I Think This Group Might Be Bad For Me - Meet My New B100 Automatic

[squonk 44,891]

Slice the race length wise. Not quite all the way through. Heat/quench the race then rap the slice with a chisel. 

[BradKahler 198]

5 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

If you make up a plate with four holes that line up with your pulley holes and three equally spaced notches for a three jaw puller you could bolt it to the pulley with spacers and use a three jaw puller to remove the entire disc and bearing race as a unit. Frequent applications of penetrating oil in advance and a bit of heat while pulling will probably help.

 

I'll check, I might have some 1/4" plate that would fit that description.  Tomorrow is supposed to be the warmest day this week so whatever I do it will probably be tomorrow.

 

Thanks

[BradKahler 198]

3 minutes ago, squonk said:

Slice the race length wise. Not quite all the way through. Heat/quench the race then rap the slice with a chisel. 

 

I'm not sure what my smallest diameter cutting wheel I have is but I might be able to cut as much as 2/3 of the length before I would run into the disc.  

 

I've got three ideas to work with tomorrow.  

 

I'll let y'all know what I end up with.  Who knows, it might be a mixture of all three by the time I'm done.

 

Thanks!

[Retired Wrencher 6,175]

21 hours ago, BradKahler said:

 

No offense taken

 

You are 100% correct, it's so easy to get in over your head on projects.  My biggest problem is I seem to bounce around from project to project, which extends their timeline considerably at times.  But, I figure as long as I'm enjoying myself that's all that matters.  I look at it as being part of the journey, not the destination.

 

Thanks!

Thanks Brad. unfortunately my mind doesn’t work that way. I have to do one project at a time that way I don’t get lost in the shuffle, but everybody’s different. Enjoy every project that you do.

[Handy Don 15,249]

16 hours ago, BradKahler said:

So when the PTO wasn't engaged the spring would push the bell outwards towards the brake pad?  I'm still trying to make sense of all this stuff 

Is the black arrow pointing to 14-75?

Yes that is 14-75. Held in by cir-clips on either side of the thrust bearing.

If memory serves (from conversations since I’ve never seen one) the spring would push against the inner end of the 14-75 stub.

I think the spring would have become unnecessary when the bail-attached 14-75 stub became able to retract the bell housing. 

Edited December 9 by Handy Don

[BradKahler 198]

1 hour ago, Handy Don said:

Yes that is 14-75. Held in by cir-clips on either side of the thrust bearing.

If memory serves (from conversations since I’ve never seen one) the spring would push against the inner end of the 14-75 stub.

I think the spring would have become unnecessary when the bail-attached 14-75 stub became able to retract the bell housing. 

 

Thanks for verifying that.  I'll probably go ahead and remove the broken stud but I doubt that I'll do anything else about it.

[BradKahler 198]

After thinking about the three options for removing the bearing race I decided to first try 953 nut's suggestion first. 

 

I fabricated a metal plate using 3/8" x 4" x 4" plate and drilled a bunch of holes in it.  After looking through my bin of pullers I found a two armed puller that I could bolt directly to the plate.  Normally a two armed puller would not be a good application for pulling something like this but bolted to the plate kept it stabilized. 

 

It took maybe an hour to fab the plate and about 5 minutes to get the bearing race off.  It worked even better than I had hoped for.  The only thing I didn't anticipate was the main motor drive pulley is part of the clutch disc.  I thought they were separate, so when the drive pulley came off with the plate I was a little surprised.

 

Thanks for all the help!

 

 

 

[BradKahler 198]

Over the last week or so I've been working towards trying to start the engine.  The carburetor was cleaned in an ultrasonic cleaner and reassembled with a new kit.  I also performed the following: replaced all of the fuel lines, replace the tank petcock and rubber grommet, and added a fuel filter,  replaced the points and spark plug, and  changed the engine oil.  

 

Today I finally was able to try and start it up.  I immediately had issues with a lot of bad connections and dirty contacts that I worked through one at a time.  After a few choice words I was able to get the engine to turn over and checked for spark and it was good.  As a first step to see if it would fire I sprayed some starting fluid into the carburetor and after a bit of cranking it fired.  I kept doing this and it would stay running until the starter fluid ran out.  It seemed as if the carburetor wasn't doing anything.  So I pulled the inlet fuel line to the carburetor and cranked the engine over.  Fuel sort of bubbled out of the hose when I cranked it over, I was expecting it to spurt out.  I'm guessing the fuel pump isn't living up to expectations.  Am I correct in thinking there should be more of a spurt coming out of the hose when the engine is cranking over, instead of a little bubbling? 

 

 

[Handy Don 15,249]

7 minutes ago, BradKahler said:

stay running until the starter fluid ran out

Most of us strongly prefer to use a spray bottle with gasoline. Starter fluid isn’t the best for the engine.

 

7 minutes ago, BradKahler said:

Fuel sort of bubbled out of the hose...should be more of a spurt

Yep. A series of spurts, actually. 

Edited 8 hours ago by Handy Don

[BradKahler 198]

1 minute ago, Handy Don said:

Most of us strongly prefer to use a spray bottle with gasoline. Starter fluid isn’t the best for the engine.

 

Yep

 

I don't like starting fluid either and to be honest I felt bad when I was doing it.  At the moment I don't have any spray bottles available, I guess it's time to order some more, and I'll get a pump on order and also a kit for the metal pump so I can rebuild it.  

 

Thanks