RE: (ET) It's here...

["Hazen, Dwight L" <hazen indiana edu>]

Steve,

 I do not have a ET in the office to look at (the boss would never let me
drive it into the computing center). The seat plate has two pins that it
hinges on they are kept in place with cotter pins. Are the pins still in
place on your machine?

  Dwight

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-----Original Message-----
From: SteveS [mailto:ssawtelle fcc net] 
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 3:10 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) It's here...

I don't see how the seat hinge is supposed to work. On a 'new' machine what
stops the seat top from buckling over the back of the tractor?


> Yeah, looks like we have the same crack. Given the weight of the seat and
> the moment size (weight times distance around a point) I can't see the
plate
> not rupturing eventually.
>
> I'm planning on pulling mine off and brazing it. I don't really know how
to
> weld, but a good brazing job should fix the cracks.
>
> Chris