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RE: Balancing Fans - bob46320 - 27-12-2022
Spelling mistakes attributed to fat fingers and not so smart smart phone.
Bob
RE: Balancing Fans - Roger Goldthorpe - 27-12-2022
Yes I noticed that you had spelt gravy wrong.
RE: Balancing Fans - Tony Press - 27-12-2022
(26-12-2022, 10:21 PM)bob46320 Wrote: I balanced my 4 blade by sticking some small squares of lead to the tips with araldite and re painting g the whole afterwards to really bond them in place. Wash the bearings out , lube with 3 in one to reduce friction. Do your balancing, then lube with greave when happy with the balance.
Isn't Araldite temperature sensitive- I would think you might fire off weights in hot weather
RE: Balancing Fans - Ray White - 28-12-2022
Could you not simply remove material from the heaviest blade until they equalised?
RE: Balancing Fans - Steve Bryant - 28-12-2022
Ray, that's generally how you do it. The question is how do you determine the heaviest blade and check to see if you've achieved the desired balance? There are no holes in our fan blades to mount them on a spindle to hold them for balance etc.
Cheers,
Stephen
RE: Balancing Fans - Ivor Hawkins - 28-12-2022
In well over half a century of Austin Seven ownership, I can’t say I’ve even considered fan balance, even with tuned engines and as far as I know, never had a problem...have I missed something, or just been lucky?
RE: Balancing Fans - David Stepney - 28-12-2022
(27-12-2022, 01:56 PM)Roger Goldthorpe Wrote: Yes I noticed that you had spelt gravy wrong.
Since when has gravy been used to lubricate anything other than the Sunday roast?
RE: Balancing Fans - Dave Mann - 28-12-2022
I've never bothered because most of the time the fan belt lives under my seat only being fitted for Malcolm Parker's runs.
RE: Balancing Fans - Ian Williams - 28-12-2022
Stop worrying about it Steve, it need not be in perfect balance and unless dreadfully out it dosen't spin fast enough to cause a problem in my experience.