Excellent!!! And guys, yes, you need 4x the
circumference, but circumference is = pi * diameter,
so 4x circumference = 4x diameter (meaning a 16 inch
pulley). I think the last post was confusing radius
with diameter.
--- Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Ron, list,
> At the All British Meet in Los Angeles a couple
> of weekends ago, I
> met a gentleman who owns a couple of restored
> Mercedes, including a
> Gullwing! Strange as it seems, he has a penchant
> for Bugeyes also. We
> exchanged phone numbers at that time due to my
> mentioning that I
> recently bought a restored Judson Supercharger from
> George Folchi, but
> did not have his number or any info with me. I
> promised to contact him
> later. During a very interesting conversation that
> lasted for over an
> hour, for some reason the tach drive generator came
> up. He said he has
> rebuilt his gear reduction drive many times. He
> said he gets the gears
> from some supply house like Grange. I just don't
> remember this late at
> night. I will call him in the next day or so and
> press for more info
> and post it to the list.
> Mike MacLean
> 60 Sprite
> 00 Ford F-150
> 99 Mercedes E320W
> 92 Honda Accord
> 87 Honda Civic
>
> Ron Soave wrote:
>
> > List,
> > I have been working with a machinist in town to
> try to
> > come up with gears to replace those in a generator
> > tach reduction gearbox (it a 4:1 ratio). What we
> are
> > trying to do is find spur gears from, say, Berg or
> > Boston Gear, that can be modified to work. Has
> anyone
> > done this research before?
> >
> > This was spurred by a failure of my gearbox. The
> box
> > is an aftermarket item from "a major LBC part
> > distrbutor" (begins with M, rhymes with "Toss")
> with
> > potmetal gears. Several teeth just kind of
> sheared
> > off, and the machinist said the quality of the
> metal
> > on the gears was "expletive deleted." The
> machinist
> > basically felt the entire box could be hand-made
> with
> > high quality for what the aftermarket places
> charge.
> > If this ends up being the case, you'll be the
> first to
> > know.
> >
> > =====
> > Ron Soave
> > "You Are What You Remember"
> > 1960 Bugeye
> > 1972 BGT
>
>
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Ron Soave
"You Are What You Remember"
1960 Bugeye
1972 BGT
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