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6V to 12 conversion q.
Bill Leary > wrote:
> > ...put an old Bus-axle in it. It wouldn't want to wheelie when > > climbing a hill {...} like a Bug-axle will. > > Those were the ones with the reduction gears at the wheel end of > the axles? Yes and you had to put the ring on the opposite side of the pinion if you were converting a Bug transmission + differential to Bus. ^^that's the key to the whole thing, see it? > > Are you talking about cutting the clutch housing out so the > > 12v flywheel and ring gear would fit? > Yes, but {I} wasn't cutting out the entire housing. > <snip> > Maybe earlier transmissions,... would have require more grinding. Yeah, that was the case with mine, a little bit all the way around and more at the four bolt/stud holes. > It was mostly tedious. LOL! ...not on a dune buggy it wasn't. > Put the engine in.... ....then pull it right back out again and take a look. Set the engine on an old metal milk-basket out of the way. xD > I think we test fit it four or five times until it finally would > spin without hitting anything. Same here. > > Had the kids help me {collect} the shavings and piled 'em > > up and set 'em on fire too. LOL > > I just vacuumed them out. > - Bill That would have been kind of "exiting" if the magnesium shavings would've caught fire inside your vacuum cleaner. Wow, forgot all about this tool I made, it's shining moment was prob'ly that clutch bellhousing... http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/file12/burr-motor.jpg It sounds like a vacuum cleaner when it's running (~7500rpm). Alvin in AZ |
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