[SEL] Hercules update, now Herc XK's

[Bill Boyce]

glenn, are you saying that some jaeger badged hercs had the 3 hole flywheels
? i cant recall ever seeing one,,,what were the years they were built ? were
there any 3 hole herc xk's larger than 6 hp?
bill boyce
lost prairie, arkansas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn A Karch" <glenn.karch at gte.net>
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Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Hercules update, now Herc XK's


> To all,
>
> The change to the 3 hole flywheels was a safety measure.  It first
occurred
> on the industrial used engines (Jaeger).  It helped to keep idiots and
> shovel handles from getting mixed up in the flywheels. No claims are made
> for the positioning of the square nuts on Jaeger mixers.
>
> Glenn
>
> Glenn Karch
> Haubstadt, IN, USA
> Hercules Historian
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Curt Holland" <curt at imc-group.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Hercules update, now Herc XK's
>
>
> > Bill, Tom,
> > Any thoughts as to what the holes were for on the XK's? Was this to
> > support rammed molds? Something for shrinkage?
> > Was it advances in casting technology that allowed the elimination of
> > the holes on the  JK's?
> > Would be some good history to know....
> > Curt
> >
> > Germoamer at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > >In a message dated 6/1/2004 10:17:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > >bboyce at swat.coop writes:
> > >
> > ><< were the
> > > solid flywheels limited to the xk's >>
> > >
> > >Bill,
> > >
> > >The XK's had wheels with holes in them, while the JK's had completely
> solid
> > >wheels.  I have one JK and two XK's.  The JK is all original, coming
from
> a
> > >friends family farm in Lynchburg, Virginia.
> > >
> > >Tom Schmutz
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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