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Irish John
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I am currently playing with my HS/JL Hoot kit alongside a HS/Grubee kit and I have some concerns which I'd be grateful to the Hoot guys for any advice.
I think my Hoot gearbox is the old model even though it is just imported from China 2 weeks ago. It has straight cut gears and not angle cut gears. Is this a Mark 1 GB or a Mark2 GB? My supplier, although very knowledgeable about the HTs, isn't familiar with 4-strokes and I wonder if they dumped a container load of old gearboxes on him thinking he wouldn't know the difference. The attached pics show the new Hoot GB which I've placed next to my HS\Grubee for comparison. Incidentally the shafts are both the same diameter which means I can pobably use the HS\Hoot with a Grubee GB or use the Hoot GB on a Honda. The lengths look very very similar but until I get the clutch off both motors I can't be certain.
Getting the Hoot GB cover off was a nightmare (it has 7 screw-bolts) and I had to use an impact screwdriver to get 3 of them off. One long screwhead bolt took over 40 hits with an impact driver to get it through 6 full revolutions before I could use a screwdriver to get the rest of it out. It was rock solid and I wonder what they drove those screws in with. Then I found that the gearwheel on the engine shaft is secured with another screwhead bolt - not a hex head like the Grubee and that was another 22 bangs with an impact screwdriver before it was able to turn by hand with a 14" long screwdriver!!
It had powdery white cement stuff on it with resin at the top - probably dental amalgum or something. Now I'm waiting til next week to buy a 3 jawed gear puller to get the clutches out of both the HS\Hoot & HS\Grubee.
I reckon it will be a good investment cos I think they've discovered pneumatic high pressure power tools in the factory and this will be a common problem from now on.
Can someone tell me if the factory has pulled a swift one with this Hoot gearbox or is it the gearbox that is currently coming out of China with Hoot\HS kits.
Lastly this gearbox looks like a nasty bit of machinery and when I start it up eventually I will be reminded of whoever wrote here somewhere that the Hoot sounds like a bus reversing at full speed up Everest!
I think my Hoot gearbox is the old model even though it is just imported from China 2 weeks ago. It has straight cut gears and not angle cut gears. Is this a Mark 1 GB or a Mark2 GB? My supplier, although very knowledgeable about the HTs, isn't familiar with 4-strokes and I wonder if they dumped a container load of old gearboxes on him thinking he wouldn't know the difference. The attached pics show the new Hoot GB which I've placed next to my HS\Grubee for comparison. Incidentally the shafts are both the same diameter which means I can pobably use the HS\Hoot with a Grubee GB or use the Hoot GB on a Honda. The lengths look very very similar but until I get the clutch off both motors I can't be certain.
Getting the Hoot GB cover off was a nightmare (it has 7 screw-bolts) and I had to use an impact screwdriver to get 3 of them off. One long screwhead bolt took over 40 hits with an impact driver to get it through 6 full revolutions before I could use a screwdriver to get the rest of it out. It was rock solid and I wonder what they drove those screws in with. Then I found that the gearwheel on the engine shaft is secured with another screwhead bolt - not a hex head like the Grubee and that was another 22 bangs with an impact screwdriver before it was able to turn by hand with a 14" long screwdriver!!
It had powdery white cement stuff on it with resin at the top - probably dental amalgum or something. Now I'm waiting til next week to buy a 3 jawed gear puller to get the clutches out of both the HS\Hoot & HS\Grubee.
I reckon it will be a good investment cos I think they've discovered pneumatic high pressure power tools in the factory and this will be a common problem from now on.
Can someone tell me if the factory has pulled a swift one with this Hoot gearbox or is it the gearbox that is currently coming out of China with Hoot\HS kits.
Lastly this gearbox looks like a nasty bit of machinery and when I start it up eventually I will be reminded of whoever wrote here somewhere that the Hoot sounds like a bus reversing at full speed up Everest!