Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

Hi, I imagine this is quite a dumb prompt, and one that I am certain could be avoided by more carefully evaluating the h75 I have torn down next to me, but I am noticing that the camshaft could likely be flipped to run the "correct" direction. only think I am seeing that gets in the way of this is that one end of the camshaft end rod is longer on the governor side than the gear side. If flipped there would be a bit of extra length on the gear side, that would not be an issue with a hole in the gear cover, but having less length on the governor side would mean that the governor may not have enough length to function. Without pulling dimensions it looks to be about 3/16" difference in the end rod lengths, and some flats ground into the governor side that I am certain don't need to be there.  I don't think it is personally worth the effort to try to make it work, but was curious if anyone else had thought down this path already and identified more issues. Considering how upset people are about the water pump direction it seems like someone could potentially offer the service to correct the direction. Allen key for comparative length. [ Guests cannot view attachments ] [ Guests cannot view attachments ] [ Guests cannot view attachments ]

.... spacers made from teflon sheet.....

Another option:

Obtain an o-ring of the correct thickness and slice off pieces to make wrist-pin spacers.

I cut the spacers by hand.  Precision hasn't been necessary, the plugs can't go anywhere.