[ARC5] Some nonsense about drifts and the English language. (Was bearings for DM-28 dynamotors)

[joldenburg2 at new.rr.com]

The term for the proper tool in the application of removing a pin (or in this case a shaft from a bearing) form an assembly is a pin punch ( or sometimes simply a punch). A Drift or Drift Punch (also known as an alignment tool has a tapered shat on the business end so that it may be inserted into two misaligned holes and driven in to "drift the two items into alignment. Because of the tapper of the shaft damage could occur if it is over driven when used to remove a pin or shaft from an assembly. A punch has a strait shaft, and by using a punch of slightly smaller diameter than the pin it can be driven through with no damage to the assembly.

Jon AB9AH

BTW : Not hitter and hittee but driver and driven(???)

---- Leslie Smith <vk2bcu at operamail.com> wrote: 

Now, the 'thingy' used to separate the bearing and the shaft - is it a
drift, a punch, a pin-driver or a podging tool? It's not the 'hit-ee',
so it must be the 'hit-ter'.