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| John Stevenson:
It was a nice job to bolt on as it has 4 holes in the bottom. I wish I had taken a picture of the casting as received as the top part I faced off was in a right mess but there was a relief diameter just below where the bearing fitted that wasn't damaged. I eye balled this central and then took the damaged part off, this left me with the register more accessible and then clocked this up. Two reasons, one as I say more accessible and chances are if I had clocked it true to start with because of the interrupted cut it probably would have knocked it out again, requiring it to be centralised again. With hindsight I could have saved some time whipping the top part off with the big angle grinder, something to remember for next time. I have re-sleeved these before but this is the first time I have had one in this state. John S. |
| AdeV:
When centering (accurately), are you just tapping it with a soft hammer until it's right, then doing the final tighten on the bolts, or is there a less agricultural method? I ask because when I set up that motorbike yoke, i spent ages & ages tapping it with a hammer to get it to run true- just wondering if there was a smarter way. |
| malcolmt:
--- Quote from: doubleboost on June 10, 2011, 06:41:40 PM ---Propper job --- End quote --- I thought Propper Jobbie's :palm: Nicely done John |
| madjackghengis:
That looks like a right proper job done, and done well. AdeV., I've worked on Harleys and other bikes for forty years, clamping and tapping has always been the way I ended up centering such things. I've got a frame now that was bent with a major crash, about four inches off to the right, and with the head set angled about ten degrees to the right from a car essentially striking the bike right in the engine on the right side. I'll be bolting and clamping it down to a large piece of "H" beam, 12 by 12 and about six feet long, heating every bend up with torches, and prying, twisting, and hammering it back to its original alignment, and hopefully it won't take a bigger hammer than my eight pound sledge, since that's the biggest one I've got. I've got a feeling I'm going to work harder for the money on this frame than you did on the bearing support repair. :beer: Cheers, Mad Jack |
| dsquire:
Mad Jack Use a hydraulic jack and chains to push or pull it into place. It's a lot easier than the big hammer. :poke: Cheers :beer: Don |
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