Looking forward to a test run. Looks good. I just bought a used speeco super split and promptly jammed the rack and chewed a bunch of teeth down so now i havee to weld up the rack and try to geind teeth profiles on it. Those racks arent cheap.
That does not sound good, I don't know what happened there however something to consider is never try to re-engage the rack when there is a log jam, the reason is because the rack can use a bit of travel distance to fully engage with the pinion, it there is a log jam, always un jam it first.
@@groutaone It didn't. I couldn't get it to draw back so it just sat there grinding until the flywheels stopped after I killed the engine. I'm welding up the teeth on the rack now. Just doing a few and letting everything cool down in between so I don't cause the rack to bow. I'll sand a profile as clos as possible to the good teeth. It looks like the pinion is pretty worn down too. Hopefully it'll work again.
I don't see anything wrong with a manual clutch but wouldn't a centrifugal go kart/chain saw style pulley clutch work? I'm guessing they don't offer in a dual belt configuration.
After using my other kinetic log splitter without a clutch I thought it worked fairly well with the exception of starting the engine, there was a bit of belt wear though but not serious, this way there is no clutch to wear out or a clutch that may not fully disengage.
Getting close.
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Looking forward to a test run. Looks good. I just bought a used speeco super split and promptly jammed the rack and chewed a bunch of teeth down so now i havee to weld up the rack and try to geind teeth profiles on it. Those racks arent cheap.
That does not sound good, I don't know what happened there however something to consider is never try to re-engage the rack when there is a log jam, the reason is because the rack can use a bit of travel distance to fully engage with the pinion, it there is a log jam, always un jam it first.
Continued: However if the pusher was able to pull away from the jam I think then it should be fine to hit it again
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It didn't. I couldn't get it to draw back so it just sat there grinding until the flywheels stopped after I killed the engine. I'm welding up the teeth on the rack now. Just doing a few and letting everything cool down in between so I don't cause the rack to bow. I'll sand a profile as clos as possible to the good teeth. It looks like the pinion is pretty worn down too. Hopefully it'll work again.
I don't see anything wrong with a manual clutch but wouldn't a centrifugal go kart/chain saw style pulley clutch work? I'm guessing they don't offer in a dual belt configuration.
After using my other kinetic log splitter without a clutch I thought it worked fairly well with the exception of starting the engine, there was a bit of belt wear though but not serious, this way there is no clutch to wear out or a clutch that may not fully disengage.
@@groutaone i don't remember, the factory version has a slip clutch?
If so your new version is going to hold up better
@@AndyFromm My Chinese kinetic did not have a clutch, it had an idler but I disabled the idler almost from the start.