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Originally Posted by boyt911sc
Catorce,
This is a well conceived and designed product. I will have these on my next engine rebuild. Have you thought or considered in your development stages to have part #1 threaded from the outside? And part #4 hexagonal instead of a round disc? Why?
It would be catastrophic if part #4 would come off. But if there is a second mechanical safety feature like the metal locking tabs used for the oil pump nuts would give you some extra confidence. I am sure you would not install the oil pump nuts without the proper metal locking tabs.
BTW, where are you located? Consider me another future customer. What is the best way to contact you. Thanks.
Tony
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Thanks Tony,
I am in SoCal. The patent itself includes hex head versions as well as threaded barrels, but honestly they are not required. I ran the prototype set for 500 hard miles and let me tell you, the caps were a BEAR to remove even with the right heat. You just have to trust the adhesive, and I did a lot of homework and even talked to Henkel repeatedly on the design.
Henkel was given a copy of the engineering drawings and approved the use of 640 for this application. You should see the stuff that people use 640 for....it is primarily a bearing adhesive and it works a lot harder in those applications than it ever would on mine.
Thanks for your interest!
Adam -
adam@taorminaracingdesigns.com