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    Default How would you make this?

    A m8 wants me to make new rollers for these rockers but he also has missing or cracked roller retainers.
    These are from, I think, a 1920's 6 cyl French car.
    Has anyone in here got a good way of knocking these up?
    I was thinking maybe making a ms punch and die and pressing them, i can see them splitting tho.
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    I'm guessing these aren't under a whole lot of load, they're just there to stop the roller floating?

    One way I'd consider is to TIG weld them up out of 3 pieces - fold the channel section, and then weld the two sides on.

    The other option I'd consider is assuming they're not that shape for a clearance reason, to fold a thick enough piece of flat bar into the correct U shape, then counterbore the top where the bolt goes, and cross drill through the counterbore for the split pin.

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    Is the item round or elongated?
    If round, can a piece be turned, drilling operations performed and then finally milled to suitable dimensions, a square plug/ jig may be needed to aid in the milling.

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    Yes they only stop the roller sliding out.
    I dont have a tig but i think fabricating them would be the best for me, I reckon i could back up the parts on copper bar and mig them then clean up the welds

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    Quote Originally Posted by pipeclay View Post
    If round, can a piece be turned, drilling operations performed and then finally milled to suitable dimensions, a square plug/ jig may be needed to aid in the milling.
    That's what I was thinking; turn the OD but leave it attached to the bar, hold it in a collet block to mill everything, then part off.

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    The retainers may not be under much stress, but they will be subject to metal on metal wear (albeit with some oil lubrication), so you will need to choose materials wisely lest the roller bore it's way through the retainer. How hard is the sample retainer?

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    I'd be trying to hammer form them. Bend up the main U shape (without the hole), clamp that in a jig and then hammer the flanges down. If done with a ductile steel and perhaps annealed during the process, I think that would work.
    Fabrication seems really fiddly for these as a first option.

    Michael

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    Find someone to cast new ones

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    For a handful I'd be machining them from round (1045?) and parting off.

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    Thanks fella's, I think that I will see how I go with Michael's idea of folding into a U shape first, if I get snookered then I might have to try to mill them.

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    I got one almost made today, it still needs a bit of work filing and drilling the holes.
    I folded and welded it then buffed the welds, linished it into shape and then a bit of filing.
    I forgot to take photo's of how i made it but i have another to make tomorrow so i will take some then, the ones that are split i will
    just weld them and clean up the welds.

    The one on the left is the made one and the one on the right is the sample.
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    They might crack again?
    What about making thicker section out of aluminium alloy - no heavier?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karl Robbers View Post
    The retainers may not be under much stress, but they will be subject to metal on metal wear (albeit with some oil lubrication), so you will need to choose materials wisely lest the roller bore it's way through the retainer. How hard is the sample retainer?
    G'day Karl, the original retainers are pretty soft and easily filed, the material that I have meticulously chosen is an offcut from a
    fold out clothes line that I had to shink a bit to fit it onto the side of the house a couple of weeks ago.
    The original retainers are made from .75mm and this material is 1mm.

    Quote Originally Posted by nadroj View Post
    They might crack again?
    What about making thicker section out of aluminium alloy - no heavier?
    G'day nadroj, yep they might crack but they will probably outlast the hundred year old ones that are not being replaced.
    Nah.... I dont want to make aluminum ones, actually I didn't even want to make these ones.... I sorta got sucked into it

    ...............

    What I did today, I cut 2 rectangles from the rhs, after drilling a 6mm hole at the centre of them first.
    I used mapp gas for the bending and .9 mig wire to add metal where there wasn't any, here are some pics of the process, the pics should explain but if not....ask
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    Mon dieu monsieur!

    Have you tried UK suppliers?

    I have a "vintage car" friend in the UK (he has BRITISH cars ONLY), and even though I am NOT ALLOWED to
    say the "M" word, he tells me that many parts for French cars are available in the UK. He takes a
    Lagonda 1935 (or so) sports car to le Mans every year - except this year! So he also has a
    "French Connection."

    I know a little about availability of parts for French cars in the UK as I have a 1975 Citroën
    deux chevaux (2CV).

    If you can't make them,I can ask him to "look around" if the Chinese bat flu restrictions have been
    lifted there.

    Regards,
    Alan.

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