That shaft material sounds very much like what we call "drill rod". Cheap
and available at most steel servers. Available in many diameters,.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Vucinic" <vucinic@b140.aone.net.au>
To: "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:13 AM
Subject: TR4 Oil Pump Shaft
> Many thanks to all those that contributed to my TR4 Oil pump shaft
problem.
> Much good information and ideas were bandied about. So, to this end I have
> decided on having my own pump shafts manufactured as follows: -
>
> 1. Staring with 1/2" linear bearing shaft material. Readily available 'off
the
> shelf', hardened, ground precision rod. Case hardened to a depth of about
> 1-to-1.5 mm. The material is difficult to machine. But it can be done.
> 2. Have the distributor shaft drive tang slot machined with a radius in
the
> bottom. This should be able to be accomplished using a ball nose milling
> cutter.
> 3. Use Greg Solow's idea of drilling and taping the pump shaft and pump
> rotor.
> 4. I am also looking at having the oil pimp body machined to take a bronze
> bush, at the rotor end.
>
> I have ordered the material(s) and I should have the finished product in a
> week or so. I will advise of the end result for those of you that are
> interested.
> Kind Regards
> Peter Vucinic
> WORKS-4
> TR-4
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