oil tank and rod race tool

My dad picked up Jim's 38 oil tank today. It turned out really nice. We are waiting on the fenders to get straightened out. They should be done pretty soon. I love 38s, they are the perfect year for a stock knucklehead.


Here is a tool that I made while I was still in high school almost ten years ago. It removes the bearing races out of harley rods.

Here is a picture of male rod next to the race that just got pressed out of it. When you do this, you want to make sure that the factory stake marks are on the top! The only thing better than a cool tool is a cool tool that you make yourself.

Go check out this article that my friend Ed Youngblood wrote up about me for the Antique Motorcycle Foundation website. have a great night.

http://www.antiquemotorcyclefoundation.org/people.html

Carb pics

Some of our friends From the motor company are flying my dad and I out to York to do a tour and talk to some of the employees on wednesday. We will be back on Sunday. So I am trying to get some projects ready for Jesse and Ray to work on. My dad is gearing up to do a batch of carbs.... like 18 of them! All of the bowls in the front row are for early nickle plated carbs, that are still off at the platers.


Here is a dirty nasty bowl for a 45 that probably has not been cleaned since it was new!



This raised casting code is in all 38 and earlier aluminum bowls




The upper left bowl is for Jim's 36, the lower right one is a bowl that I have been holding on to for years. It is the hardest to find linkert bowl of all time, It isn't mentioned in any books, I have only seen two other ones. It is for super late 38s. It has the early casting date on the inside, and is machined with a fly cutter before the drain is drilled and tapped. Later ones were counter bored-drilled andthen tapped. Anyways, I am going to put it on Jim's 38 carb. I have to do a wild fix on the stem hole, but it will be worth it.