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Re: Horizontal low buck stirling mods
« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2021, 10:10:42 pm »
Well, THAT was easy. I just took the flywheel side and loosed the set screw and rotated flywheel 180 deg without letting the displaced side move. In stock configuration with set screws bearing on flats pre-cut the top of flywheel runs in the direction of the power piston or "running over" if I have my terminology correct? By simply moving The flywheel 180 deg she now runs backwards or "running under"...took right off first try!
  I am not bearing (set screw) on a flat right now but with no load its fine for temporary test. I am not worried about the set screw raising a burr as pin is hard.
  Easy as pie!...the simplicity of these engines is refreshing...next will be performance timing test...or....how bad can I mess up the timing and still run, lol!