What about welding and remilling and re heat treating the existing gears?
Is that feasible?
Sid
>From: "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu>
>To: sidney raper <spl310@hotmail.com>
>CC: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Timing gears...again.
>Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:30:10 -0500 (CDT)
>
>
>I was talking to tom Walter the other day and he said that this would be a
>job for CNC milling. Right now he doesn't have time to look into it, but
>put it on his list of things to do.
>
>Peace,
>Pat
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>On Thu, 16 May 2002, sidney raper wrote:
>
> > OK, I know virtually nothing about what I am about to ask, but why
>couldn't
> > a unit be milled out of billet steel and heat treated? I cannot imagine
> > that it would cost the obscene money that the stock units are getting.
> >
> > Sid
> >
> >
> > >From: "Gary K. McCormick" <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
> > >Reply-To: "Gary K. McCormick" <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
> > >To: datsunmike <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
> > >CC: Brian Rourke <bbtmc@ozemail.com.au>,
>datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > >Subject: Re: Timing gears...again.
> > >Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 07:00:04 -0700
> > >
> > >I believe he is talking about newly fabricated sprockets, not
> > >retro-treating existing
> > >units.
> > >
> > >Gary McCormick
> > >San Jose, CA
> > >
> > >datsunmike wrote:
> > >
> > > > I do believe the gears are already hardened. You could try the
>freeze
> > >method
> > > > which is supposed to make parts last longer.
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Brian Rourke" <bbtmc@ozemail.com.au>
> > > > To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:19 PM
> > > > Subject: Timing gears...again.
> > > >
> > > > > I know that a local 2000 sports specialist here in OZ is talking
>about
> > > > > experimenting with hardened alloy sprockets for the U20 engine.
>Should
> > >be
> > > > > interesting to see the results....
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers all, Brian Rourke 1970 2000 solex.
> > > > >
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