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Originally Posted by Jake Raby
If you look hard enough you'll find that a hex key modified for oiling has already been patented.
On top of that, it doesn't work efficiently, because of how the oil has to pass into it.
One version of the IMS Solution was oiled in this manner. We oiled the OEM bearing in this manner during testing way back in 2007, but once the issue was conclusively determined NOT to be lubrication, we tabled it. Thats been the case with many more time than people know about.
On top of that, if you want to create a stress riser that will waken the oil pump drive, just EDM or bore a hole through it. They break without any help, in stock form.
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Wow - I'm catching up! It was a good thought though, good enough to patent! Additionally, stay away from EDM for all the hype, it's not what it's cracked up to be. I can see this would be a bust for a plain bearing, but for a ceramic ball it seems the problem would be too much oil! Now if we could just get some unobtainium for the oil pump drive hex...
On to more pressing matters, any idea why a motor with fuel and spark won't run? What would you run down first? I'm draining thee old fuel, it did hit a few times but wouldn't catch.
Ok - I'm done hijacking this thread.
