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Post by phatboy on May 11, 2016 22:36:27 GMT -5
I'm trying different rollers, I went 5.5g and got better acceleration but with a loss of about 2-3 mph on the top end. Some say this isn't supposed to happen, but it did.
That was when I took the rollers out and measured with a caliper, a 6.5g roller was actually 0.12mm over the spec diameter. A 5.5g roller measured 0.16mm under.
Is there a +/- tolerance for roller diameters somewhere? I have seached and not been able to find anything.
The difference is only 0.28 mm between these two sets and it does not seem like much, but could this really make the difference in a few mph, or is it just the lighter rollers doing that?
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Post by phatboy on May 14, 2016 14:17:03 GMT -5
Actually the 6.5g rollers I talked about were a combination of three 6g and three 7g. So I got the idea to take three 6g rollers so I mixed with three 5.5g for average 5.75g, and it reaches full speed while having almost the same performance so I am pretty sure it is the narrower/worn 5.5g rollers not pushing out the variator enough.
I can order new 5.5g rollers but clearly the problem is the variator needs to be closer together.
I have seen others shaving the boss down 1mm or so, but I wonder, it seems like it would be hard to get a totally flat surface using a grinder, how important is it to get the surface totally flat?
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Post by rockynv on May 20, 2016 11:41:56 GMT -5
It is critical to get the ends of the boss flat and square or the drive faces will wobble running rough and eating belts.
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Post by mikestib1 on May 20, 2016 13:01:27 GMT -5
What weight were the original rollers? Are you using rollers or sliders like dr pulley or koso
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