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Re: Bugeye flywheel pics/other questions..

To: Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Re: Bugeye flywheel pics/other questions..
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:48:46 -0500
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <7C8C6C7D-C919-11D8-A2EA-000A95771166@sport.rr.com> <9F548964-C91F-11D8-A2EA-000A95771166@sport.rr.com> <40E04EB4.4080702@ix.netcom.com> <5352E140-C92B-11D8-BA9A-000A95771166@sport.rr.com> <40E05CDA.7020904@ix.netcom.com> <675A94C4-D436-11D8-A34E-000A95771166@sport.rr.com> <003601c46848$af698a40$6664640a@vgl.cvg.ucdavis.edu>
hmm.. the old oven will only reach 500 F and I know the grill will go 
well over that.. next time..

Lester


On Jul 12, 2004, at 2:44 PM, Glen Byrns wrote:

> I did mine last week,
> froze flywheel overnight in home freezer, laid ring gear on bed of 
> coals in
> backyard BBQ for 15 min.  I grabbed the ring gear with a pair of 
> channel
> locks and dropped it right over the frozen flywheel that I had laid on 
> the
> patio.  It dropped into place with a clang and quickly shrank into a
> rock-solid fit.  If my ring gear has lost its temper, it will just 
> have to
> be snotty and ill-tempered in the bell-housing where I don't have to 
> put up
> with it!
>
> Seriously, my old one lived 45 years, if this one lost a bit of temper 
> maybe
> I get only 10 years?
>
> Glen






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