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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Ill pull the bar out and compare it to a spare, I have a few of them. and swap in the spare and see what happens, Thanks! Keith > On 11 Jun 2002, at 22:02, Keith Park wrote: > > > You think Id see the crack? Ill pull it out when I get time and look. > > That's not at all certain. You could have it magnafluxed, but that tends to be > expensive. > > If you have a spare you could try suspending each one some way and > tapping each to hear them ring. A solid piece of steel should ring for a long > time, but if you just get a THUMP or a ring that decays very quickly then > there is probably a crack somewhere. The crack allows 2 adjacent parts to > rub, dissipating the mechanical energy. Essentially this just ruins the Q of > the circuit. > > "Ringing" like this is usually used to check crankshafts, but you can use it > to check anything that is (should be) a single piece of steel. > > I can explain more if you need more, but you may already be familiar with > this. > > BTW, this whole thread would probably have been good to have on the list. > > - > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>