[SEL] crosshead problems

Rob Skinner rob at rustyiron.com
Fri Feb 25 08:59:40 PST 2011


The adventure would be machining the crosshead pin after it was welded.

Rob


> 
> Come on Andy! Where the hell is your sense of adventure?
> 	Dave

> On Feb 23, 2011, at 10:34 PM, Andy Glines wrote:
> 
>> Dave might be right about the crack being old and not a big  
>> problem.  I'm not so sure.  If the wristpin were to fail it would  
>> probably be sudden and catastrophic.  First have it magnafluxed  
>> (magnetic particle inspection) to determine the extent of the crack  
>> and to check for other cracks.  I think that I would look into  
>> having the crack welded up then remachine the wristpin.   	






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