Bevel Gears - Wear and Bushings - The Clock Tower, BITS Pilani

Bheem removed the the bevel gears connecting the four faces. The top gear shows considerable amount of wear. The edges have become sharp as evident from the pictures. His initial plan was to exchange the top bevel gear with the lower one which has much less wear. This didn’t work out as the two gears had different mounting holes. The pics are already in the drive folder. After showing the gears to Prof. Sangwan the gear were put back next day. He was also saying the bushings on the faces have worn out too which need to be replaced after convocation.

Welcome!

The most iconic landmark in the quaint, little hamlet that is Pilani, the BITS Clock-tower brings with it more than half-a-century’s worth of history and tales aplenty. Occupying a central place in BITS folklore, over the years, attempting an ascent of this structure was something of a rite of passage for every BITSian who hopped onto the life-mobile and sauntered off into the sunset.

As clock-towers go, this specimen is about as unique as they come – its array of 10 bells, gives it an unparalleled musical range among its brethren nationally, and it certainly hits rarefied notes on a global scale. That it has had to suffer in silence for the last 30 years is a deafening tragedy, with reports from its heyday extolling how its chimes could be heard from miles away!

Over the last couple of years, there has been a dedicated student-run initiative to restore this tired behemoth to the pristine glory of its yesteryears. Mentored by a group of recent alumni, a team of able hands and minds have made great strides in this regard.

Wishing you well, ye old Methuselah. Long may you enthrall generations hence!