Subject: Re: Generator mount decision time
Author: Patrick Hayes
Date: Sep 25, 2002, 7:40 AM
Post ID: 1711081918
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In a message dated 9/25/2002 6:16:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
fr-@fredsgarage.net writes:
| The threaded holes in the block are fine, and I have one unbroken stock bracket and one bracket that was cracked at the front hole and that's been repaired by welding in a piece of hot-rolled steel plate, doubling the thickness of the bottom plate of the mount. Should I locktight in some studs and use nylock nuts, and if so, would 10.9 grade studs (sawed off bolts) be better than 8.8? |
It doesn't matter which bolts you use. Studs with star washers and nuts are
better than screwing bolts into aluminum like original.
Oh, and it sounds like you'd better get the front casting yoke shimmed up
properly or you'll just break another gen bracket. Not too tight on the
belt.
Patrick
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 9/25/2002 6:16:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, fr-@fredsgarage.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The threaded <BR>
holes in the block are fine, and I have one unbroken stock bracket and <BR>
one bracket that was cracked at the front hole and that's been repaired <BR>
by welding in a piece of hot-rolled steel plate, doubling the thickness <BR>
of the bottom plate of the mount.<BR>
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Should I locktight in some studs and use nylock nuts, and if so, would <BR>
10.9 grade studs (sawed off bolts) be better than 8.8?<BR>
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It doesn't matter which bolts you use. Studs with star washers and nuts are better than screwing bolts into aluminum like original.<BR>
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Oh, and it sounds like you'd better get the front casting yoke shimmed up properly or you'll just break another gen bracket. Not too tight on the belt.<BR>
<BR>
Patrick</FONT>
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