Glixal ATKS-041 High Performance Racing Variator Kit
Nov 27, 2016 20:46:26 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2016 20:46:26 GMT -5
I actually bought this on a whim, I needed some 6 gram rollers, this had 6.5, so I went ahead and got the whole assembly. It's pretty much as I thought, a rather generic variator I've seen under a few different rubber stamp brands and vendors at a variety of prices from Glixal's apparent low of $20 to a high of $70 where the painted back plate becomes a "coated" (with paint) back plate.
The machining is fairly unrefined, it's a bronze bushing, and the drive face is exactly 1mm bigger than the stock variator at 89mm.
As far as design, the ramp angle doesn't seem much different than the stock, although there is a smooth transition from the rollers resting area up onto the ramp, whereas on the stock variator the resting area is flat with a sharp transition onto the ramp (see photo).
The machining on the posts where the guides ride are rough and sharp and the guides themselves don't seem to have the most precision fit into the back plate, another noted issue is the boss fits looser on the crankshaft than the stock one does with 3000 plus miles on it.
That's as far as I can go in review until the silly variator tool gets here, hopefully there will be some days good enough for some test runs once installed.
The machining is fairly unrefined, it's a bronze bushing, and the drive face is exactly 1mm bigger than the stock variator at 89mm.
As far as design, the ramp angle doesn't seem much different than the stock, although there is a smooth transition from the rollers resting area up onto the ramp, whereas on the stock variator the resting area is flat with a sharp transition onto the ramp (see photo).
The machining on the posts where the guides ride are rough and sharp and the guides themselves don't seem to have the most precision fit into the back plate, another noted issue is the boss fits looser on the crankshaft than the stock one does with 3000 plus miles on it.
That's as far as I can go in review until the silly variator tool gets here, hopefully there will be some days good enough for some test runs once installed.
