how to cut good race rods off a welded z1900 crank that has a bad bearing

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how to cut good race rods off a welded z1900 crank that has a bad bearing

14 Jun 2019 16:18
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how would one go about removing race rods from a bad crank thats been welded

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Re: how to cut good race rods off a welded z1900 crank that has a bad bearing

14 Jun 2019 16:30 - 14 Jun 2019 17:06
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The only way is to mill away the weldings to separate/press out the crank bearing shafts.
The famus Mercedes Silberpfeil and early Porsche race cars used demountable cranks (aka patented Hirth cranks ).




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Re: how to cut good race rods off a welded z1900 crank that has a bad bearing

18 Jun 2019 06:50
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Very interesting design which I have never seen before. Thanks for sharing.

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