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Experimenter's Tesla Turbine Assembly Manual 
II. Shaft Assembly

May 31, 2003

In section I we showed how to post-finish the (3) turbine case components. In this section we will show how to fit and assemble the complete shaft unit. The way in which this turbine is designed, there are only three semi-critical fits:

  1. bearing to case spring depth
  2. overall shaft spring depth
  3. hot rotor to case clearance

In this section we'll cover (a) & (b) -- subject (c) will be covered in the next section of this manual.

We'll start out by identifying the shaft assembly components.

 

Shaft Assembly
Figure 1
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Viewed from left to right we see:
  1. shaft end bolt
  2. washer
  3. hot rotor flange
  4. hot flange spacer
  5. shaft spacer 1
  6. shaft spacer 2a (seal race)
  7. bearing 1
  8. bearing spacer 1 (0.365 inch)
  9. shaft spacer 3a
  10. oil pump disk 1
  11. oil pump disk spacer 1
  12. oil pump disk 2
  13. oil pump disk spacer 2
  14. oil pump disk 1b
  15. shaft spacer 3b
  16. bearing spacer 2
  17. bearing preload spring
  18. bearing 1a
  19. shaft spacer 2b
  20. shaft spacer 4
  21. shaft spring spacer
  22. shaft spring
  23. pulley
  24. shaft end washer
  25. shaft end bolt

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