10-04-2018, 07:28 AM
Hi Erich,
I’ll be watching this thread with interest as I’m keen to understand why it failed. I’m just a silly civil engineer so the mechanical guys will know a lot more than me but I wonder why 12V systems would be more prone to cause a failure, after all the loading caused by compression in the pots does not know if it’s a 12V or 6V system being applied. Maybe the 12V can draw a higher cranking amperage and this spins the engine faster? My guess is that if it’s a race engine it’s running a higher compression and this in turn puts more load on the starter. Did the onside bolt fail as well?
I’ll be watching this thread with interest as I’m keen to understand why it failed. I’m just a silly civil engineer so the mechanical guys will know a lot more than me but I wonder why 12V systems would be more prone to cause a failure, after all the loading caused by compression in the pots does not know if it’s a 12V or 6V system being applied. Maybe the 12V can draw a higher cranking amperage and this spins the engine faster? My guess is that if it’s a race engine it’s running a higher compression and this in turn puts more load on the starter. Did the onside bolt fail as well?