901 gears and shafts, Anyone know what alloy? |
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901 gears and shafts, Anyone know what alloy? |
bondo |
Jul 6 2004, 01:57 PM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
I found someone at Cal Poly willing to help me with annealing and rehardening 901 internals so I can machine them. He said it would be helpful to know what alloy the steel is. He also asked if they were case hardened.
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JWest |
Jul 7 2004, 09:25 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,662 Joined: 6-January 03 From: Fort Worth, TX Member No.: 97 Region Association: None |
Case hardening is more than a few thousandths deep. What is done is the steel part is hardened on the outer surface (maybe ~ 1mm deep) to give a hard wear layer. The main body is still ductile so the part will not shatter under load. All transmission gears are case hardened AFAIK.
Crankshafts can be nitrided - a chemical surface treatment, but that is not a process used on tranmission gears. |
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