Stupid alignment question
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Printed Date: November-18-2024 at 9:45pm
Topic: Stupid alignment question
Posted By: rfarkash
Subject: Stupid alignment question
Date Posted: July-08-2012 at 3:23pm
The coupling flanges have a male/female step that engages fairly tightly. Do you press the faces all the way together and assume any misalignment will still be evident through feeler Gage's? I assume that this is the only way to get an accurate reading since if you don't engage the steps, gap would be too large to measure and would change every time you rotated shaft.
Sorry for the basic question, but maybe it will help someone else as well.
Thx
Ron
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Posted By: rfarkash
Date Posted: July-08-2012 at 3:26pm
Sorry for the double post - silly iPhone.
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Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: July-08-2012 at 3:44pm
Yes that is correct. once you mate the flanges together then use your feeler gages to check to see which way you may need to adjust. Use Pete's Training video in the video section of the site for any help and guidance. Might be worth a watch as a refresher before you start.
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Posted By: rfarkash
Date Posted: July-10-2012 at 1:53am
yup, watched it a few times already but obviously not closely enough....
Thx
Ron
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: July-10-2012 at 8:42am
Ron,
Tim is correct that the pilot bore should be partially engauged. Keep in mind that the width of the gap is not important as it's the width difference all around you are looking for.
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Posted By: BuffaloBFN
Date Posted: July-10-2012 at 11:20am
That pilot can be misleading if your alignment is way out...otherwise see above.
Set the shaft in the strut clear of the pilot, prop the front of the shaft in place, and see what it looks like.
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