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Old 02-04-2003 | 01:28 PM
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Yeah those Kose tools are nice.

Dave, yes it will include the centering rod.

The handle is made out of aluminum. We could anodize it but I don't think we will, at least not at this time.

I don't think we will be doing the other hole for modified motors and these are the main reasons. With the maching of the hole the material of the bar tends to mushroom out. Then the bar will have to be flattened again to ensure the dimensions. Plus, with that hole the bar itself will become weak at that point thus allowing it to bend and maybe break because of the lack of material. If you look at the Kose tool you can see hardly any material for the standup brush hoods. Plus the new Reedy Modified Motors will have laydown brushes.

Proper brush hood alignment is when the brush is wearing like a U and not a J shape. What happens is that the brush shifts during the rotation of the arm. Thus you have to compensate for this by adjusting the brush hoods one at a time. So don't go into it thinking just because the brush hoods are aligned directly across from each other that everything is fine.

The idea for the P94 motors did come up and we are still discussing it.

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