|
Possible plate problem
In welding the last batch of plates, I noticed that a shim was missing on my fixture for the compressor mount tabs. If you are attaching the compressor to the plate before mounting it as a unit on the engine, please verify that there is no space between the compressor alloy ear and the steel mounting tab. You might have gotten a plate that was made without the shim in place, thereby making a space that shouldn't be there. If left that way, tightening the bolts will break the compressor ear. Please check this before using the compressor. It is fairly easy to fix by using two adjustable wrenches on the tabs to bend them slightly apart. There is a tolerance in the Sanden manual (link in my installation guide page 9 "mounting ear deflection"), but is not that much. Sorry that this might have happened to yours, but I want to make sure before it is used and it break an ear off the compressor. I think there is no more than 3 out there that have been sold recently that may be affected. Please let me know. Thanks, Rich
|