Albyalbatross1 wrote:I agree with rick. A lot of work in there for the repair...It is a solid repair.  The hard part is milling the hardend steel..
I pulled down the repaired output shaft today for a look see.

here are the nuts used. Very little machining to be done. just enough for the nuts.

And when i showed a friend of mine for a third eye.. he simply said.."HUH! There just threaded rivets..!! get some more the same diameter and a bit longer and thread em bolt em up!!""

Albyalbatross1 wrote:I agree with rick. A lot of work in there for the repair...It is a solid repair.  The hard part is milling the hardend steel..
I pulled down the repaired output shaft today for a look see.

here are the nuts used. Very little machining to be done. just enough for the nuts.

And when i showed a friend of mine for a third eye.. he simply said.."HUH! There just threaded rivets..!! get some more the same diameter and a bit longer and thread em bolt em up!!""

Albyalbatross1 wrote:I agree with rick. A lot of work in there for the repair...It is a solid repair.  The hard part is milling the hardend steel..
I pulled down the repaired output shaft today for a look see.

here are the nuts used. Very little machining to be done. just enough for the nuts.

And when i showed a friend of mine for a third eye.. he simply said.."HUH! There just threaded rivets..!! get some more the same diameter and a bit longer and thread em bolt em up!!""

Who new it would be that simple...Now who do we know with a mini lathe to mill out a bit of alloy and hold a rivet in the chuck to thread it??? This repair should last .

Who new it would be that simple...Now who do we know with a mini lathe to mill out a bit of alloy and hold a rivet in the chuck to thread it??? This repair should last .

Who new it would be that simple...Now who do we know with a mini lathe to mill out a bit of alloy and hold a rivet in the chuck to thread it??? This repair should last .