r97
Measure twice cut once
you can skip the back story if you want
Ok, so a while ago i built a little, mini bike and entered it in the science fair. science fair did not allow me to work on it for several months, and now that i finally ahve most everything ready to go i need to start the engine.
my engine is a small, 50cc 2 stroke with no recoil, my original plan is to push start it (manual clutch), but i tried getting it to rotate the engine through the compression cycle (not trying to start it, just getting the piston to go up and down) but with the low gearing i have, the rear tire just skid. (engine can be turned easily by turning crank shaft by hand).
any how, I'm beginning to think i will need to install a homemade recoil, or kick start to start the thing. i though of a way to make a kick start, but there is one slight problem with it. the only accessible part of the crank shaft is a tapped hole, when you thread in a bolt to this hole, and then use the bolt to turn the engine over in its correct rotation, the bolt loosens, not good.
main question starts here,
so basically my main questions is, if i were to use lots of red lock-tite on a bolt threaded into the crank shaft, would it stay in place when i was turning the bolt counter clock wise (would usually loosen the bolt) with enough force to start the engine (only 50cc). also, lock-tite is supposedly loosened at 500* F, i'm pretty sure the crank shaft wont get near that hot right.
hope that makes sense, and hopefully someone with experience with lock-tie (i have never used it) will be able to tell me if this stuff will hold because i really don't want to make it impossible to disassemble. Thanks!
P.S. wasn't sure what section to put this in, has to do with engines, recoils/kick starter (all other parts), and tools.
Ok, so a while ago i built a little, mini bike and entered it in the science fair. science fair did not allow me to work on it for several months, and now that i finally ahve most everything ready to go i need to start the engine.
my engine is a small, 50cc 2 stroke with no recoil, my original plan is to push start it (manual clutch), but i tried getting it to rotate the engine through the compression cycle (not trying to start it, just getting the piston to go up and down) but with the low gearing i have, the rear tire just skid. (engine can be turned easily by turning crank shaft by hand).
any how, I'm beginning to think i will need to install a homemade recoil, or kick start to start the thing. i though of a way to make a kick start, but there is one slight problem with it. the only accessible part of the crank shaft is a tapped hole, when you thread in a bolt to this hole, and then use the bolt to turn the engine over in its correct rotation, the bolt loosens, not good.
main question starts here,
so basically my main questions is, if i were to use lots of red lock-tite on a bolt threaded into the crank shaft, would it stay in place when i was turning the bolt counter clock wise (would usually loosen the bolt) with enough force to start the engine (only 50cc). also, lock-tite is supposedly loosened at 500* F, i'm pretty sure the crank shaft wont get near that hot right.
hope that makes sense, and hopefully someone with experience with lock-tie (i have never used it) will be able to tell me if this stuff will hold because i really don't want to make it impossible to disassemble. Thanks!
P.S. wasn't sure what section to put this in, has to do with engines, recoils/kick starter (all other parts), and tools.