Thanks all for the inputs. So far I've simply selected a 1" HTD belt of the appropriate length reasoning that if it's adequate for the serious V-8's it's certainly adequate for my 200 HP six. I'm about ready to start machining.
This argument came up again when I asked why we use heavy duplex...
Could someone help me with a formula for calculating the HP required to turn a specific cam considering valve spring rates. College physics is too far behind me to ferret it out on my own.
I want to get a reasonably useful number to select a drive belt or chain for a six cylinder engine.
I can...
Thank you Borg,
That works! It's going to take some practice for me to do it reliably but I got it right once out of several attempts. Lot's to learn but it's fun. I'm using the manual that came with the ACLT but tomorrow a big one will arrive.
Thanx all!
A beginners question...
After measuring and drawing a complex array of holes I noticed that the -X and -Y ordinates did not display with the negative signs. After looking for that option for a while I figured I could fix it by moving the UCS so all ordinates would be positive. To my surprise...
Thank You Immensely IsraelKK!
That was the resource I needed. 4900 is the maximum RPM for my proposed dimension which is a touch over one half the required RPM. It's just knowing where to look;-). Steve
That speed differential is one of the factors making this application questionable. Very interesting comment about wearing the case on the transmission. Presumably the washers would rotate because of the light load. An issue I hadn't considered. I know Mazda uses these bearings with the...
Thank You UncleSyd,
Let me apologize for the tone of my post. Funny thing, I wasn't even upset until I thought of liability issues perhaps inhibiting Torrington from responding and then the attorneys made me mad. Sorry.
I had intended to use the hardened thrust faces along with the needles...
Thanx IsraelKK,
I agree that bushings have won the application because they're the most suitable. It will be oilite 821 going back in. As UncleSyd points out, these things do cost money.
That said, I'd still like to see the load data for these bearings as none of our catalogs and manuals list...
OK, so is the question too vague, the application too strange or is there just no experience on this list with thrust bearings? This seems to me to be a very straight forward application, a high RPM usage of a common! thrust bearing. Why the reticence? There's no attorney watching from my...
Greetings,
Would someone please comment on the suitability of a needle thrust bearing and washer assembly replacing a damaged thrust bushing in a high RPM internal combustion engine. I envision machining a new thrust face at the front of the block and stacking the components (Torrington...
Excellent thread that brings another question.
I'm restoring a 60's car with an add in system. It has about fifteen feet of hose running under the car to the trunk mounted evaporator. I want to replace these with tubing. What materials are acceptable for this. Obviously aluminum as this is...
