Repairing damaged shear bolt hole on big baler flywheel.

In this video I have a big flywheel from a Massey Ferguson baler in for repair.
The hole where the shear bolt bush goes had gotten damaged due to the incorrect shear bolt being used. Because the hole is damaged there is nothing to support the bushing anymore resulting in the bush cracking.
Nice simple repair. I knocked the old bush out and placed the flywheel onto the new Huron milling machine.
To fasten the flywheel down I had to cut some new plates out on the cnc plasma table, I used the gas torch instead to ensure the slots didn’t have a taper.
Once the flywheel was secured, I used an edge finder that fit snuggly into the shear bolt hole to align the milling machine. I then switch over to a drill, drilled the hole out and finished with a reamer to get a nice accurate hole.
To sleave the hole to get back to original size I made one on the lathe. This had to be made with an interference fit on the OD and the ID and needed a shoulder in one end for the flange on the bush. Once made, I applied bearing set to the sleave and knocked it in with the copper hammer. To ensure the sleave wouldn’t be knocked out if the bush needs to be replaced, I drilled and tapped another little hole for a grub screw to hold the sleave in.
After removing the flywheel from the mill, I gave the hole a quick polish with the sanding wheel and then knocked in the new bush.
Hope you enjoyed the video.
Thanks for watching.

[@peterparsons7141]

When I was studying machining one of the first things I learned, and by that I mean one of the first things that really stuck with me was a repair I had to make on a part I screwed up. I am so thankful to the machinist I studied under. He took the time to explain all the different options to repair my work and save my term. Very similar repair and I always kept that technique in my bag of tricks. (I used an oversized fine threaded bush, loctite in place). I’m retired now, and enjoy watching you grow your shop. I hope you are keeping good books so that you can continue to grow your business, which is a huge benefit to all your customers. Charge enough for all the small repairs so you can continue to invest in new machines, and take on all types of work that local folks need.

[@derekrand8462]

Coffee and Olly perfect Sunday morning

[@AW-Services]

Thank Sunday it's Snowball. It is always a pleasure to start the day with a weekly dose of agricultural engineering. Fabulous video and flywheel repair Olly

[@TonyFromSydney]

That was great, most enjoyable. From showing us the flywheel on the baler, then you making the fasteners and the bush thingy.. and you doing the repair, doing it all exactly right and turning out great at the end. Excellent video Oliver!

[@col2lin]

Enjoyed that! There is a guy in Canada "Josh Topper" who uses that green stuff. He was sent a bottle to try about 3 or 4 months ago, now uses it all the time only has good words to say about it.

[@JonDingle]

Topper Machine I think is his channel, if we are talking the same chap?

[@billdoodson4232]

Josh Topper is in Spooner, Wisconsin, USA. Lots of machinests channels seem to be using "The Green Stuff," I assume that there has been a marketing campaign by Anchor Lube and there are a lot of free samples being sent around.

[@bestsomersetcrimper]

Kurtis backing the job out the workshop at the end!! 😅👍

[@ianmarsden8568]

Thanks for tye video. Using the new machine in the new layout - must be a pleasing feeling.

[@graemewhite5029]

"Shear pin's gone again !" "Oh bugger, what have we got that will fit in the hole....?"😂

[@ianmckay1780]

I think I've heard that before! Lol.

[@derekcomer4858]

These little jobs are always more involved and time consuming than anyone imagines. Should be out sieving soil but instead I’m watching utube with tea and toast on the go ☺️

[@BrucePierson]

The new (to you) mill proved to be very useful for this job. Good timing that you just got it set up in time.

[@infostump8061]

Shout on the anchor lube! Jumped on eBay right away and ordered some. Cheers Olly

[@jasonhovey815]

Sunday morning coffee and Snowball Engineering 😊. Great save on what looks like a very expensive part

[@alshore6168]

Thanks for another great video Ollie, love that new machine can’t wait for more . 👍

[@casto-]

Bugger, I’ve just realised I’m watched 4 episodes in a row after just coming around you! Nice to see someone under 40 doing these kinda old school blacksmiths type thing…plus it’s away better if your from the north of the shire 😆👌👍

[@Sportinjected919]

Putting the new machine straight to work! Love it. The variety on the channel is growing. #sundaymorningsnowball lol

[@stephenbrockway1626]

Well done Olly , top job as always . Good explanation on what everything does and why

[@alandawson2813]

Been looking forward to seeing your video come on line, Another awesome video young Oliver, Awesome job, From kiwi land

[@Frank-Thoresen]

Nice job. That tractor next to the mill is definitely the elephant in the room. Should place it in a shed till you get time to work on it. You definitely need the space you got for jobs.

