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Re: Crank Counterweights

To: Bkitterer@aol.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Crank Counterweights
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:11:31 -0800
Bob,

I don't know the specifics, but I have a knife edge crank in the 948 race
engine for the Bugeye vintage racer. The crank was done by Joe Huffaker and
the counterweights do have a triangular shape.

I think Vizards book has info on this though.

Gerard

At 4:01 AM -0500 2/24/00, Bkitterer@aol.com wrote:
>List,
>
>While at the machine shop today saw an article on 1275 cranks which claimed
>that these cranks had to much weight around the journal center lines.  That
>this extra weight caused uneven bearing wear.  It was interesting because
>they pictures of this wear was a very good match to the odd wear patterns on
>the bearing that we just removed.  The suggested solution was to remove
>counter weight material near the journals yielding a more triangular shaped
>counter weight.   Anyone heard of this or tried it??
>
>Bob and Annice
>1960 Sprite (Mk IV indiguise)
>1966(7) Sprite Mk III (in progress)




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