What is this creature?

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Re: What is this creature?

Post by Recoil » Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:47 pm

HUS-SKI ED 1961 wrote:Hi Paul,

Barry Graham is correct about this machine. Please see my post Hus-ski Ed 1961 about prototypes, for more info.

Ed

P.S. it may be a week before I can post. Ed
Ed, not able to find the post you are speaking of.

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Paul "Recoil"
Snowflakes Vintage Snowmobile Club
Saskatoon, SK

1974 Roll o Flex Wildone
1969 Roll-o-Flex PT
1974 Roll-o-Flex GT
1969 Skibee Scout
1970 Smith Roles Prototype
1976 340 Olympic
1971 Nasral Snow Sprite
1964 Hus Ski Frankensled

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Re: What is this creature?

Post by Recoil » Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:56 pm

I have started working on this old girl just to clean it up. I was going to take apart the motor and do seals and gaskets but found out my local supplier doesn't have the gaskets....darn. I have a rally coming up this weekend and want to bomb around on this thing! So at the very least I thought I would take the clutch off, break it down and clean it. I may in fact have the dirtiest clutch in the history of snow machines.
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Paul "Recoil"
Snowflakes Vintage Snowmobile Club
Saskatoon, SK

1974 Roll o Flex Wildone
1969 Roll-o-Flex PT
1974 Roll-o-Flex GT
1969 Skibee Scout
1970 Smith Roles Prototype
1976 340 Olympic
1971 Nasral Snow Sprite
1964 Hus Ski Frankensled

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Re: What is this creature?

Post by Recoil » Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:01 pm

I found some problems with the clutch and am looking for some help.... first is the pins that hold the weights in. Are they supposed to have "slack" like is shown on the picture? I put a screw driver up against it to show the gap it had. The reverse side is also shown to illustrate how much play there is. Is this common?
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Paul "Recoil"
Snowflakes Vintage Snowmobile Club
Saskatoon, SK

1974 Roll o Flex Wildone
1969 Roll-o-Flex PT
1974 Roll-o-Flex GT
1969 Skibee Scout
1970 Smith Roles Prototype
1976 340 Olympic
1971 Nasral Snow Sprite
1964 Hus Ski Frankensled

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Re: What is this creature?

Post by Recoil » Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:17 pm

Last question is about the wear inserts on the post of the clutch. One of mine was off and badly worn. I notice it is a type of rivet to put the part back in. How do you do that? Can you tap the hole and use a screw?
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Paul "Recoil"
Snowflakes Vintage Snowmobile Club
Saskatoon, SK

1974 Roll o Flex Wildone
1969 Roll-o-Flex PT
1974 Roll-o-Flex GT
1969 Skibee Scout
1970 Smith Roles Prototype
1976 340 Olympic
1971 Nasral Snow Sprite
1964 Hus Ski Frankensled

Recoil
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Re: What is this creature?

Post by Recoil » Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:20 pm

I sure want to thank the guy who did up the clutch instructions on this site. God Send.
Paul "Recoil"
Snowflakes Vintage Snowmobile Club
Saskatoon, SK

1974 Roll o Flex Wildone
1969 Roll-o-Flex PT
1974 Roll-o-Flex GT
1969 Skibee Scout
1970 Smith Roles Prototype
1976 340 Olympic
1971 Nasral Snow Sprite
1964 Hus Ski Frankensled

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Re: What is this creature?

Post by Barrie2777 » Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:39 pm

Can you put a link to the clutch posting?

The pin on this clutch can have that much side to side movement. The important thing is that the pin is not worn in its diameter. The ends on the fly wieghts should be round and not flat. As far as the wear plate goes, I would tap the hole for a fine thread screw and use locktight to hold it there.

Altough your machine is a frankinstein, it was assembled after the winter of 1965. The model 600 originally came out as a single track machine but due to its poor (awful) performance in snow deeper than 2", its base was recalled and replaced with a double track version. Even on fairly even trails, its bobs and weaves like a cork in the ocean.
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Re: What is this creature?

Post by Recoil » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:16 pm

thanks. The diameter is a bit off but it should work. I am surprised at how much play there is on those pins "in" and "out". The clutch cleaned up real nice....I will post some finished pictures when I am done....maybe even tomorrow.

The inner sheave is a problem. It is badly stuck on and pulling it off will be a chore to say the least. I have an idea for a puller and a very talented machinist friend who lives nearby. I am going to see if he is willing to try my idea. Should this puller work, I will gladly post pictures and have him tell me specs to post.

The link for the clutch instructions is...

https://sites.google.com/site/schoobytw ... 00clutches
Paul "Recoil"
Snowflakes Vintage Snowmobile Club
Saskatoon, SK

1974 Roll o Flex Wildone
1969 Roll-o-Flex PT
1974 Roll-o-Flex GT
1969 Skibee Scout
1970 Smith Roles Prototype
1976 340 Olympic
1971 Nasral Snow Sprite
1964 Hus Ski Frankensled

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Re: What is this creature?

Post by Barrie2777 » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:27 pm

I wont argue with the guy who wrote the clutch article because it was me. Pulling the clutch can be done safely if you tap the fixed sheave then use an internal puller. I wrote a recent post about using hydraulic pressure to remove a stuck on sheave. If that method works, there is no way to damage the end of the crankshaft by pushing or banging on it.

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Re: What is this creature?

Post by Go Go Diablo » Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:45 pm

That is one of those pages that I have not moved into the new site at Go Go Diablo.com. Sorry about that. I am way behind on the website part of this hobby. Forgive me all.

Bruce
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Re: What is this creature?

Post by Recoil » Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:58 pm

Bruce, behind on the website? Please....I think I speak for all that we appreciate all the effort that it takes to keep this up and running and I will never complain about anything on here unless I plan on doing a better job myself....which I am not!.

Regarding pulling the fixed sheave. I understand the concept that you are proposing but what I do not get is how to internally tap the shaft?! First of all it has a pretty good size ID and would take a very large tap. Secondly, and most confusing to me, is the fact that the shaft has external threads on it right where you are going to tap the internal threads. with threads outside and threads inside are you not getting dangerously close to being too thin?

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Paul "Recoil"
Snowflakes Vintage Snowmobile Club
Saskatoon, SK

1974 Roll o Flex Wildone
1969 Roll-o-Flex PT
1974 Roll-o-Flex GT
1969 Skibee Scout
1970 Smith Roles Prototype
1976 340 Olympic
1971 Nasral Snow Sprite
1964 Hus Ski Frankensled

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