yea that would be about right.i will have a look and post it up. be a day or so till i can get to it. thanks for the heads up. as i say it would be easyer if i knew what i was doing ha ...albert

well im glad i looked before i started my rant. you are right i assumed i knew what i was doing and jumped right in with out doing my home work as i said loose nut on the handle . craftsman torque wrench, nothing wrong with it did what i told it to do . one cylinder bolt broke and ego damaged glad t...

ok putting top end back together and broke off a cylinder stud bolt. is that common? didnt look or feel like it should of broke. did not have it to tight just got started, torque wrench was just beyond 20lbs not even up to 40lbs just went. broke on top threads near the bottom of threads ive broke bo...

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well good saturday here the flue ran its course so we [grandson] and i got a few things done today, frame back on the stand, swing arm on,foot pegs and we put together a mickey mouse wheel tuner as i took the spokes off to clean the rim and hub, not very high tech but as a learning tool it got the p...

i like the story about the fingers in the sprocket

hey Joe.. best answer yet, they probable dont make shop teachers like that anymore, and how did we survive our youth.

feels like a big step today got some paint on .grandson cant come over for a week or so as his mom has the flue and my wife is getting chem treatments that has turned her in to a germaphobic witch i can understand so im saving the headlight bucket and brackets for him to paint. and i will trow this ...

thanks gentleman. one more thing to learn and one more thing not to think about..

hey all here's a question. when cleaned up the cylinder +7 was stamped on the top of it. ive looked thru the forums and stuff could not find the answer . have to ask the big guns, thanks

central Minnesota, about 2 hours north of Minneapolis. as far as the grandson ,i was reading the book the greatest generation by tom brokoff and he was talking to a lady whos husband died in ww2 and her greatist regret was that her husband never got to meet his grand children, well that hit me hard ...

-2 i can only dream of such nice temps, takes a lot make me feel guilty thanks for trying

well thanks i think my plans have change a little so im going to start putting it back together. with that head on it. its important to me to get it together and see how it runs.i will keep my eyes open in the mean time.now this is still going to take a while and the wiring well you know. but on the...

well ive always had to be practical cause the looking good part never really worked for me.i was just seeing what my options are, i would never blame any one on this forum for any information that is posted on this forum. im very thank full that i got hold of an old bike thats been sitting around de...

ok but for the sake of argument, cant i use it as is?

starting to think again of the project and need some advice the fin is broke off of the head and i happen to have the piece that got knocked off ,, weld it back on if possible or some other fix. or live with it much appreciated....albert

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hi every one well i just saw that its bin a month since the last post. well life through us a big monkey wrench and were [my wife and i] are getting back to normal or close to it, so this afternoon i went and soldered the holes in the float and it looks like it worked . i soldered a bunch of stuff f...

just jumping in. you dont have to do business with them any more, he sold out , maybe they knew they where droping the ball , lets see how the folks that picked it up can run with it.

im hooked to ,watching and reading about your project is like a good book. learning from your expertise and the posts of others. as a first timer tearing down and putting back together this and other post really help keep my head on the prize. other wise the pile in the corner might start looking li...

nice! im going to go back and read your post from the beginning. very inspiring. like the color also great project for you and your Nephew.

was perusing other web sites and came across a rebuild of a "steen" some of the bolts were missing so he ,they, went and bought some and put them on a metal lathe to remove the markings on the top then blasted then plated. if you have access to a lathe might be a cheap easy way to get some...

Sorry for your loss. We need to help the grandkids i would not let my grandkid ride on the street with out it. I would definitely pull rank

After not riding for a number of years went thru the safety course best thing I could of done highly recommend. Not only fun but they teach you how to ride safe saved my butt a few times again highly recommended

hope he dosent look like he was beat with a wet noodle....