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1951 Black Shadow Restoration
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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 133854" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Craig, everyone has difficulty painting the heads and barrels due to the depth of the fins, the factory dipped these parts in a bath of paint. You just need to aim the spray directly into the base of the fins.....this is where a good "Solids based paint" is far better than thin watered down paints.........It is why I prefer to get the parts painted professionally using 2 pac euro-thane paints instead of thin spray can paints. That is just my opinion, and I've had no problems so far........... Make up a round bung from a piece of hardwood dowel to be a nice tap fit into the kickstart passageway......... I do this after using this hole with a sprag tool and a length of round bar to fully tighten the ESA nut first. The punch marks Vic is upset about were there to simply hold the bearing from falling out on a hot case.........This more so on the timing side case........after you install the gearbox bearings say, then flip the case over to install the spindles........Using whatever gauges for depth, but you also use a hammer........these shocks will make the gearbox bearings fall out........The punch marks you often see now are way too excessive.......that is because people are using this because the bearings have come loose in the case. I've seen some that were a 1/4" round punch diameter, and the results are, when installing the inner race it notches its way in like a ratchet. You have to be careful using lipped bearings, I've also seen them used and the over all width of the crank and these lipped races was wider than the bolted up cases......Thereby actually holding the cases slightly apart.......not good.........I cannot see any advantage in using them at all......Far better off using back to back taper rollers on the drive side............You don't need to reinvent the wheel.......These engines are old, some had terrible abuse, not looked after at all......If you put everything together carefully with good parts, and a good crank, the engine will last far longer than you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 133854, member: 597"] Craig, everyone has difficulty painting the heads and barrels due to the depth of the fins, the factory dipped these parts in a bath of paint. You just need to aim the spray directly into the base of the fins.....this is where a good "Solids based paint" is far better than thin watered down paints.........It is why I prefer to get the parts painted professionally using 2 pac euro-thane paints instead of thin spray can paints. That is just my opinion, and I've had no problems so far........... Make up a round bung from a piece of hardwood dowel to be a nice tap fit into the kickstart passageway......... I do this after using this hole with a sprag tool and a length of round bar to fully tighten the ESA nut first. The punch marks Vic is upset about were there to simply hold the bearing from falling out on a hot case.........This more so on the timing side case........after you install the gearbox bearings say, then flip the case over to install the spindles........Using whatever gauges for depth, but you also use a hammer........these shocks will make the gearbox bearings fall out........The punch marks you often see now are way too excessive.......that is because people are using this because the bearings have come loose in the case. I've seen some that were a 1/4" round punch diameter, and the results are, when installing the inner race it notches its way in like a ratchet. You have to be careful using lipped bearings, I've also seen them used and the over all width of the crank and these lipped races was wider than the bolted up cases......Thereby actually holding the cases slightly apart.......not good.........I cannot see any advantage in using them at all......Far better off using back to back taper rollers on the drive side............You don't need to reinvent the wheel.......These engines are old, some had terrible abuse, not looked after at all......If you put everything together carefully with good parts, and a good crank, the engine will last far longer than you. [/QUOTE]
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