Powerplus or Bust, Eh?

[Tom Lovejoy]

very interesting Kevin, looking good

[Shaky Jake]

It was a motor out kind of day. Patience is looking more and more like a bicycle every day.








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[Shaky Jake]

Patience's innards look pretty clean for an old girl that's been rode hard and put up wet.












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[Tom Lovejoy]

very cool, keep em coming Kevin. Trying to learn and I have a long way to go and thanks Gene for the reply :-)

[Shaky Jake]

A quick status of what is going on with Patience. I've got three Machinists and a magneto guy working on parts. New rocker bushings are being made, a spare cylinder is having fins and valve seats repaired, and the D2 for the cam followers is on order. I have oversized tappets coming from Sweden. I just got a box of new crank pins and pinions. Two transmission cases have been rebushed and are ready to assemble. The spare mag is being rebuilt by the same guy who did last years mag. I put an order in for more pistons. Now I can focus on the holidays. Hoping all of this will come together in January, and I can build a motor.

Wishing a blessed and merry Christmas to you and yours. Be well and happy.




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[BoschZEV]

Now I can focus on the holidays. Hoping all of this will come together in January, and I can build a motor.

Other than the color of the bikes (and your engine's extra cylinder), the photos in your last two posts could have been taken today in my garage. Like yours, my rebuild also will slow down considerably for the next ~10 days, but best of luck to both of us as we start reassembling them.

Merry Christmas and a Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year to your family, and to everyone following your fascinating thread.

[Shaky Jake]

Hot off the presses...






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[Shaky Jake]

http://thunderpress.net/american-mot...2017/12/05.htm




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[nuklhd]

Kevin, should be a bunch of wonderful scenery on that northern route for the cannonball. great thread also of your build.

[Shaky Jake]

Kevin, should be a bunch of wonderful scenery on that northern route for the cannonball. great thread also of your build.

Thanks!




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[Shaky Jake]

Here are the cities to go with the map.

September 8-23, 2018 Portland to Portland

Grand Departure, September 8: Portland, ME
Stage 1, September 8: Keene, NH
Stage 2, September 9: Binghampton, NY
Stage 3, September 10: Jamestown, NY
Stage 4, September 11: Bowling Green, OH
Stage 5, September 12: Bourbonnais, IL
Stage 6, September 13: Anamosa, IA
Stage 7, September 14: Spirit Lake, IA
Stage 8, September 15: Pierre, SD
Stage 9, September 16: Sturgis, SD
Rest Day, September 17: Sturgis, SD
Stage 10, September 18: Billings, MT
Stage 11, September 19, Great Falls, MT
Stage 12, September 20, Kalispell, MT
Stage 13, Septmeber 21, Spokane Valley, WA
Stage 14, September 22, The Dalles, OR
Stage 15, September 23, Portland, OR

#coasttocoast #motorcyclecannonball #antiquemotorcycleclub #Hagerty #2018 #portlandtoportland




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[Shaky Jake]

And now, just for fun, pictures of the inside of my knee. Sorry for the non-motorcycle content.








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[TechNoir]

Hi Kevin,

I am not a physician but I guess you have a stray piece of cartilage or perhaps a tear in the meniscus?

I hope its not too serious?

I trust that all will be well soon and you will be fit and 100% in time for your big adventure in September?

I wont hijack your thread with pictures but back in October I had a mishap which resulted in a broken finger on my right hand which is key because I am right handed. I knew it was not trivial because immediately after I could see a bit of bone which was on the wrong side of my skin. Anyway it was all pinned back together and I am now OK but I had the best part of 8 weeks not riding or working on bikes and stuff. I will maybe put up an x-ray picture when I resurrect my 20F thread.

Trusting you a speedy recovery.

John

[Shaky Jake]

Hi Kevin,

I am not a physician but I guess you have ... a tear in the meniscus?

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I trust that all will be well soon and you will be fit and 100% in time for your big adventure in September?

...

Trusting you a speedy recovery.

John

Yep. A torn meniscus. All better now though, I had surgery yesterday. A few days on a cane and I'll be good to go.

Thanks!




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[Shaky Jake]

I've been working on a couple of transmissions, or as Hendee Manufacturing Company called them, three speed countershafts. I found a second aluminum case in addition to the one I used in the Cannonball bike. I had a spare trans in 2016, but it has the later cast iron case. I decided that, while I'm rebuilding my main transmission, I'd build up a spare with the aluminum case, so it's easier to lift in and out of the moto van. The new case has a couple of chunks broken out of the mounting flange, but it shouldn't affect function. This is pretty common, if people let the mounting bolts get loose the force of the drive chain would twist the case and cause this. Also, the mounting stud holes in the new case had been heli-coiled, but whoever did it drilled them crooked, so a friend redrilled them on his Bridgeport and made some thread inserts.






The new case has good main bearing races in it, so I decided to just pop new balls into the cage like I'd done on the other one. Here is the outer race:








Here is the inner race before and after I polished it up:








You also should polish the spacer because the felt seal rides on it. Here are before, during, and after photos of the process:








I know, I need to clean my lathe up.




Here's a video I made that shows how to put the new balls in and assemble the main bearing:

That's it for today. I hope you find it interesting and helpful.




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