Strangely nice day today for Michigan in December, wrapped up a number of projects on the '53 Chief and had to get it out for a test run to see how I did with my little projects I have been working on. I have a few questions/concerns and would appreciate some feed back.
1. Not related to anything I did but a huge concern is that as I pulled out of the sub, the tire slipped and the front end pushed badly enough that I thought I was going to low side it. The tires are the Avon MK II vintage knock offs, with a date code of 1702 so 14 years old, ouch. The PO put less than 400 miles on the bike since doing a resto and I think he armor all'd the side walls for shows. This plus the cold pavement I assume made for little grip. I know these old style tires aren't up to sporty driving but this slipped way too easy with just a little lean. I may try to clean the tread area and see if that helps, but wondering if a new set is in my future. Hate to spend the money but going down is not an option. I'm reading to run these modern tires at higher PSI than the book says. They were both at about 20 PSI and I am reading 30 is better?
2. Lengthened the clutch rod because the engagement point was too far back and I couldn't roll my foot that far back. It's much better but it comes on a little too quick now and has very little pedal resistance. Not sure why that changed but it did. I will shorten it a little and tighten the pedal tension nut. I changed the primary oil and put Yamabond on the worm ring because it was leaking quite badly. It had a tiny drop but much improved. Anything else I could have done to change the tension so much?
3. The tip of the stud that comes out of the engine case for the L bracket from the bottom of the Linkert stripped. I must have cross threaded it and it now spins in the case. Is it possible to change this stud without much drama? The stud itself had a nut up against the case and another one holding the bracket on. The one against the case spins the stud so it must be stripped inside the case as well as having damaged threads.
4. The one that worries me the most, the transmission pops out of first when accelerating. I tightened the shift dent. It was about 1/3 out from bottoming and I took half of that up but it still pops out. I dread the thought of rebuilding the tranny but.... First is the only gear it does this in. Can I run the detent right snug to bottoming out?
Sorry for rambling on but any help would be great.
Jeff
1. Not related to anything I did but a huge concern is that as I pulled out of the sub, the tire slipped and the front end pushed badly enough that I thought I was going to low side it. The tires are the Avon MK II vintage knock offs, with a date code of 1702 so 14 years old, ouch. The PO put less than 400 miles on the bike since doing a resto and I think he armor all'd the side walls for shows. This plus the cold pavement I assume made for little grip. I know these old style tires aren't up to sporty driving but this slipped way too easy with just a little lean. I may try to clean the tread area and see if that helps, but wondering if a new set is in my future. Hate to spend the money but going down is not an option. I'm reading to run these modern tires at higher PSI than the book says. They were both at about 20 PSI and I am reading 30 is better?
2. Lengthened the clutch rod because the engagement point was too far back and I couldn't roll my foot that far back. It's much better but it comes on a little too quick now and has very little pedal resistance. Not sure why that changed but it did. I will shorten it a little and tighten the pedal tension nut. I changed the primary oil and put Yamabond on the worm ring because it was leaking quite badly. It had a tiny drop but much improved. Anything else I could have done to change the tension so much?
3. The tip of the stud that comes out of the engine case for the L bracket from the bottom of the Linkert stripped. I must have cross threaded it and it now spins in the case. Is it possible to change this stud without much drama? The stud itself had a nut up against the case and another one holding the bracket on. The one against the case spins the stud so it must be stripped inside the case as well as having damaged threads.
4. The one that worries me the most, the transmission pops out of first when accelerating. I tightened the shift dent. It was about 1/3 out from bottoming and I took half of that up but it still pops out. I dread the thought of rebuilding the tranny but.... First is the only gear it does this in. Can I run the detent right snug to bottoming out?
Sorry for rambling on but any help would be great.
Jeff
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