[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Paul Copioli

The Emory cloth is absolutely the way to go. Basically, we take off the anodizing on the round part of the thunderhex and it is a nice slip fit.

However, right now since the thunderhex is slightly oversized it is the perfect size for a press fit. We use our small arbor press to get the shaft in the bearings.

With that said, the Thunderhex used with thunderhex bearings is supposed to be a nice slip fit. The bearings are completely within our expected tolerance but the thunderhex stock is a few 10 thousandths large. This is large enough to make it a slight press fit. It is so close that when it is about 30-35 degrees here in Texas the shafts are a slip fit!

In any case, once we run out of the current inventory we will make sure the next batch is within our size requirements at 75deg F.

Paul

So... you're saying I just need to toss my shaft in the snow for a few minutes and it'll fit. Hmm, I wonder where I'll find that around here