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My newly restored MM1
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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
cam-steaman wrote:
Sorry i havent replied (to anything for that matter)

the engine works and works well....but since that run the Flywheel's thread has disintegrated so the screw no longer hold it onto the shaft....thus the engine will no longer run any ideas anyone>?


... I replaced the tiny fly wheel with a larger one. A aluminium tube was inserted over the thread, the big fly wheel is fastened via its little screw on the hub. Works like a charm:

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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 1:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A small blob of supaglue into the flywheel then put it back into the right place and it should be fine.

Happened to my larger flywheel MM2 and now works a treat with supaglue
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PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
how well does your MM1 work with the huge flywheel toxx?
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PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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how well does your MM1 work with the huge flywheel toxx?


... it works great! There's no difference in speed - and due to the higher mass (it weighs about x3), it doesn't suddenly stop when pressure collapses, but keeps on going gradually until it stops. Oh, by the way: It's the flywheel of my SE3, which I also replaced with a larger one.
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PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
i love SE3's...thats next on my purchase list, once i can find one!!  How did you manage to fit a larger wheel to a SE3? did you have to cut a whole in the base?
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