I broke a rotor recently on the dyno we super glued it togeather and made
several more runs The glue is perfect for that kind of plastic Kas whats
the product name of your super glue rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Kastner" <kaskas@earthlink.net>
To: "BOB KRAMER" <rgk@flash.net>; "FOT LIST" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: Small thing
> That's about the time that you whip out the golf makers special epoxy glue
.
> I've got stuff that sets up in 45 seconds and is ready for use in 5
minutes.
> It's also good up to about 350 degrees. But then you'll need a torch to
> remove the pulley after that. Simple but very very effective.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BOB KRAMER" <rgk@flash.net>
> To: "FOT LIST" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 4:17 PM
> Subject: Small thing
>
>
> > FOT,
> > I found out just how small a part can be to cause mayhem in my TR4.
> Shortly
> > after arriving at the track this past Friday for our June CVAR event, I
> set
> > about checking the car over and replaced the points and condenser just
> > because... After I reset the timing, the car didn't want to idle.
Further
> > examination showed the BFE harmonic balancer bouncing a bit under the
> light.
> > Putting hands on it found it to be loose rotationally, resulting in an
> > incorrect timing location. Knowing that the crank and key are steel, and
> the
> > pulley aluminum, I was certain that the key had wiggled and worn out the
> > pulley. Thinking I had a new one at home, for the next engine, I packed
up
> for
> > the 2 hour drive to make the repair. It didn't go as planned, the pulley
> bolt
> > put up an heroic fight (new dent in radiator tube), and the result was
> > unfortunate. The aluminum pulley is intact, the key is 100% and the
keyway
> in
> > the crank is wallowed out. I expect that I can get a new and bigger
groove
> cut
> > and use a bigger key, but I missed the weekend. The good news is that I
> got to
> > watch my daughter in her basketball tournament after all.
> >
> > Bob Kramer
> > rgk@flash.net
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