To my pont:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_nut
Been playing with my '65 pan since it's all done and back on the road. Figured we would have some run in issues. One was swelling of the stock float, readily fixed with new material/ replacement. It was swollen so bad it was binding on the bowl.
Thing is, I could let the bike sit for about 20 minutes and restart/get home. And the swollen float only became a problem after a certain run time and heat build up as I did have fuel flow into the bowl. Once I exceeded that minimized flow due to speed, heat (start to boil the low level of fuel, vapor lock) then I would have to throw the choke closed and find an exit, etc. But it would get me home.
Closest I've come to the Jesus Bolt is that I lost the clevis pin yesterday. The link between the shifter rod and the shift lever on the tranny. Bike is hot so you can't stick your and down behind the inner primary to even think about working a wire connection in some how.
So the connection was solid with the factory pin washer and cotter. Maybe if it was put in reverse of what it was might have had a harder time backing out (the pin) after the soft cotter severed.
But to me this was a Jesus Nut since I couldn't really go anywhere in traffic with the tranny now stuck in high gear. Can't start the bike if it stalls because can't get it in neutral. Bike needs to be in neutral for the starter to work. Can't get it into a lower gear because you can't get to the shift lever on the tranny. Could probably bump start it in high (actually better in high for that purpose). But in heavy commuter traffic that's a risk.
Anyway interested in what folks have done with this critical connection. I'm thinking stainless cotter and maybe reversing the pin direction so that it will have more trouble backing out if the cotter severs/breaks.
Something you guys have run into or am I just "lucky" ?
Bottom line looks like to reconnect you need to pull the left exhaust and go down to pulling the inner primary to replace the pin. Pretty serious road repair if you are out in the boonies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_nut
Been playing with my '65 pan since it's all done and back on the road. Figured we would have some run in issues. One was swelling of the stock float, readily fixed with new material/ replacement. It was swollen so bad it was binding on the bowl.
Thing is, I could let the bike sit for about 20 minutes and restart/get home. And the swollen float only became a problem after a certain run time and heat build up as I did have fuel flow into the bowl. Once I exceeded that minimized flow due to speed, heat (start to boil the low level of fuel, vapor lock) then I would have to throw the choke closed and find an exit, etc. But it would get me home.
Closest I've come to the Jesus Bolt is that I lost the clevis pin yesterday. The link between the shifter rod and the shift lever on the tranny. Bike is hot so you can't stick your and down behind the inner primary to even think about working a wire connection in some how.
So the connection was solid with the factory pin washer and cotter. Maybe if it was put in reverse of what it was might have had a harder time backing out (the pin) after the soft cotter severed.
But to me this was a Jesus Nut since I couldn't really go anywhere in traffic with the tranny now stuck in high gear. Can't start the bike if it stalls because can't get it in neutral. Bike needs to be in neutral for the starter to work. Can't get it into a lower gear because you can't get to the shift lever on the tranny. Could probably bump start it in high (actually better in high for that purpose). But in heavy commuter traffic that's a risk.
Anyway interested in what folks have done with this critical connection. I'm thinking stainless cotter and maybe reversing the pin direction so that it will have more trouble backing out if the cotter severs/breaks.
Something you guys have run into or am I just "lucky" ?
Bottom line looks like to reconnect you need to pull the left exhaust and go down to pulling the inner primary to replace the pin. Pretty serious road repair if you are out in the boonies.
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