[AT] Hand Crank Pin

Keith Kinney kkinney at herculesengines.com
Thu Jan 10 20:17:08 PST 2008


Thanks Gene and Larry.
No, the pin didn't come out.  But, you can see a gap/crack around the  
edge of the pin.  I think it should drive out pretty easily.  I'll see  
if I can find some drill rod or a pin and see if I can fix it this  
weekend.
Keith
On Jan 10, 2008, at 10:12 PM, Larry D Goss wrote:

> Gene has a good idea, Keith.  Did the pin come out?  Or did it leave  
> a stub
> in the crank?  My guess is that the original was a standard hardened  
> pin and
> was held in place with an upset area in the middle of the pin.   
> Rural King
> may have some of those pins.  A single roll pin won't have enough  
> strength
> to do the job, but you may get away with dual roll pins installed  
> inside
> each other.
>
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Kinney" <kkinney at herculesengines.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com 
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> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:19 PM
> Subject: [AT] Hand Crank Pin
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>
>>>
>> I was checking out the Clark Airborne crawler the other day.  I put
>> the hand crank in it's slot and gave it a tug, nothing.  So I put a
>> foot on it and I'm pretty sure it moved about 1/8th of a turn :-)  So
>> a few days later I tried again.  But, this time I went a little too
>> far.  I stood on the crank.  Ok, I kind of jumped on the crank.  Well
>> as you can guess something gave.  Luckily it was only the pin in the
>> end of the crank handle.  Now for my question, what do I use to
>> replace that pin and how is it locked into the crank?
>> Thanks.
>> Keith
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Keith Kinney
>> kkinney at herculesengines.com
>> WWW.HerculesEngines.com
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