Subject: RE: Gen bracket hole depth
Author: Kevin Graf
Date: Nov 6, 2003, 5:43 AM
Post ID: 1715124513
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The brackets themselves have a tendency to crack, the bolt holes holding the
bracket to the engine case get reefed out and finally the dowel pin hole in
the case get reefed out also. The generator spins off the crank so of course
you don't want it moving around causing all sorts of other problems.
Like "Jesse Open" said, very poor design. Some folks make a 2nd bracket.
This attaches to the gen. mount bracket to some other point on the engine
case, usually to the distributor mount. The bracket has to be made to help
relieve some of the torque on the generator.
Anouther way to help this is to drill the mount holes deeper, heli-coil (in
my case, I'm trying time-serts) the holes. Then put studs in the holes
instead of bolts. Red locktite just about everything (f-it, I think I will
JB weld instead, there's no reason to remove the studs, once in) Then cap
the studs off with ny-locks and lock washers to hold the bracket.
Kev
[Kevin Graf] -----Original Message-----
From: IndyDi-@aol.com [mailto:IndyDi-@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:13 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: Gen bracket hole depth
This sounds like something I should know about.....what's up with this
generator mounting thing?? Brett....new to MG's
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<DIV><SPAN class=550221713-06112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
brackets themselves have a tendency to crack, the bolt holes holding the
bracket to the engine case get reefed out and finally the dowel pin hole in the
case get reefed out also. The generator spins off the crank so of course you
don't want it moving around causing all sorts of other
problems.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=550221713-06112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=550221713-06112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Like
"Jesse Open" said, very poor design. Some folks make a 2nd bracket. This
attaches to the gen. mount bracket to some other point on the engine case,
usually to the distributor mount. The bracket has to be made to help relieve
some of the torque on the generator. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=550221713-06112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Anouther way to help this is to drill the mount holes deeper, heli-coil
(in my case, I'm trying time-serts) the holes. Then put studs in the holes
instead of bolts. Red locktite just about everything (f-it, I think I will JB
weld instead, there's no reason to remove the studs, once in) Then cap the
studs off with ny-locks and lock washers to hold the
bracket.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=550221713-06112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Kev</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=550221713-06112003></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma><BR><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=550221713-06112003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>[Kevin
Graf] </FONT></SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
IndyDi-@aol.com [mailto:IndyDi-@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday,
November 06, 2003 8:13 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Loopfram-@topica.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Gen bracket hole
depth<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT
lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">This sounds like something I
should know about.....what's up with this generator mounting thing??
Brett....new to MG's</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>
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