[@40cleco]

Nice machine you have. I have only one piece of advice when working with machine tools...keep your fingers away from that spindle until it stops completely. Take care.

[@onlyme7939]

Sunday is complete already ❤

[@BrucePierson]

That bit at the end where you were saying it looked like an alien and then put on the screen that it was the mill and not you, made me laugh.

[@marctunney3743]

Brilliant vid again top man hope you're well 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@frodestock1676]

Good moring, Oliver!

[@peterwright217]

coffee and snow on KZbin.... top work Snow 👍👍👍👍👍

[@joemcgarry6915]

Good job well done, I like to watch your videos on a Sunday morning.

[@timeinbu7909]

I like your shop !

[@dwjr5129]

Cheers from the states! 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@BrucePierson]

Looks like you've got the same problem with the rain as we've had here in Queensland Australia. We had 28 of 31 days in march with rain, ranging from 0.5mm to 42mm. It was the rainiest March we've had since we started recording rainfall back in 1994. It's still been raining in April but it looks like some clear weather for the next week (hopefully anyway).

[@stephenheyes4324]

Nice repair

[@mikeroutledge6929]

Clever stuff there mate

[@jasonkary8431]

Hey Oli. Be careful with the grinder or we might be calling you "Oli Nine Fingers". Good Video!

[@tomtd]

Ex loctite guy here put your adhesive on both parts to prevent (possible total) wipe off during insertion, tighter the fit the thinner the grade, rough surface better than polished. Retaining compound best stuff by country mile for bushes But it’s almost 40+ years since my job there (great days, great products)my memory of the best grade number to recommend is possibly flawed however, I think 601 is it, first number is strength, last numbers indicate viscosity. 01 is the thinnest, this to suit your almost zero gap. If memory serves 601 is almost pure anaerobic material with no viscosity additives to fill gaps thus reducing strength. Many of your contemporaries use and swear by Anchorlube, on fire welding used it all the time and Josh Topper raves about it.

[@frenchcreekvalley]

Maybe the customer should look into WHY the bolt is shearing in the first place. I don't know about that particular baler, but we were ONLY supposed to use (USA) grade 2 bolts in that shear application.

[@ashcompton5305]

My Mrs looked over my shoulder and described the new mill as an "Angry Ant" 🤣

[@stihl0903]

Excellent Job.

[@ronsimpson143]

I noticed what when you used your drill in the lathe, that it deflected a bit up whenever it bit into the metal.

[@daveo6728]

Another great video.

[@mikedolman7056]

Ollie good job was sorry to see you did most of cutting, drilling and reamering dry, Somerset mjke.

[@snowballengineering]

Jobs like this cutting fluid makes more of a mess than it’s worth

[@mikedolman7056]

@@snowballengineering Ollie i was. thinking of the finished surface for ease of assembly

[@mcmullen7143]

Hi Oli. Not related to the fly wheel but have you thought about an induction heating unit for the”small stuff”? Probably best with a home power source rather than the expense of grid electricity. Ciao

[@djtoxiz]

Nice job (again) 👍and yer the friggin rain again same here in The Netherlands in one day it could be summer and winter 🤪

[@AlbionThailand]

Be grateful, it was 107 this afternoon here in Ubon, Thailand. No rain in past 4 months.

[@djtoxiz]

@@AlbionThailand Yer that's shitty indeed....

[@djfaber]

Special mud-hardening technique

[@Mikhvdg]

Это лайк, господа!)) это лайк!

[@rossnolan2883]

Awesome 😎

[@robertwinsper7409]

Oliver. Axis mnemonic, remember. X is "a cross" , across Y "Why " "are you running away from me"? Z "goes to bed" 'zzzz'.

[@barney2633]

Very good work.

[@gerryduffy6700]

Hi Olly,great vlog as always. One quick question, does the new millers coolant system work? I’m not saying you needed it for this job, just asking? 👍🇬🇧

[@snowballengineering]

Yes it does, just needs filling up.

