Date:    4-5-2010
Number of Hours:    1.00
Brief Description:    Assembled the crank shaft / prop hub
Tonight I assembled the crank shaft and prop hub. Everything went extremely well. The only issue I had was that I initially installed the key into the crank shaft backwards (with the rounded part in). Fortunately, I noticed this before I tried installing the prop hub. I simply put the hub back in the oven, turned the key around, and put the crank shaft back in the freezer for another few minutes. When I did install the prop hub, once lined up, it went all the way to the oil slinger with two light hits with the hammer and piece of wood. Then I quickly screwed in the bolt and I don't think the prop hub moved at all, it was already tight to the oil slinger.


Image 1 shows the crank shaft, laid out just like in the assembly manual with all the numbers matching and showing in this picture.