feeler: Main Bearing girdles

[shortysclimbin]

Ok some notes on the one I just installed on my engine.

1) longer bolts ran into the aluminum oilpans on my alh engine block and needed the pan cut back or a steel one hammered out.

2) Cut the plate to have a place for gasket material to go on both sides

3) make sure you have about 1/8" clearance on your crank to plate. This will also help shed oil from the crank

4) Heat treat the steel to make it slightly harder.


good luck cant wait to see it.

[53 willys]

just looked at the test girdle, He cut it out of 3/8 plate, and it looks good!

he ordered the plate today, so the girdles should be done by the end of the week!

so did they finish the girdles??? :?:
update bump......

[RabbitGTDguy]

yep....kinda interested in hearing as well.

[truckinwagen]

They are still working on them, should have been done by yesterday, but hopefully soon.

I will be in that neighborhood later today and will go check for you guys.

sorry for the wait,
-Owen

[truckinwagen]

just talked to them and they have yet to cut the girdles.

they assure that it will be done in the next few days.

apparently I look like someone who doesn't mind waiting for days after the date I am told things should be done for them to actually be done.

I dont mind waiting for things to be done, I know that things take time, but the initial estimate should take that into account.

(sorry to rant, but this is the third shop who has put me on, telling me one date, and then another, and then another)

I will keep you all posted,
-Owen

[saurkraut]

Ok some notes on the one I just installed on my engine.

1) longer bolts ran into the aluminum oilpans on my alh engine block and needed the pan cut back or a steel one hammered out.

What bolts hit?  Main bearing bolts?

4) Heat treat the steel to make it slightly harder.

If these are being made out of A36 steel, it doesn't have enough carbon content to harden.

[truckinwagen]

sorry for the continuing delay, the shop assured me that the girdles are at the top of the list and will be done soon, and that they will call me the moment they are off the plasma table.

I will let you all know as soon as I hear anything from them.

-Owen

[cyrus #1]

Does anybody know how flat plasma cut plates will be?  We use Water jetting frequently and laser cutting occasionally at work.  The water jet leaves things perfectly flat.

[saurkraut]

Does anybody know how flat plasma cut plates will be?  We use Water jetting frequently and laser cutting occasionally at work.  The water jet leaves things perfectly flat.

At 1/2" thickness, Plasma is pretty good edge quality wise and shouldn't do anything to flatness.  Its has better edge quality than flame cut, but not as good as laser, or ultimatly water jet.

I run a small company that uses flame and plasma cut A36 regulaly as raw material that we machine into finished products.  1/2" is pretty stable for both.

[truckinwagen]

yeah, the test girdle they cut(out of 3/8 plate) looked really good, not like a waterjet, but still nice and clean with no obvious warpage.

I called the shop again today, but the guy in charge of the plasma cutter was out, I am going to go in there tomorrow and see what the hell is up.

when I originally talked to them (almost a month ago now) they made it seem that it would take less than a week to finish the project, but they never seem to actually start working on it.

I will have some definite answers tomorrow though.

sorry again for the wait, next time I will have to make a contract with a delivery date.

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

just got off the phone with the shop, and the girdles are cut!!!

I have to wait until later today to pick them up though, thye have to cool, and get the slag knocked off of them, but they are done! Yay!

I will take some pics when I get them and have them posted tonight.

I will start shipping them out tomorrow, international orders first, so I will have the actual shipping numbers in the next few days so you guys can pay me for shipping.

Thank you all again for making this possible!

-Owen

[jtanguay]

just got off the phone with the shop, and the girdles are cut!!!

I have to wait until later today to pick them up though, thye have to cool, and get the slag knocked off of them, but they are done! Yay!

I will take some pics when I get them and have them posted tonight.

I will start shipping them out tomorrow, international orders first, so I will have the actual shipping numbers in the next few days so you guys can pay me for shipping.

Thank you all again for making this possible!

-Owen

sweet! post pics if/when you can  

[truckinwagen]

ok, now I'm pissed!

I was told over the phone that they would be done by 4:30
I just wend down there only to find out that they guy making them left at 3:00!

and no one else knows enough about the project to give me the girdles and take my money.

I am going to go down there at opening time tomorrow and raise hell!!

not one of the finish times has been honored, and this time it really is aggravating because the damn things are done!

I'll update you all tomorrow when I am done giving the shop a piece of my mind.

-Owen

[zukgod1]

Working with machine shops sure can be frustrating at times!

At least they are done, looking forward to seeing the finished product.

[RabbitGTDguy]

Looking forward to seeing them as well. Excited to get mine for the Mk1

Joe