Ah… the old Arctic Hex… the Hex bushings would wear over time causing slip and it would break an arm on the spider. Later versions were a little better with an extended stronger bushing. It would hold up on a small engine, but anything with more than about 50 HP it would fail rather quickly.
omg reminds me of stuff me and buds played with in high school and im effing 60 ! I always thaught they were hated cuz it was a stupidly designed pos that made xtra useless noise at idle at least the doo tra was a great answer to what the rv's needed and only hated by those that didnt understand how it worked good luck btw dont all three pieces have balence drilling?
They make noise at idle when they’re worn out, sounds like a can of bolts shaking around! Some cool history, the guy that designed the Cat Hex clutch went to work for John Deere, where they came up with the TR800. It solved a lot of the problems of the hex clutch. Unfortunately Deere sold out in ‘84 and he then went to work at Bombardier where he perfected his design, the TRA.
Ah… the old Arctic Hex… the Hex bushings would wear over time causing slip and it would break an arm on the spider. Later versions were a little better with an extended stronger bushing. It would hold up on a small engine, but anything with more than about 50 HP it would fail rather quickly.
If the hex shaft rusts it must be steal therefore it can be built up and machined true
Yes I suppose it could be, but probably not worth the money and effort since these wear out so quickly
omg reminds me of stuff me and buds played with in high school and im effing 60 !
I always thaught they were hated cuz it was a stupidly designed pos that made xtra useless noise at idle
at least the doo tra was a great answer to what the rv's needed and only hated by those that didnt understand how it worked
good luck
btw dont all three pieces have balence drilling?
They make noise at idle when they’re worn out, sounds like a can of bolts shaking around!
Some cool history, the guy that designed the Cat Hex clutch went to work for John Deere, where they came up with the TR800. It solved a lot of the problems of the hex clutch. Unfortunately Deere sold out in ‘84 and he then went to work at Bombardier where he perfected his design, the TRA.
ugh no!
the noise is from the six points of the hex buzzing across the ribs on the inside of the belt
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