Quality Schebler and Linkert Hardware?

[T. Cotten]

Folks,

Now that the Dollar is so aggressive against the Euro and other currencies, discouraging friendly sources, I must shop around again for providers of the finest Schebler and Linkert replacement hardware.

There should be no question that I shall continue to patronize USA providers with quality hardware, but honestly, it has been hit-or-miss lately.
(I don't care if a piece is made on the 'Far Side of the Moon', as long as it is quality.)

The ebay godz offer crap, and I won't even register just to buy used and sick puppies. (My Folks can do that on their own....)

Who is willing to step up to the plate and provide reproduction hardware without issues?

...Cotten
PS: Liberty only retails hardware directly associated with our services.

[Robert Luland]

Tom, break down already and buy a five axis machine center and make the stuff your self. You wont find one of these in the bottom of a dumpster. You could put Mike at wilderness to shame and be the hero of the day. The only thing it will require is your undivided attention. In order for you to make quality parts you will have to give up 25 different forums were you drive everybody nuts on a daily bases. I would love to see you sign that dotted line on that 656000.00 dollar lease and get to work as soon as possible. PS: that's with out tooling. My best, Bob Luland

[T. Cotten]

Tom, break down already and buy a five axis machine center and make the stuff your self. You wont find one of these in the bottom of a dumpster. You could put Mike at wilderness to shame and be the hero of the day. The only thing it will require is your undivided attention. In order for you to make quality parts you will have to give up 25 different forums were you drive everybody nuts on a daily bases. I would love to see you sign that dotted line on that 656000.00 dollar lease and get to work as soon as possible. PS: that's with out tooling. My best, Bob Luland

Marie Antoinette reborn?

Serious answers please.

...Cotten

[Shaky Jake]

Good question Tom; I'm watching patiently to see if someone comes up with an answer.



Kevin


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[Robert Luland]

I did come up with the answer. In fact as close to reality as possible.

Good question Tom; I'm watching patiently to see if someone comes up with an answer.



Kevin


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[T. Cotten]

I did come up with the answer. In fact as close to reality as possible.

Fantasy, not reality.
Just like the parts on your site that are supposed to be both Schebler and Linkert, which were never the same.

....Cotten
PS: Twenty-five other forums? Please link us all to them...

[MMasa]

Tom
What parts exactly are you looking for? I've made throttle and choke shafts in the past as well as throttle disks and venturi's.
I'm assuming that you need oversize throttle discs as well as OS Venturi's.
What other parts?
What kind of quantities are you talking about?
Mark Masa

[T. Cotten]

Mark!

First let me thank you for your civil reply...

I cut oversize throttlediscs and re-size each venturi routinely to suit each carb's individual need, without "blowing it out" any farther than absolutely necessary, so that isn't the bottleneck for myself, nor should it be for the rest of the industry;
The issue is that the rest of the common hardware on the market is so pitiful; So pitiful that novices would rather throw money at a Mikuni; After all, that's what they 'heard on the internet"...

As I posted, I was relying upon Euro sources that provided shafts and the the like, and although I still needed to tailor much of it, at least it was better than mass distributors' offerings. But with the strong dollar against the Euro, they would now rather sit upon inventory and wait. I don't blame them a bit.

So once again my question is: Who will step up to the plate and do better than Taiwan Tedd?

My preferred USA provider was planning lost-wax casting lowspeed levers for both Linkerts and Scheblers, but he was called away to serve our Country, and the Free World.
Although I believe he has finally returned safely, it seems he may not soon return to the Industry.

Thus, quality replacement hardware for Scheblers and Linkerts has been set back... perhaps a generation.

The greatest hurdle for anyone to break into this niche is that vendors will insist upon clearing their shelves of their crap first.

.....Cotten

[Steve Slocombe]

Dear Tom, with the dollar stronger against the euro over the last year the European manufactured parts should be getting less expensive for you. Anyway, I made a batch of 1233-27 1927-30 choke thumb levers a while ago for the bronze Scheblers and still have some left. Also I still have a bunch of 1238-33 VL throttle levers if you need a hundred or so.

[MMasa]

Tom
Thanks for the reply but I'm still not 100% sure what parts you need. The various cast handles sound like it might be part of it. Sounds like Steve may have you covered on a few of those part numbers.
Could you please post some actual part numbers of a few of your higher usage components.
I may actually be able to help but I need to have a better idea of what and how many you actually need.
I have a CNC lathe as well as two CNC mills and can hold tight tolerances.
Mark

[T. Cotten]

Steve!

The exchange rate is exactly why my latest source has balked at re-stocking me, and wishes for me to wait. (Can't seem to get in touch with my Netherlands fellow.)
I wouldn't mind stocking a couple more of each of your choketabs (still have some of Michael Breeding's), but a hundred would sit on my shelves forever (and tie up my meager capital). It is my policy to only sell hardware with my services, and leave production and retailing to those who do not offer the exclusive services that I perform. I'll PM you soon.

Mark!
I could certainly use DLX throttle shafts, as making do with Linkert shafts only comes close, and the market was flooded with poor ones from Eastern. Even Greer's offers the same shaft for both. (Folks, the attachment shows DLX in the middle, and Linkert on the right; I was forced to tool up for HX models myself.)
Oversized Schebler venturies, that could then be trimmed individually, would be my first request, and I shall PM you soon.

Back to lost-wax castings, the 1" Linkert LS lift lever (on right in attachment), and Schebler DLX lift levers (on left) are sorely needed. Common reproductions of the 1¼" and 1½" model Linkert lift in the middle are poor.

Ultimately, vintage motorcycling will need the entire catalog, both Linkert and DLX Schebler, in far better quality than widely offered.
The question that always gets asked: "If they are going to make parts, why don't they make them right?"

....Cotten

[T. Cotten]

Well Folks,

I ordered a couple of dozen throttleshafts from the top-of-the-heap USA source...
and had to send them all back.
(And no, it wasn't Tedd: Wrong end of the heap.)

The USA provider will not refund my money; I must order other parts, but frankly, none in their catalog interests me.

Such is the state of the art...

....Cotten

[pisten-bully]

The exchange rate is exactly why my latest source has balked at re-stocking me, and wishes for me to wait.

So...Cotten. I buy parts and machines from Europe for my business. I pay in Euros, and the parts still cost xxxx euros, so I send my suppliers the same xxxx euros I always do. Except now, with the the strong US Dollar, it cost me fewer $$$ to buy that same part that still costs xxxx euros. The seller gets his price, I pay an ultimately lower price, so it's win-win as far as me and my customers are concerned.

So I don't get why your Euro suppliers have "balked"? They get the same number of Euros, but it costs you less to buy those Euros.

[pisten-bully]

Wait, Cotten....you do pay in Euros, don't you?

[T. Cotten]

Harry!

I used to do business face-to-face with my Dutch friends at Davenport.
PayPal converts currencies; I have quality shafts on their way.

The shame is that I cannot trust the USA providers I depended upon for decades, and now one USA outfit has flooded the carburetor market with junk.

.....Cotten