Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Caveman Tech Tips - or... How to change a rocker bushing with a hacksaw, a chisel and a vise...

Hacksaw the old bushing to relieve the pressure...
You need to take the hacksaw apart and slide the blade through the rocker.Then put the hacksaw back together and have at it!

Don't cut into the rocker...check often...

Started it going with the chisel...

Then it tapped right out...

Freezin' the "new" bushing...(I don't think this does anything)

Easy bake...to heat up the rocker...
(I don't think this does anything either)

Done to a turn...

Using an old rocker stud and a socket to press it in...

Modern tooling...a vise, an old rocker stud, a socket and a fork tube!

In she goes...

Fix complete...

Installed and Rockin'!

I had one bad rocker bushing in a fork I was putting together for Tyler's Panhead. I had a good used (or maybe NOS) bushing to replace it with. Rather then bother someone at a shop with a press, I decided to go crude and do it the way I would have as a youth. (See Above).
It worked like a charm and cost $0.00! I heated the rocker and froze the bushing but I don't think that did much to help...the shit was room temp again by the time I fired up the "press"...I mean vise...
Sometimes I amaze myself...crude but effective...

1948 Springer (Bent)...for the Pan



So bent it looks "In Line"




My red '50 pan is in a 1948 frame. I always wanted to put a '48 springer on it...I just prefer the ride. I have this one that's so bent I thought it was "in line" 'til I noticed the fork lock hole and gave it a closer inspection...time to straighten and swap...just need a red springer front fender...

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Wauseon 2013 - Part 3 - A little more...Plus


Figuring out my Flip Phone

My '41 Hydra Bob...

Marty's 50 TT



Andrew Johnson's OHV 45

Brent Johnson's Indian

George's WR (1st Place winner)

Dennis's WR


Sweet Off Set Springer my buddy picked up for his Pan project...


In Staging...


My buddy Tyler had the above pictures on his phone. He took the ride out to Wauseon with me to get parts for his Panhead project that I'm helping him out with...he scored a nice offset springer, a wheel and primary cover...


PLUS.......Below is a link to Rusty Mitchell's Wauseon Photos.

https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=4e64d34d5a2a73a3&id=4E64D34D5A2A73A3%214391&Bsrc=Share&Bpub=SDX.SkyDrive&sc=Photos&authkey=!AtP7Ke5UQfjryIY

Monday, July 22, 2013

Billy Applegate Kicked Ass in the Hand Shift Class at Wauseon!

Billy got Third Place in his first Half Miler at the Wauseon Meet last weekend riding Marty's 1950 TT Panhead...
I couldn't catch him!