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Default Clausing 1500 lathe vari-drive question

In article ,
Gunner Asch wrote:

On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:05:51 -0400, Joseph Gwinn
wrote:

In article ,
Gunner Asch wrote:

On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:41:00 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:05:25 -0400, Wes
wrote:

9505K23

I just went out and measured the groove....1.360 diameter
Piston is 1.114 diameter.

Width is about .125ish (nothing small enough to get in there (making
note to find a small mic for this sort of thing)

This works out in metric to be about 34.6 mm for the groove and 28.32
mm for the piston

I dont know how to spec seals.

Can you tell me how to calculate fits for seals?

No idea of what the working pressure is. Probably a few hundred pounds
max.


Clausing's prices on seals are not that bad, so I'd check prices before
reengineering.

Joe Gwinn


I wasnt going to recut anything, just find something local. We are
fairly "industrial" in the Bakersfield area..oil fields..lots of
hydraulics.

I only need that one seal. Based on the rest of their prices..I figured
it would cost $20 or something. Plus $20 shipping...choke....


I rebuilt the 5900 hydraulics with less than $10 in rubber parts from Clausing,
if I recall. They didn't have a seals kit per se for the 5900, but they knew
which parts to use. I had looked it up in the manual, and they had it right.

Anyway, while metal parts from Clausing can be amazingly costly (but not in
Monarch territory), they don't seem to try to pay the rent on seals. I would
just call and ask.

Joe Gwinn