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dyrodium
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Jamming drill clutches.. what works apart from grub screws?

Hmm ok, I've been hardpressed to find any grub screws recently so thought I could jam my gearboxes with wire sheith material, and *squish* it behind the metal ring and the mounts. Worked for a while, but it starts to slip... not good with 1 week left before the comp! Shocked
What other methods have people tried that work? I'm hedging my bets that I won't be able to find any grub screws... and no, I live no where near a bunnings. Sad
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Just feed the appropiate size bolts in, there is enough room unless they have massive heads.

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i just silastic the ring gear into the case as does andrew in qld Smile
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If you can wait until the event, I can give you enough grub screws to do the trick.
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Laughing That may be leaving it a little late...
I'll have to see, that might be the case.
The other ideas are good, but I can't use normal bolts because the mounts are already mounted.
There's gotta be somewhere in the city I can go. Confused
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theres one awesome hardware store in the city near town hall... pauls hardware i think? theyve got pretty well everything. castlereagh street iirc
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Doesnt every Bunnings store carry the grub screws ?
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possibly, but as I said there isn't one anywhere close to me Confused
I'll see if I can find that store you mentioned glen, we went to it a while back, but I remember walking along that street and I swear where it was is another crap clothes store... Confused
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duh. oops didnt read the original message properly.. sorry Embarassed
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Just find some soft steel threaded screws/bolts that fit .Cut a few pieces about 5 to 6 mm long then cut a slot in the end of them with a hacksaw use another screw /bolt with the same thread to tap the hole in the gear box first then use a small screwdriver and inset your home made grub screws.. Most of my gear boxes are done this way or use a bit of threaded rod i just cant rember the size needed .I also use silastic around the inside of the ring gear but you have to be careful to get it centered and not to get any silastic on the gear splines .

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i have found that putting more bearings into it then pressing with the little plate thingy (i havent pulled a gearbox apart in ages)works rather nicely, ive been running the same engines for a while now with this set up(think when i first started) and i havent had a problem once
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