The Chopper Compendium

theyre going slow been busy as hell at work . i kno what you mean i hate lettin others do work for me im not a patient boy that is the reason i even learned to do this stuff for my self and i would love to see a discussion about ballancing wheels outas well

Dan check these sites lots of good info http://virtualindian.org/1techflywheel.htm http://www.terra-glide.net/harley_tech.html

So Dan, What's the scoop on this thing?? Post a pic or two of it's current state of affairs!

Danr detailed how to balance the fly wheels of his indian scout by the static method . I agree with him on the subject as it pertains to fork and blade v twins because the cranks are too short for there to be any "rocking couple" if you do the job as he did it .

His balance factor was 58% and he found that and old builders tale was accurate , after he reassembled the wheels he installed one complete piston and checked the crank on his knife edges and it was perfectly in balance (would not stop at any point twice when spun and allowed to coast to a halt)

i guess slow progress is better than none at all?

i'm almost afraid to post these for fear that i'll jinx it, but i'm getting close. now if i can just get the heads back, i'll be riding (i hope).

-dan

sweet I like how you painted the inside ive only ever seen it done on car motors never thought about doing it on a bike makes sense

Most Harleys & Indians were painted in the inside to keep the oil from seeping through the sand cast cases. I find that lightly baked Glyptol works well. Just don't decide to bake it in the wife's oven, the house stunk for a week & I got to buy a new oven.
Dusty

Looks Killer!

How often have you polished it in the last 6 months?

Looks good.

are those different coatings on the piston top and sides?

hansgoudzwaard wrote:How often have you polished it in the last 6 months?

Looks good.

curt wrote:sweet I like how you painted the inside ive only ever seen it done on car motors never thought about doing it on a bike makes sense

actually, i can't take credit for that. it was done by the guy who built the engine before me. using RedKote seems to be pretty common of the older iron due to the porosities that sometimes show up in the cases.

-dan

Customize IT wrote:Looks Killer!

thanks, man. i just can't wait to be riding it again.

-dan

hansgoudzwaard wrote:How often have you polished it in the last 6 months?

Looks good.

if we're talking about the engine, none, believe it or not. if it's the other, well that'll have to stay between me and the missus.

-dan

railroad bob wrote:are those different coatings on the piston top and sides?

good eye, Bob. i had the skirts teflon coated and a ceramic coating applied to the tops. i don't wanna have any more holed pistons.

-dan