Well, I hope Gary Hoos' chain guides are still the real deal, I just ordered a few spares from him since they're going to become unobtanium soon.
Let us know? I might do the same.Well, I hope Gary Hoos' chain guides are still the real deal, I just ordered a few spares from him since they're going to become unobtanium soon.
Will do.Let us know? I might do the same.
I have one of these tools somewhere. Will need it for sizing the rings on the beetle. Glad you posted this 5T - will inspire me to look for it tonight. Bet I’ve had it for 20+ years and never used it yet.After breaking one while hand filing, I bought the special tool, lol .....
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Yes, at around $40, the tool is a little spendy, but you've got 8 rings to do (2 regular and 2 oil rails per cylinder), so that works out to only about $5 per ring. Do another set some day and you're down to $2.50 per ring. Do enough of them and the cost per ring will get down to practically nothing. I recommend trying to get the .25 1st over-size. Even they will overlap at the ends when 1st fitted and require quite a bit of filing.
I'm going to need at least two of them. If that means shopping over the border, so be it. I hope Heiden Tuning isn't selling the same garbage as Revival Parts (MikesXS).Gary just replied and said there will not be anymore available through him. I agree Jim, it would be best for someone with the same first name to carry the torch forward…
If not for the border I’d pursue this but since the majority of sales would be in the US, it wouldn’t make sense.
IDK Marty, but Heiden shares a lot of parts with Revival - I was puzzled by that relationship as Heiden has some quality proprietary stuff, yet resells some of Mike's stuff too.I'm going to need at least two of them. If that means shopping over the border, so be it. I hope Heiden Tuning isn't selling the same garbage as Revival Parts (MikesXS).
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If ya snooze ya lose! Was going to order front chain guides yesterday, waited until today and now they’re sold out
Great ideas. I’d be afraid welding would destroy the plastic friction surface. A solid “plastic” piece sounds interesting.So, on my evening walk tonight, I further contemplated these crappy style chain guides in my head.
There are two other options possibly:
1). Fill and drill the known "off drilled" ones from Mikes. A process we used to do on aircraft parts that were universal fit and sometimes needed to fit a different year aircraft. Fill the holes in by welding them shut, redrilling them square like they should've been in the first place, then tapping the threads back in the squared holes. Of course, this would only work if the metal wasn't too crappy to be tig-welded in the first place (read: not pot metal)?
2). Perhaps using a newer, stronger material that wasn't available back in the day...namely "Delrin". I don't know the specifics of the material, density & strength wise but I do know its huge in the hotrod and car racing scene as a go to, very strong material now days. Perhaps a guide could be made entirely from this material without any bonding process necessary at all? Not sure if it would hold threads without an insert or not...just spit balling here?
The third option is to make my frankenguide. SR500 guides are still available relatively cheap... and it's a pretty easy mod to do. I've got 3 more engines to build. I'll do that before I put Mikes misaligned guide in one.So, on my evening walk tonight, I further contemplated these crappy style chain guides in my head.
There are two other options possibly:
1). Fill and drill the known "off drilled" ones from Mikes. A process we used to do on aircraft parts that were universal fit and sometimes needed to fit a different year aircraft. Fill the holes in by welding them shut, redrilling them square like they should've been in the first place, then tapping the threads back in the squared holes. Of course, this would only work if the metal wasn't too crappy to be tig-welded in the first place (read: not pot metal)?
2). Perhaps using a newer, stronger material that wasn't available back in the day...namely "Delrin". I don't know the specifics of the material, density & strength wise but I do know its huge in the hotrod and car racing scene as a go to, very strong material now days. Perhaps a guide could be made entirely from this material without any bonding process necessary at all? Not sure if it would hold threads without an insert or not...just spit balling here?
Great ideas. I’d be afraid welding would destroy the plastic friction surface. A solid “plastic” piece sounds interesting.
That was indeed a very ingenious mod you did...I was reading that thread earlier today, great stuff.The third option is to make my frankenguide. SR500 guides are still available relatively cheap... and it's a pretty easy mod to do. I've got 3 more engines to build. I'll do that before I put Mikes misaligned guide in one.
Fwiw, the one in my SG is going into it's third season and maybe 5k miles now. I think if it was gonna fail it'd done so by now. Hell, if I thought it was gonna fail, I'd never used it in the first place. I had a NOS Yamaha one in hand at the time...