So, I've got a few different lighted flywheels and just about all of them have some level of damage. Some are just a few fins, and others are all of the fins. One of them is missing an entire fin.
How dangerous is it to run these engines with busted flyhweels? I've heard some people say they can come apart, and others say they'll just run out of balance. Does anyone have any statements that can support either claim?
Can they be fixed? I know the H50 lighted flywheels aren't too hard to find, but they are pricey. I'd like to avoid replacing them if I can. The HS40 flyhweels are harder to find, and even more expensive when you do find them.
This one is on a 1969 Lighted H50 Rupp Roadster engine. It's actually missing an entire fin, and all the rest have big chunks out of them
This one is on a 1970 Lighted H50 Gilson engine. It has a chunk out of every fin, biggest is probably 1/4" deep
And this one on a 1971 or 1972 Lighted HS40 Rupp engine (can't remember which). It's about he same as the H50 above.
How dangerous is it to run these engines with busted flyhweels? I've heard some people say they can come apart, and others say they'll just run out of balance. Does anyone have any statements that can support either claim?
Can they be fixed? I know the H50 lighted flywheels aren't too hard to find, but they are pricey. I'd like to avoid replacing them if I can. The HS40 flyhweels are harder to find, and even more expensive when you do find them.
This one is on a 1969 Lighted H50 Rupp Roadster engine. It's actually missing an entire fin, and all the rest have big chunks out of them
This one is on a 1970 Lighted H50 Gilson engine. It has a chunk out of every fin, biggest is probably 1/4" deep
And this one on a 1971 or 1972 Lighted HS40 Rupp engine (can't remember which). It's about he same as the H50 above.
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