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Prop Shaft Balancing weight fell off
Avoneer - 2/9/07 at 10:43 AM

Can I just araldite it back on in the same place (clearly marked) or is it more technical than this?

Pat...


omega 24 v6 - 2/9/07 at 11:27 AM

Your lucky still to have the weight and do you trust the glue to hold it?? If it were me i'd drill a hole in it and then puddle weld it to the shaft and dress back flat so the weight was the same again


NS Dev - 2/9/07 at 01:12 PM

yea weld it back on, a tack each end will do it or puddle weld, either way


tcr - 2/9/07 at 03:51 PM

i take it you was'nt thrashing it when it came off, mine did at cadwell and the rear uj exploded at the top of the mountain
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UmFYFixyH44


Avoneer - 2/9/07 at 04:05 PM

Fortunately the prop didn't let go - just a weight came of.

Did notice this morning that the prop adaptor at the front had come loose as well!

Pat...


robertst - 2/9/07 at 04:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tcr
i take it you was'nt thrashing it when it came off, mine did at cadwell and the rear uj exploded at the top of the mountain
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UmFYFixyH44


WHOAA!!!! brown trouser moment!!!! is your tranny tunnel reinforced then? cos that prop must have been rattling everywhere inside there...


tcr - 2/9/07 at 04:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Avoneer
Fortunately the prop didn't let go - just a weight came of.

Did notice this morning that the prop adaptor at the front had come loose as well!

Pat...

check EVERYTHING we found gearbox mounting had no bolts left ,
bellhousing-gearbox stripped 3out of 4 bolts,
bellhousing-engine only had 3 bolts left in it and front gearbox oil seal missing all in the space of half a lap.
yes the tunnel was reinforced so the prop diddnt do to much damage


[Edited on 2/9/07 by tcr]


Avoneer - 2/9/07 at 04:53 PM

Foget the prop, who's the dead guy you've just run over??????

Pat...

P.S. Cheers - in the process of checking everything.


tcr - 2/9/07 at 04:56 PM

that would be me realizing how close i was to meeting the big man

[Edited on 2/9/07 by tcr]


Avoneer - 8/9/07 at 05:03 PM

This look ok or shall I grind dome off the welds?

Pat... Rescued attachment prop.JPG
Rescued attachment prop.JPG


Avoneer - 8/9/07 at 05:03 PM

I nipped the cornes off the plate before welding.

Pat...