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Phil Hancock

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  1. I never compared the FFR pulley with a 12v pulley as regards groove position but the FFR pulley is for an A section belt and the 12v pulley is Z section like civvy but double groove, the extra groove is in front of the 'civvy' position.

    Std pulleys 12v,

    double groove Z section crank pulley, water pump pulley and dynamo/alternator pulley

    Std pulleys 24v,

    Triple groove, 2 x A section & a smaller 1 x A section crank pulley. 1 x A section groove water pump pulley. 2 groove A section alternator pulley. 1 x A section groove water pump tensioner pulley.

    So as you say that the crank pulley is 3 groove it will need changing due to the groove size being bigger than your belt.

    Oh your flywheel housing sounds like the externally ribbed type fitted on series 3.

  2. What water pump pulley have you got? The FFR water pump pulley is different to the 12v pulley. The flange position on the FFR and 12v water pumps is the same dimension on both, so you can have an FFR timing case and pump running with civvy pulleys and the pulleys will line up.

  3. Yes the 'traditional' cast iron is brittle, but cast iron comes in a lot of grades that will vary massively in their properties and uses and have done so for many many years, IIRC a series petrol crankshaft was SG iron as an example as was the crankshaft in my old pre WW2 designed truck. Adding extra carbon to any grade of cast iron when melted does not make steel as steel has less carbon content than CI.

    Simply put Molten iron + Bessemer convertor to burn out the extra carbon = steel.

    Cast iron family carbon content 2.4% to 4%

    Steel family carbon content, up to 0.3% for mild steel going up to 2% which is high carbon tool steel.

  4. The trouble is that you have to tighten the nut incrementally to check for bearing play, just a bit at a time so you don'e overload them. It all depends on how quickly the Locktite goes off, and i my experience it's too quick.

    Wicking grade applied after assembly?

  5. Some bearing races only work one way and lock when you try to turn them backwards. Not sure how they work though,

    The bearing outer has a slight cam profile in it, movement of the rollers away from the cam allows the shaft to turn, turning the shaft the other way pulls the rollers in till it jams and then the outer turns.

    http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tinyclutch.com/Portals/77644/images/rollhous.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.tinyclutch.com/roller-clutches/&h=141&w=421&tbnid=Yg4gjSRPQIUnSM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=269&zoom=1&usg=__zark6ZCFr8gU7bNQxMwAw4g-iyA%3D&docid=kEFsb_X29Hv8oM&sa=X&ei=ZJMXU_jfFaavygPHzoDoDQ&ved=0CDMQ9QEwAw

  6. Are you sure the head is actually steel and not SG iron? Some steam loco cylinders needed casting a few years ago to replace the original steel castings which were long ago scrapped, British Steel Corporation(remember them?) were going to do the castings and said that they could not guarantee the castings to be without defects, but if they were cast in SG iron it would have the mechanical properties almost of steel but be easier to cast as the metal is more fluid when molten. They also said that back in the day that it was a regular occurence to do weld repairs on the steel castings before they went for machining. These cylinders were a lot larger and noware as intricate as a cylinder head for a little diesel.

  7. Does anyone know where I can buy stainless steel wheel cylinder pistons for 6cyl/ Stage one front brakes. I'm getting tired of unseizing the damn things every year. Packing the boots with rubber grease doesn't do the trick.

    Ed, a little CNC job on the side for you? i would have 2 sets.

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