Recent content by Potbellied Yeti

Not much got accomplished this weekend. Finished grinding smooth most of the tabs on the frame. Made an excellent dinner for my daughters and I. I also started another project as I needed something quiet to do while the girls napped, call me crazy but I'm going to go for it, hell if nothing else...

Well no real major updates. Welded nuts onto the studs and it worked until I snapped a portion of the stud. So now the only other option is to drill them out to just over the minor diameter and pick the left over threads out by hand. If I don't so that then id have to tear into the 77 and steal...

Yet again it was an amazing evening this evening. Just warm enough to break a sweat but not hot enough to swim in it. Got some more done on the bike in general this evening. Removed the valves which proved trickier than I had in mind. The friend whom I borrowed the valve spring compressor for...

Very nice so far. Keep up the good work! Wanna race? ;)

Amen to that brother. Yea were not massive but were not small. Production is the name of the game. The nice thing however is that if I have a project of my own we have plenty of manual machines that are just sitting for my usages. I'll probably do my own motor mounts and all sorts of things...

Trust me I already thought of lots of things ;D only problem is the surface grinder is the one machine in the shop that isn't in working condition :o too many big and fancy expensive machines running to worry about surface grinding....

Welp, I might as well just get used to it now, seems every bolt in this danged motor needs drilling. Drilled off 4 exhaust screw heads this evening. The other 4 I was able to get with the hand impact driver. I plan to port and polish, it'll be my first time with this as well, tomorrow a friend...

;D Faaaaaaat chance buddy. I like these too much. That is unless you wanna pay for my motor build. Then we could talk. :D

So pulling the motor studs for the cylinder and heads two studs broke off just above the top crankshaft case. Anyone know of a good remedy to fix this problem? Thought about drilling through the rest of the stud welding a washer and a nut on top of the broken stud and backing it out with a...

Well. It's been a Monday that's for sure. I picked up a stud remover tool, pretty neat very simple design. I proceeded to heat up the case and stud with a propane torch, after I shut the torch off I dowsed the part with liquid wrench which with the heat and cold can create a vacuum and suck...

Hey Redliner, Thanks for the advice man. I agree about stock components. This bike I'm going to try to keep a racey feel to it. Smaller gauges actually probably just eliminate the speedo altogether. As far as the tank id rather not spend 400 dollars on a tank. I would like to dent mine and add...

Hey Hoosier, Thanks a ton man, I was starting to wonder if I was sitting here talking to myself ;D I'll run out and pick up a set of channel locks like that today and give it another go, they soaked all night in liquid wrench.... The gear teeth is the wierdest thing and I'd take a picture to...

Update*** Stuck studs. Please help. I've triple nutted the studs and to no avail have they loosened. I'm going to runHD studs anyways so I decided to try bending one like someone posted and that only twisted the stud without breaking it loose. How bad will I mess it up by applying heat and try...

And lastly for the moment the two gear teeth that the motor shat out from nowhere. In hind sight typing this, the only thing I haven't taken down after removal from the case was the oil pump. I don't know what that looks like........

I apologize in advance. I only have my phone camera. Sorry guys I'll do my best.