To peen or not to peen??

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2012: To peen or not to peen??
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wilf Bradbury on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 12:29 pm:

After making the effort to charge the flywheel magnets, is it so smart to whack the flywheel 16 times after putting the flywheel together (magnets ties and brass screws) to peen the ends of the brass retaining screws instead of using locktight? I was under the impression that if you rap a magnet it will loose some if its magnetizum.
It is nice to have those magnets as strong as possible.
Chris has done some great work to get this forum up again.
Much appreciated
Wilf


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By keith g barrier on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 01:15 pm:

Wilf, I usually use a sharp center punch and put about three little punches around the end of the screw, does'nt take much to stake the soft brass. Have fun,KB


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Anthonie Boer on Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 01:49 pm:

Wilf :I use a sharp center punch , and put one punch on the side of the mag. screw. And I still have 35 AC Volt.
Toon


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry VanOoteghem on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 12:37 pm:

Wilf,

You shouldn't have to hit the brass screws anywhere near hard enough to mess up a magnet.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wilf Bradbury on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 01:14 pm:

Great info guys
Thanx to all
Wilf


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 06:33 pm:

Not that it applies in this case, but some mag recharging procedures actually call for beating on the magnet to help all the molecules to align for BETTER magnetism.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kohnke Rebabbitting on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 07:28 pm:

Tapping, Hal, Tapping!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve in Tennessee on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 07:46 pm:

Bigger hammer?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Patrick on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 07:55 pm:

When I dismantled my 1926 transmission for the first time in 1970, which I believe was the first time it had ever been dismantled since leaving the factory, the ends of the brass screws were split as if split by a cold chisel. This might be a better way to do it, as, a cold chisel strike is much more concentrated and I would assume, fewer strikes would be needed to attain the desired results. Jim Patrick


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Michael W. Herndon on Monday, July 02, 2012 - 10:45 pm:

Just drank a bunch of beer... now I'm peen.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Davis-SE Georgia on Tuesday, July 03, 2012 - 04:06 am:

Tapping. THATS the word I was looking for.


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