Corvin has good points but one thing that may help in all this is do small tacks using minimal heat but enough tacks to hold the job in position before fully welding, and I have found once you start to run your full weld, pretty much don't stop until it is completed. The bigest downfall with...
With the gasket material smear a light film of grease on both sides of the gasket ( just coat the fingers and rub into gasket, don't over do it ), you will notice a slight change in colour of the gasket as the grease is absorbed, this softens the material and allows for greater compression and...
Even after what eveyone suggested and what you plan to do, works, the biggest down fall I can see is the excess grease that is pushed out while running is going to ooze all over the belts causing slippage and belt damage. The bearing sounds like it is being overloaded and it will get extremely...
If you have only one drive roller then you are better off having the roller vulcanized with rubber and criss-cross groved like a tyre and the adjustable or tracking roller at the other end should be slightly tapered with the high point being the centre, I have found these measures lessen and in...
Just be aware compressors, especially screw type (airends) are already encased in a specially designed casing. These are usually set up in a way to allow maximum air flow through the unit for cooling and any changes to this will affect the economics and life of the compressor. Instead of...