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Dan Partain · 08-05-2014, 12:19 AM

I made a quick easy tool today to help me install the transmission shafts with the O-rings, I thought maybe someone else would be interested. It's basically a mini piston ring compressor.

First I took some fine emery cloth to the sharp edges around the holes in the case to get a somewhat beveled edge, but mostly just to cut the sharp edges so they wouldn't shave the O-ring going in. I didn't really want to put a real bevel around the holes.

I took a part from an old computer, one of the block-off plates in the back of a PC to make the tool, it's just the right guage and width for the job. I tried to make it tight where the ends meet, under the screw, so the compressed O-ring wouldn't stick up in that spot.

With a good coat of petroleum jelly, a small hammer on a 1/2" wooden dowel the shafts tapped into the case very smoothly.

Mike V. Florida · 08-05-2014, 12:23 AM

Cool

700rpm · 08-05-2014, 12:38 AM

Pretty darn neat.

John · 08-05-2014, 09:15 AM

Good job. I usually take a countersink in my drill press and just break the edge of the transmission casing for the shafts. That makes the O'ring go in even easier.

C26Pinelake · 08-05-2014, 09:24 AM

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Very ingenious ! Nice work !
Wayne

08-05-2014, 12:19 AM	#1
Dan Partain Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hangtown, CA Posts: 556	Transmission Shaft O-Ring Compressor I made a quick easy tool today to help me install the transmission shafts with the O-rings, I thought maybe someone else would be interested. It's basically a mini piston ring compressor. First I took some fine emery cloth to the sharp edges around the holes in the case to get a somewhat beveled edge, but mostly just to cut the sharp edges so they wouldn't shave the O-ring going in. I didn't really want to put a real bevel around the holes. I took a part from an old computer, one of the block-off plates in the back of a PC to make the tool, it's just the right guage and width for the job. I tried to make it tight where the ends meet, under the screw, so the compressed O-ring wouldn't stick up in that spot. With a good coat of petroleum jelly, a small hammer on a 1/2" wooden dowel the shafts tapped into the case very smoothly.

08-05-2014, 12:23 AM	#2
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: Transmission Shaft O-Ring Compressor Cool __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

08-05-2014, 12:38 AM	#3
700rpm Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 5,902	Re: Transmission Shaft O-Ring Compressor Pretty darn neat. __________________ Ray Horton, Portland, OR As you go through life, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.

08-05-2014, 09:15 AM	#4
John Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 189	Re: Transmission Shaft O-Ring Compressor Good job. I usually take a countersink in my drill press and just break the edge of the transmission casing for the shafts. That makes the O'ring go in even easier.

08-05-2014, 09:24 AM	#5
C26Pinelake BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Michigan / Ontario border, Sarnia, Ontario. 50 miles from Detroit and 150 from Toronto. Posts: 5,800	Re: Transmission Shaft O-Ring Compressor Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Very ingenious ! Nice work ! Wayne

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