The Fix:



info about the material I had the new spacer made out of:

Ultra-High Molecular Weight PolyEthylene (UHMW-PE) may be something unfamiliar. Polyethylene itself may be a familiar material, commonly used in milk jugs and other plastic packaging. This is typically a low molecular weight material. UHMW on the other hand is a polymer material with the toughness of a metal: composed of long polymer chains with a molecular weight of between 3 and 6 million. UHMW-PE combines the traditional abrasion resistance of metal alloys with the impact and corrosion resistance of synthetic materials. The resistance to abrasion, impact and corrosion of UHMW-PE exceeds that of many conventional structural materials. It has a number of other valuable characteristics in applications requiring superior wear resistance and sound deadening. Its self-lubricating properties eliminate the need for oil and greases, making it suitable for use in the food industry where contamination from lubricants would pose problems. High abrasion resistance makes it ideal for liners, enabling light aluminum trucks and trailers to carry sharp or abrasive loads. In the manufacture of separators for lead-acid batteries, UHMW-PE meets this demanding application due to its excellent corrosion resistance.
UHMW-PE has a melting point around 150°C (300°F), a tensile strength nearly twenty times greater than steel, this stuff is often used in bullet-proof vests and in the new synthetic winch cables.

 

Now THATS a spacer!

 

put together:

insert into space between damper flange and crank snout:

insert machined washer

secure with 180mm bolt

 

and have a back-up incase one's ever needed, LOL:

 

Can you hook a brotha up on a spacer? No hurries... just gathering a few nic nacs

THANK YOU DEVIN for your hard work in pioneering this effort!!!!

Bill

 

final specs on the spacer were:

ID 16.2mm +/- 0.2mm
OD 37mm +/- 0.2mm
Length 62mm + 0.0mm-0.2mm

 

of course bro, no worries!

 

How we looking on progress bro? You have everything you need to stab the motor/tranny? Lemme know if you need any help... may have to take a trip...

Bill

 

ANYONE on here can simply ask a mod/admin to edit off topic post outta their thread if they wish, grippy just has the ability to do it himself. Next time you have a thread that you want some off topic stuff edited out of just let me know and I'll dictator it right out.

Any further discussion about this stuff can go through PM's but, I just wanted to respond to your post in public so others could see it also.

Thanks

 

Thats some good info there. now, back on topic, How is everything going Grippy?