Kai
Wouldn't the center out of an old clutch disc welded to
your pipe be alot simpler to fabricate then what you went
through?
Just another look at the horse.
Dale
--- "Kai M. Radicke" <kmr@pil.net> wrote:
> > increasing my knowledge & confidence before the fact.
> I
> > considered building a test stand and acquiring a
> pressure
> > gauge to prove the unit before reinstalling - ended up
> doing
> > it the hard way.
>
> Not to detract from Nelson's fine work, but there is a
> far simpler and just
> as effective method of testing your OD (and gearbox) than
> building a stand
> and purchasing a large electric motor to turn it.
>
> An electric drill will work fine, as will any air drill
> that does at least
> 1500RPM. I made the tool from a piece of pipe, some nuts
> and bolts and an
> old intake valve. I actually prefer this method of
> testing as it drives the
> gearbox via the input shaft instead of the tail shaft.
>
> http://www.pil.net/~felix/tools/st0001-kmr.html
>
> Easy, cost effective and very effective.
>
> Although I haven't updated it, you can make an input
> shaft collar out of an
> appropriately sized piece of copper tubing to prevent any
> marring of the
> metal even though the input shaft is already hardened.
>
> Kai
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