[SEL] Curved spokes ...engine rotation

[P. Johns]

On 5/24/06, Rob Skinner <rskinner at rustyiron.com> wrote:
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> "Engineers who regularly travel back and forth between the
> Northern and Southern hemispheres would be well advised to
> swap the flywheel bolts side-to-side after crossing the
> equator."



I think that is for vertical engines only. If you run the head on the left
instead of the right, no bolt adjustments would be necessary. I'll look it
up in an old engineering book I have that was written by Rube Goldberg in
1906.

Paul in San Francisco

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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rob Skinner</b> <<a href="mailto:rskinner at rustyiron.com">rskinner at rustyiron.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>"Engineers who regularly travel back and forth between the<br>Northern and Southern hemispheres would be well advised to<br>swap the flywheel bolts side-to-side after crossing the<br>equator."</blockquote><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think that is for vertical engines only. If you run the
head on the left instead of the right, no bolt adjustments would be necessary.
I'll look it up in an old engineering book I have that was written by Rube Goldberg in 1906.<br></p>

<br>Paul in San Francisco<br><br><br></div></div><br>