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I picked up a Stuart Beam on eBay a couple of years back. The machinist didn't do a great job with tolerances, and everything was loose, so it knocked something awful when running.
Luckily there isn't too much play in the main gunmetal bearings. I'm thinking I can just file down the halves a little to reduce the play, and maybe re-ream them.
I've re-made the Watt linkage components, made a bronze bushing for the crank end of the connecting rod, and I'm in the process of making bronze bushings where the con rod and the linkage connects with the beam. What I'm not sure about is how to add bushings for the top end of the connecting rod; there isn't much room there to fit bushings (unless I make their walls 1/32 or thinner).
Other than just making new components, does anyone have any suggestions about how to tighten up a loose engine?
Luckily there isn't too much play in the main gunmetal bearings. I'm thinking I can just file down the halves a little to reduce the play, and maybe re-ream them.
I've re-made the Watt linkage components, made a bronze bushing for the crank end of the connecting rod, and I'm in the process of making bronze bushings where the con rod and the linkage connects with the beam. What I'm not sure about is how to add bushings for the top end of the connecting rod; there isn't much room there to fit bushings (unless I make their walls 1/32 or thinner).
Other than just making new components, does anyone have any suggestions about how to tighten up a loose engine?