The 1835 Hapi on my KR had a 4 hole aluminum flywheel, and it too was very close to failing when I discovered it while changing out the alternator which had gone TU. Question,,why is TU considered a bad thing? I always thought it was a good thing...
Mark Langford wrote: > And if it has an aluminum flywheel, check out the two photos at > http://www.krnet.org/misc/HAPI_flywheel/050917111m2.jpg and > http://www.krnet.org/misc/HAPI_flywheel/050917111m.jpg . This was on Jim > Hill's HAPI engine, and it appears to be a matter of seconds away from > coming apart. Steve at Great Plains also has a cure for this, I believe. > What made it obvious was loaded of end play on the crankshaft...the prop > would move fore and aft an eighth of an inch or so, rather than the .004" or > so it's supposed to be. > > Mark Langford > N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > >
