VL Seat Post Bushing (not fitting)

[Lippy]

I had the frame on my 32V bead blasted and now I'm fixing it's problems. The most glaring one is that a new seat post bushing doesn't fit. It just drops right in the hole. Upon inspection of the bushing hole I see the remains of a real think steel liner. Was this a Harley doing or done somewhere in the past? Then for the heck of it, I checked the seat post bushing in my 35VL. It appears that there is a metal bushing/liner that may have gone in before the brass bushing is installed. Is the correct or am I just seeing the machining of the bushing hole that was done in the HD factory? I thought initially that I'd just buy some oversized brass or bronze and machine my own oversized, but now I'm unsure. Any input would be appreciated.


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Thanks, Lippy

[duffeycycles]

45s were smaller diameter,ID & OD,is it a 45 bushing?

[Lippy]

Thanks for the reply and your input, but I understand that 45 Harley’s used the same seat post bushing from 1929 to 1973. The VL’s used this same seat post bushing from 1930 to 1936. A new, resized bushing came out in 1936 for the 61 cu.in. Knucklehead and following Big Twins.