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Let's make sure i do this right.
So i'm putting the girls away for the winter,.. nice shelf in the basement dedicated to motor storage.
I've had this flat head for a year or so just setting in the shop.. was told was a great motor.. ya ok,... i had not used it because the fly wheel key way and the crank key way were both wasted...
i found a donor motor and started swapping the crank out.. the replacement crank from the motor that didn't have a bearing..
after measuring everything looks like it will all swap nicely, anyway.
heated up the bearing with a heat gun and pulled it off with a pulley puller..
the junk crank coming out clearly had a lot of work done to it.. machine work and polishing.. NOTE the gear on the crank was fixed unlike the donor crank. which is key'd.. like an animal.
nice alum rod and good arp bolts. As i fit everything back together. i set the bearing on a heater for a couple of minutes and slid right on with no issues.. poured oil over it to cool it down faster.
Monday i'll see about getting a side cover gasket.. SO the big question is am i doing this all right.. no i didn't rebuild the whole thing.. just measured and swapped the crank.
Will any flat head fly wheel fit this??
How do i figure out if i need an offset key for the crank and flywheel?
Thanks
So i'm putting the girls away for the winter,.. nice shelf in the basement dedicated to motor storage.
I've had this flat head for a year or so just setting in the shop.. was told was a great motor.. ya ok,... i had not used it because the fly wheel key way and the crank key way were both wasted...
i found a donor motor and started swapping the crank out.. the replacement crank from the motor that didn't have a bearing..
after measuring everything looks like it will all swap nicely, anyway.
heated up the bearing with a heat gun and pulled it off with a pulley puller..
the junk crank coming out clearly had a lot of work done to it.. machine work and polishing.. NOTE the gear on the crank was fixed unlike the donor crank. which is key'd.. like an animal.
nice alum rod and good arp bolts. As i fit everything back together. i set the bearing on a heater for a couple of minutes and slid right on with no issues.. poured oil over it to cool it down faster.
Monday i'll see about getting a side cover gasket.. SO the big question is am i doing this all right.. no i didn't rebuild the whole thing.. just measured and swapped the crank.
Will any flat head fly wheel fit this??
How do i figure out if i need an offset key for the crank and flywheel?
Thanks