by "Is my name good?, wants a BMW wagon" (apancake)
Published 04/12/2017 at 17:44
by "Is my name good?, wants a BMW wagon" (apancake)
Published 04/12/2017 at 17:44
Tags: Project Slow Devil
; Jeep
; EJS 2017
STARS: 7
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"e36Jeff now drives a ZHP" (e36jeff)
04/12/2017 at 17:47, STARS: 0
Are the gear teeth made out of some kind of fabric/fiber, or is that just a weird finish on metal?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
04/12/2017 at 17:48, STARS: 7
"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
04/12/2017 at 17:49, STARS: 1
Is it made out of compressed corncobs?
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/12/2017 at 17:53, STARS: 2
It’s Micarta. Fiber plus resin.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/12/2017 at 17:54, STARS: 11
Layered cloth and phenol resin, to absorb shock and reduce noise. Dates back to the days of the Model T.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/12/2017 at 17:56, STARS: 2
Here’s a set for an Iron Duke - which was an engine in production up until ‘93...
"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
04/12/2017 at 18:00, STARS: 2
So Model Ts are made of corn. Got it.
"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl)
04/12/2017 at 18:15, STARS: 0
wow
"TahoeSTi" (tahoesti)
04/12/2017 at 18:15, STARS: 0
it’s a composite not metal on the outside.
"S65" (granthp)
04/12/2017 at 18:30, STARS: 2
"7:07" (fanbrain001)
04/12/2017 at 18:33, STARS: 1
Squirt some Aunt Jemima on there and she’ll run nice and sweet
"RPM esq." (rpm3)
04/12/2017 at 18:38, STARS: 0
I see he chose one made of repurposed burlap coffee sacks. Very on-trend.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/12/2017 at 18:41, STARS: 1
So the crank gear is all steel, huh? I bet that cam gear takes ALL the abuse, and therefore is the only one that needs replacement.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/12/2017 at 19:05, STARS: 1
Made out of similar materials, the crank gear would wear more than twice as fast as the cam gear - this way, not so much.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
04/12/2017 at 19:21, STARS: 0
*thinks for a moment, nods* It would, wouldn’t it? Yeah, that makes sense.
Any idea on life expectancy? I wonder if the new gear’s made to be more wear-resistant than the old one.
"Die-Trying" (die-trying)
04/12/2017 at 19:31, STARS: 1
heh, used car salesmen used to put pancake syrup in with oil to make engines quit leaking.... used to, whenever youd see a super clean, non leaking engine, it was not a bad idea to taste it for sweetness.......
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
04/12/2017 at 19:50, STARS: 2
That would have to do with the hardness of the resin. It’s possible for a Micarta gear to run over a hundred thousand miles pretty easily - which in no possible way will equal remaining miles in the TracyJeep.
"StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8" (stndibnz1)
04/13/2017 at 11:50, STARS: 0
It runs now!!