arm sticking out 180 degrees from each other to also be level with the bottom of the wheel opening in the fairing. These arms each had a 10-32 threaded hole in them with 3/32" of shoulder at the top of the hole. The hex hub bracket is further secured to the nylock with opposing 10-32 setscrews, which will be threadlocked into a countersink in the surface of the nylock.
Two matchng holes were drilled in the outboard side of the wheel fairings equal distance on each side of the original single hole in the end of the axle. This allowed more stability with two bolts holding the outboard side of the wheel fairing, and gave a pleasing and level appearance. The original center hole will have to be filled in when the fairing is finished.
Each nylock/bracket combo weighed 2.6 ounces, adding 5.2 ounces for by blunder of breaking off a tap in the axle.
Side view of nylock mounting bracket.
Top view of nylock mounting bracket.
View of the two offset screws used with the nylock mounting bracket.