[@goboyz8016]

Is it juse me or did it look like the bed was drifting down very slowly like it was slowly losing hydraulic pressure or something. Or maybe it was just the camera playing tricks with my sight. When you walked away it seemed to slowly drop down. Seemed to stop when the machine was off though. That new mill will allow for much bigger work I see. Great work as usual.

[@snowballengineering]

Because I hadn’t taken it out of auto feed.

[@goboyz8016]

@@snowballengineering Ok, I thought about that but just wondering if my eyes were playing tricks. Great new machine for you. Love your videos.

[@colinizatt7323]

Another interesting video. FYI once again YT had unsubscribed me which they seem to be doing a lot recently.

[@markh5433]

Olly how much for the full size Tommy statues that you laser cut.?

[@peketee2278]

it worked out well. The only thing that was a bit scary is the weight of that flywheel. if it really was 550kg, then I think the table of your milling machine is not designed for such masses. You should check the specs of the machine. if the feed is with a screw, then the nut of the feed screw is under heavy stress.

[@snowballengineering]

It can handle over 1500kg

[@peketee2278]

@@snowballengineering 👍I myself worked on a TOS milling machine, it was smaller, but not by much. In that machine, you could put a load of 300 kg on the table...

[@Deebo1812]

My SHW UF-2 is smaller and it’ll take 1000kg.. so I think the Huron won’t even notice that flywheel! Pity my table feed doesn’t work at the mo.. it’s a pain to raise the table even just a few inches..

[@peketee2278]

@@Deebo1812 I looked at those specs and the Huron is indeed a big machine..even its own weight is 4.5 tons..👍

[@timeinbu7909]

Lubrication helps

[@bob4bob3bob2bob]

"Its what separates us from the animals" www.youtube.com/@RalfyCustoms

[@schsch2390]

Not much on lubrication in machining, a bit cringy when that big reamer was put in play without lube.

[@paulusmarc]

Bon Boulo😆😆👍👍

[@KeithHolmes-sx7sy]

All that faffing around for the grub screw, could have tapped the hole by hand.!!!

[@snowballengineering]

No thanks

[@congtrinh3222]

Thằng này nói nhiều hơn làm

[@robinparkes988]

I like to see how you problem solve your jobs Oliver. Thinking outside of the box to come up with solutions and work arounds. A great job again. thanks for posting the video.

[@BradleyWilliams-to2oc]

Engineering at its best, Thinking Outside of the Box, a Good Trait. 🇨🇦

[@powerq21]

The Huron looks like a helpful beetle peering into the flywheel with you!

[@Gogsnik]

That new milling machine just makes me think of Starbug from Red Dwarf every time I see it!!

[@78jog89]

Your drill press looks like a preying mantis. Lovely post. Thanks.

[@johnsawyer2516]

Ollie’s quenching bath, puddle outside the workshop 😊. Great posting the diagram of the bailer. Take care stay safe.

[@DavoShed]

Absolutely use the most rigid machine you have. You don’t want to muck up a 500kg fly wheel. You did a nice job! Interesting how the spindle creeps a little bit. Maybe a sticky clutch that is going to be worth a dedicated video. 🤠

[@mattyerfdog8873]

Looking at your mill I can see now where the red dwarf production team got inspiration for starbug😂

[@782sirbrian]

Good to see the new mill in use ! thanks for sharing your work. Brian from South Yorkshire

[@BigBoxDodge2020]

Hey, Ollie, you should sell that' sound made from your forklift to video game programmers- manufacturing companies? HaHa

[@dannygreene4594]

Great job mate love the new machine 😊

[@philipspencer1834]

The head of the mill definitely looks like The Starbug from Red Dwarf ! 🤔 18:05 18:08

[@валентинпономарев-з5о]

Hello, my friends and I are watching your video and we have a question. Who are you more - a farmer or a mechanic who repairs equipment? Greetings from Russia.

[@everestyeti]

Sunday used to be just another day, until I found Ollie's channel, now it's the best day of the week. Am really glad you like your new mill, I can see why someone thinks it looks like something from out of space, if you watch an episode of space 1999 I think you'll see what they mean. Getting the computer bit fixed, will make it even more useful than it is now. 👍

[@wallbawden5511]

Nice one there simple but involved when you take all the steps involved just one thing with the Anchorlube it will leave stains on the mill table and cutters if you don't get it all off but seems a lot using it now as it seems to work well Cheers mate nice job

[@bigalhudson]

Any idea what the maximum lifting weight is for the Huron table ? Guess it’s got a clutch if you overload it ? Would be nice to have a quill but trade off for rigidity I guess. Thanks Oliver keep them coming.

