I took off my speaker wire and re did it it's not even clicking any more it's dead, I don't want it anymore I'm mad at it I don't even want to send it in back to my crappy 4.8v batteries
Kicked Reo Grand & 18490?
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Your frustrations will be resolved as soon at that beauty in your avatar comes home to you. I promise!
I know but I want my goldie grand to be used and loved too but the kick was so good for 2 weeks and it cost me 42.50 for the kick and another 5.75 each time to send it in and I'm sure Brandon is sick of me and thinking user error, I'm mad at it
Edit: Brandon is sending me another
Edit: Brandon is sending me another
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Long time lurker on this thread and have been playing with Moofaso's previously enjoyed Grand for about a week now (god I missed not having a Reo, I will never sell this one...)...the kickstand is a great idea to stop the Kick from torquing under switching and batt spring pressure and screwing up the ground and sorry if this has been done but I thought if you grabbed a chunk of Lexan (my favourite fabbing material), combine the kickstand and the eraser you get the extended stand...the Kick has basically become one with the Reo but pops out as fast as a batt for adjustment...so far 100% no problems
Again, if this has been done and I missed it sorry and major props to jimbalny for the original Kickstand
Again, if this has been done and I missed it sorry and major props to jimbalny for the original Kickstand
Nice! Great job man :thumbup:
Im waiting on my brand new black and silver door grand to complement my silver and black door. Unfortunately on the one I have now the screw that holds the black delrin piece on top is stripped out and its a bit loose. Does anyone know the thread/screw size I need to replace it? Hoping I dont have to retap the hole and put a bigger screw.
Im waiting on my brand new black and silver door grand to complement my silver and black door. Unfortunately on the one I have now the screw that holds the black delrin piece on top is stripped out and its a bit loose. Does anyone know the thread/screw size I need to replace it? Hoping I dont have to retap the hole and put a bigger screw.
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Did you try it with a newly charged battery? IS the atty making alow clicking noise or is the Kick making a low clicking noise?
This is pure awesomeness, do you have any sort of drawings or instructions so i can try to make my own? I'm also willing to buy a few from you if you're interested
This is pure awesomeness, do you have any sort of drawings or instructions so i can try to make my own? I'm also willing to buy a few from you if you're interested
I don't know about "pure" awesomeness
...pure awesomeness would be if I milled it out of Billet aluminium that could be anodized to match your Reo...or in my case polished...hmmm, actually?...na, to much work 
or at least out of black Delrin so it matched the switch cover and looked factory Reo...which I might do.If you have a ruler, hacksaw, some fine mini files and and can drill 7mm holes, oh, and some 6mm Lexan (aka Polycarbonate, don't use standard plexyglass, it'll just crack and break on you) you can make this in an evening no problem. I'd send it to you Vant but the $20 in postage to send $.18 worth of Lexan to Finland is just a killer...
Just hacksaw a piece of Lexan 38mm x 18mm and orient it over how and where your Kick should go, just mark where you need to drill/file and have at it, just remember, start undersize on your cut-outs, you can always go bigger and you also have to make sure you put a notch so that the ground spring can travel freely...this is the 3rd one I've made, my 1st was a total copy of Jim's design (I thought if he offered up the cad file he'd be cool with it), it works great btw, 2nd one was an Extended Kickstand but I made it too loose (I hurried) and the Kick had too much play for my liking...this is one is it, I have to lightly press the Kick into it and when I slide it into the Reo I have to push back the ground spring with my fingernail to get it past the door groove the tolerances are that tight...take your time, anyone can make this and it feels as solid as the rest of our Reo's...
Lexan is nice and this is a nice set up to make, but I dont have any sheet Lexan, so a 1/4 -3/8 piece of plywood or scrap of hardwood would also work, I'm gonna make one out of some scrap wood I got laying around and just paint it black
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Hardwood will work good if you can make it without splitting or even some high density particle board would work pretty good too, like a small chunk of that HDF baseboard/crown moulding you can get at Home Depot or Lowes, I just have a lot of Lexan lying around (scraps from my job)...I'm going to see if I can get some Delrin...give me some names guys, who needs one of these the most and has the highest chance of losing a finger doing this sort of thing?...I'll mail this one to him/her for free...a pay it forward...
And remember, there's a big difference between "need" and "cause I'm lazy"
And remember, there's a big difference between "need" and "cause I'm lazy"
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Well, I was in the running till you threw in that lazy qualifier.
Too funny Mudflap...I love how you used "lazy" and "qualifier" in the same sentence...two words you normally don't see together
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You can also pick up scraps at most glass shops that handle residential glass (not just autoglass.) They often carry polycarbonate in stock and cut to size. Which usually means scraps. You can also use UHMW (black) or ABS...you can get these at Interstate PlasticsHardwood will work good if you can make it without splitting or even some high density particle board would work pretty good too, like a small chunk of that HDF baseboard/crown moulding you can get at Home Depot or Lowes, I just have a lot of Lexan lying around (scraps from my job)...I'm going to see if I can get some Delrin...give me some names guys, who needs one of these the most and has the highest chance of losing a finger doing this sort of thing?...I'll mail this one to him/her for free...a pay it forward...
And remember, there's a big difference between "need" and "cause I'm lazy"
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Just kicked my shiny new grand that came in today
Used your method and instead opted for aluminum instead of brass. Picked up a small piece of aluminum bar from lowes: Shop The Hillman Group 1/2" OD x 6" x.016" Aluminum Bar Flat at Lowes.comTook a while to find it in store, has several employees say they didn't carry it, but we found it in their parts bins (where their misc screws, washers, etc are). It was in one of the "hard to find" bins.
Also note, I tied it directly into the ground screw on the spring (drilled a small hole in the aluminum bar), so it makes a full contact with bottom plate of the spring.
Anyways picture time:
Awesome solution! Neat and Tidy!!
It doesn't look like the kick will come out of place either...no need for a kick stand?
Also, just wondering if that extra bit of aluminum pushes compresses the spring to much or not- hard to tell from the picture.
It doesn't look like the kick will come out of place either...no need for a kick stand?
Also, just wondering if that extra bit of aluminum pushes compresses the spring to much or not- hard to tell from the picture.
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