Recent content by morford49

:):):) Got everything back together, cranked it up, and POWER!!!. I used the three flex plates that came out of it and everything seems to be working fine. No vibration. I want to thank all of you for the valuable help. It's always helpful to have a hand to hold when you're working on a...

I am still going with Ike. The bearing shows no sign of wear or siezing. What is left of the bolts are still protruding about 1/8 in through the holes of the rotor showing that the were long enough and had not backed out. I ran the engine at least 15 minuites trying to see why there was no...

Sorry about the flawed photography. These may be better. I think that the bolts were the correct grade.

Pictures of sheared off bolts. Here are the pictures. I agree with Speddmon that at some time the generator must have locked up. I don't know if the damage to the rotor and stator was a cause or effect of the bolts shearing. Any guesses.

Thanks Thanks to everyone. The bolts that were sheared were #24 on Fig. 8-1. Numbers 21 through 28 were attached to the flywheel and the entire rotor assembly was lying on the bottom side of the stator. I will send pictures tomorrow. Again, Thanks to all of you.

MEP-003a . Hi. I just purchased my first generator from GL. Looked like new with 32 hours on the meter. Did all the startup maintenance and she started right up. No output. Got the TM's and started doing the checks. No output. Put 12 volts on the exciter and no output. Started to check...