16-11-2017, 01:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 16-11-2017, 01:36 PM by Hugh Barnes.)
That is exactly how I did the Riley engine... Even to the obsessive point of marking each bolt head and threaded hole so the original blts went back in the same place when I finally assembled the clutch....
As an aside, the Riley flywheel and clutch weighed a ton, so I consulted various knowledgable people about lightening. The comments I got back were that a lightened flywheel in the Riley engine moved the harmonic frequency and the point of maximum effect would be moved right into the middle of the touring speed rpm. The only cranks I have heard of breaking in that engine were those that had been lightened.. Specific comments on the Riley engine and only added as an aside for interest..
As an aside, the Riley flywheel and clutch weighed a ton, so I consulted various knowledgable people about lightening. The comments I got back were that a lightened flywheel in the Riley engine moved the harmonic frequency and the point of maximum effect would be moved right into the middle of the touring speed rpm. The only cranks I have heard of breaking in that engine were those that had been lightened.. Specific comments on the Riley engine and only added as an aside for interest..