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<blockquote data-quote="oexing" data-source="post: 119419" data-attributes="member: 1493"><p>Now I am a bit worried about possible failures of adjusters though this does happen not very often. Even more so when looking at the photos at the start of this thread. Seems the hardening process has to be watched closely ,maybe one could be willing to anneal one´s adjusters still. I would not want all of 60 HRC on threaded parts, 55 HRC or less would be quite allright. Case hardening would be even better but this is more of a job and costs. </p><p> My Videan adjusters are standard but shortened about one millimeter to keep only the radius cup for standard ball ends of course. But the pressed in/loctited ball ends in the alu pushrods are high chrome 12 % toolsteel 1.2379 , only the ball faces hardened with sharp torch in three seconds so as no heat creeps down to the waisted section that I like soft. I do the ball ends on the D-bit grinder after hardening to exact adjuster cups size and some lapping with diamond paste. </p><p> When running pushrods with oil lubrication I´d believe well below 50 HRC hardness should easily do, so just high tensile bolts material should work quite well. Hardened threads there look a bit scary to me now, will take a close check on the Videan types again and maybe put them on an electric cooking plate for some more annealing to be safe. </p><p> For sealing the timing gear shafts I have chosen o-rings as you have more range with them compared to plain rubber material.</p><p></p><p> Vic</p><p></p><p>D-bit grinder and SR 500 adjusters:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]34216[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]34217[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]34218[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oexing, post: 119419, member: 1493"] Now I am a bit worried about possible failures of adjusters though this does happen not very often. Even more so when looking at the photos at the start of this thread. Seems the hardening process has to be watched closely ,maybe one could be willing to anneal one´s adjusters still. I would not want all of 60 HRC on threaded parts, 55 HRC or less would be quite allright. Case hardening would be even better but this is more of a job and costs. My Videan adjusters are standard but shortened about one millimeter to keep only the radius cup for standard ball ends of course. But the pressed in/loctited ball ends in the alu pushrods are high chrome 12 % toolsteel 1.2379 , only the ball faces hardened with sharp torch in three seconds so as no heat creeps down to the waisted section that I like soft. I do the ball ends on the D-bit grinder after hardening to exact adjuster cups size and some lapping with diamond paste. When running pushrods with oil lubrication I´d believe well below 50 HRC hardness should easily do, so just high tensile bolts material should work quite well. Hardened threads there look a bit scary to me now, will take a close check on the Videan types again and maybe put them on an electric cooking plate for some more annealing to be safe. For sealing the timing gear shafts I have chosen o-rings as you have more range with them compared to plain rubber material. Vic D-bit grinder and SR 500 adjusters: [ATTACH type="full"]34216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]34217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]34218[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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