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So here’s the result, enlarged the stepped down hole in the hub using a carbide burr. Just enough to mallet it onto the shaft and replaced the previous set screw with a longer bolt through the end.

You got me thinking about the original, it bolts to the shaft from the end. I might not need a shim if I can drill a hole in the dead center of this hub. Hmm

Assuming you have to register to even see that particular forum. I'll do the needful later and see what's what on there. I paid a grand total of $12 for this and the three handles.. I'll find a way to shim this and it'll be a great upgrade over the previous slot machine-style.

So I started drilling, and long story short I pulled the pin's leftovers out with a bit I thought was the same OD as the Pin was/is. Some heat, some WD and percussive love and the hub fell off of the shaft. I think I got pretty lucky in this.. too bad my judgement was off on it fitting the...

Was afraid of this.. And I’m betting the shaft is hardened steel.

Well sh!t.

It def appears to be a thin roll pin. But the hole doesn’t go totally through so.. why? You can’t drive it out. I need to look again maybe there’s threads I’m not seeing last night.

Couldn’t see much, the holes too tiny and my heads too big. The bottom of the side hole might be/used to be a hex set screw. I’ve tried every Allen that’ll fit and nothing bites.

Yeah it’s a hollow pin, and what I tried giving a few loving taps to was just the pin. Not whatever’s at the bottom of that hole. I did heat it up last night but only to try to melt out the grease that might be up in the shaft side seam. Have not tried to smacking around any yet. The drill...

I’m gonna bust out the mag glass and a pen light shortly.

Grabbed this feed wheel shaft and hub today at the junkyard. There’s no obvious set screws or pins. There is a single hole, it doesn’t go through to the opposite side, with what appears to be a pin. But I can’t drive it out, can’t see a set screw down inside either. But from the shaft side it’s...

A procedural question for anyone who is a pro and/or does this sort of stuff for a living. When it's time for the painting to start, all the prep is done and the surface is ready for spray.. Is it common for the piece to have all three layers applied in a single day? Like primer, color and...

So here's something that I've never heard or read anywhere but is gonna be obvious to most of ya'll. Waiting for 'flash off' or, initial drying is important right? Don't wanna put another coat on top of aerosols that aren't evaporated yet. Waiting too long is almost as bad, I did not know this...

SOB this is annoying. What ***** is that I did not paint the areas with the fuzz showing through. I sanded to metal the lip and just about an inch higher right on the nose. When I re-cleared the entire hood, then sanded with 2000 then 2500 before any buffing.. the fuzz wasn't there. If I had...