<VV> Bad flywheel

Hugo Miller hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk
Thu May 14 02:02:02 EDT 2020


Cold rivetting? No wonder they fail. Surely the whole point about 
rivetting is that the rivets are applied hot, so that they apply tension 
and clamp the items together as they cool.

On 2020-05-14 03:24, FrankDuVal via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Yep, I goofed....It must be that old man thing....  Hot, Weld, both
> are with heat....:-P
>
> Dave does the hot rivet process, instead of the cold rivet process
> that GM's supplier did.
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> On 5/13/2020 1:54 AM, Seth Emerson wrote:
>> Dave Palmer hot rivets them, and he may bolt them. I don't believe 
>> he welds them. - Seth
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: FrankDuVal via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Sent: Mon, May 11, 2020 6:33 pm
>> Subject: Re: <VV> Bad flywheel
>>
>> Corventure Dave on corvaircenter.com/phorum.
>>
>> http://corvaircenter.com/phorum/read.php?1,1043273,page=1
>>
>> He does welded and bolted for at least two of the vendors. Clark's 
>> and
>> California the last I heard.
>>
>> Check out the stack of fixed flywheels in the above link.
>>
>> Frank DuVal
>>
>> On 5/11/2020 12:29 PM, Steve Gangi via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> > Who is refurbishing flywheels these days now that Dale and 
>> Underground are gone? I have two I need done.
>> >
>> > Steve G in CT
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