[@MadMods4u]

Nice to see how you such great work! Thanks for sharing

[@fjjunker8388]

I find to bore a new hole in the flywheel is the better job. A german crafstsmaster.

[@snowballengineering]

On this type of flywheel there is a big piece of casting missing on the back side where the hole is.

[@jeremytodd4906]

I think he means using a boring head to ensure the hole is true as a drill may track, admittedly not much at that size.

[@FredMiller]

Best way start to a Sunday morning! Nicely done Olly! The Huron will be a real plus for your operation!

[@paulelston6733]

Surely there are some red dwarf fans out there? I’m reckon lister, rimmer, kryten and the cat would recognise that milling machine!

[@Pwills]

Looking a bit like starbug

[@alangraham8926]

New mill is spot on! A good buy for sure,

[@JonDingle]

Great work young man!

[@rkelsey3341]

Excellent, as always. Would you show how to sharpen a drill bit in one of your videos? I have several that are dull and would rather sharpen them than replace them. Thanks in advance.

[@captainkydd4851]

Very enjoyable. I was hooked from the start.

[@jimlong527]

Nice job Oliver, should be another satisfied customer.

[@PAINFOOL13]

Great way to start my Sunday 😊 Nicely done, Oliver ✔️ 👍🏻👌🏻👍🏻

[@PAINFOOL13]

Lol, the mill came out of a ufo 🛸 😂

[@LifetimeinWelding]

Install a weaker shear bolt so this damage is less likely to happen again. Perhaps an instrucural video on how to operate the new mill. Use a piece of carpet on the machine table to put the tools down safely

[@sylviaelse5086]

Was the incorrect bolt the one in the soft shear position? I'd have thought the hard shear bolt was never expected to fail, so would never have been replaced in normal use.

[@SørenLandgreenSørensen]

Great video as always

[@ralflisell3287]

Great job as always, Mr Snowball! Thanks!

[@Hey_Its_That_Guy]

Top work, Mr. Oliver, that was quite a lump of iron!

[@petegraham1458]

Another nice save for the owner, the new Mill is going to be handy for sure!

[@joevalencic5275]

Thanks for another great video. Yes, simple jobs are never as simple as folks think. Have a great week!

[@michaellynskey7124]

At least the new mill shows how useful it’s turned out to be onwards and upwards olly🇬🇧🇮🇪.

[@johnsimpson8652]

You can get a quill attachment but they arent cheap ,there was one on marketplace recently.

[@thepagan5432]

The Huron will be a useful piece of kit. We used to turn flywheels on our Webster and Bennett 48" vertical borer. The Huron is a good height, no steps to reach the top. Good job 👍

[@Mike44460]

When the operator thinks the shear bolts are too soft, they try a harder bolt, sometimes with disastrous and expensive results.

[@theessexhunter1305]

Not easy but you got around it well with the new mill

[@anthonyvincent5892]

Your mention of 'Anchorlube' was interpreted by the auto text as 'anal lube'...I'd refrain from mentioning again or I'll die laughing! Good job though mate.

[@joeblochlinger]

Might wanna look into a set of drill and tap guides from McMaster-Carr. I picked up a set for 58$ and it's not perfect for every setup but it has help tremendously for them odd jobs

[@iurii-wind]

На таких станках с рукавами на одежде работать нельзя. Если захватит рукав, поломает вам руки. 🤝

[@MarkWimberleyCVCCVolleyball]

What brand cut off wheel did he use to chop the end off of the broken cutter at 34:10 ?

[@TheGrimReaper1]

Maybe the farmer could paint the heads of the hard shear bolts one colour and the soft ones another so they don’t get mixed up. As my uncle once said if something can go wrong sooner or later it will go wrong, (Murphys Law).

[@MICHAEL-ys3pu]

Hi Oliver, it looks like you are working at a farm, do you own the farm or rent the shed you work in. Always interesting repairs you take on.🇦🇺

[@larryperdue508]

You could put the bushing or bearing ether in the fridge or liquid nitrogen and drops right in or right on easy peezy 😊