No! I need to make an aluminum insert to replace the hla. I make it out of 1/2in aluminum rod stock. Locktite it in place, One of which didn't seemed to cure (I did number 3 afterwards) I installed a set screw. I'll see if it does end up curing, if not I might just fill the set screw hole with the Tig. The inserts must not move.
Shorten the titanium stud and make a nice radius ball end.
Have to find and tap the insert I previously made as dead center as I possibly can. This takes time to get it right in the press drill vise. It's a strangely shaped object.
Have to shave the top of the rocker arm and remove all the casting marks.
File down the insert on both end's so that its as flat as possible in order for the locking nut to seat properly.
I don't have a milling maching or a lathe so I do this with hand tools and jigs and files so yeh, 3 hrs a piece is about right.
I might get my hands on a lathe soon though! Some guy I work with has one sleeping in his "warehouse". Some old thing he got from a dead relative.
May I add that this also shaves 7 grams off the stock rocker tips! Wins all around. 79g for the titanium assembly and 86g for the stock rocker. Can't find the titanium rocker on the scale pic. Ill post another time.
All the weight does not come from just the stud assembly. As you can see the top of the rocker itself is gone.
Shorten the titanium stud and make a nice radius ball end.
Have to find and tap the insert I previously made as dead center as I possibly can. This takes time to get it right in the press drill vise. It's a strangely shaped object.
Have to shave the top of the rocker arm and remove all the casting marks.
File down the insert on both end's so that its as flat as possible in order for the locking nut to seat properly.
I don't have a milling maching or a lathe so I do this with hand tools and jigs and files so yeh, 3 hrs a piece is about right.
I might get my hands on a lathe soon though! Some guy I work with has one sleeping in his "warehouse". Some old thing he got from a dead relative.
May I add that this also shaves 7 grams off the stock rocker tips! Wins all around. 79g for the titanium assembly and 86g for the stock rocker. Can't find the titanium rocker on the scale pic. Ill post another time.
All the weight does not come from just the stud assembly. As you can see the top of the rocker itself is gone.
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