Recent content by TedLaRue

My pulley is longer than the shaft, too. The shaft is 2-3/8" like yours, but my pulley is only 2-3/4" long. However, the shims add another 1/4", which would then match the length of your pulley. You can see how the end of the shaft doesn't reach the end of the pulley in the attached picture...

Hello Wayne, There are shims (washers) on the shaft on the engine side of the pulley (that is, behind the pulley). With the correct selection of shims, the pulley should have very little end play. The shims on mine, when stacked together, are about 1/4" thick. The shims have an inner...

I've searched the archives and read a bunch of threads about electric fences, but I would like this thread to be limited to the power source (excluding how many wires, what type of wire or poly-wire/tape, importance of grounding, etc.). To power an electric fence charger I know of three...

This could be feasible if his flow rate is low (say, less than 10 gallons per minute). But if the line is supplying a house, and someone's taking a shower when someone flushes the commode while the washing machine is filling up, there might be a problem. The drop in diameter from 1-1/2" down...

One type of hydraulic cylinder uses a "tie rod" design. It has three or four long bolts (tie rods) running the length of the cylinder (on the outside of the cylinder where they are plainly visible) holding end-plates onto the cylinder. It's pretty obvious how to open those, so I'm guessing...