QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Decorative Brazing

feeds@yuku.com (OldSkuul) — Sun, 11 May 2008 12:06:29 GMT

Just joined for a question that I have about Brazing over factory welds. I was hoping to smooth in all of the old welds but am
having trouble getting the material to flow or even stick.
I'm using flux coated brazing rods and have applied flux to the area, ground and filed everthing to bare clean metal and am using a Dillon
Oxy/Acet torch.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Henry

Carb orientation for float measurement

feeds@yuku.com (Maxx) — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:30:39 GMT

How are the carbs supposed to be oriented when you measure the float height? On their noses, upside down, on their backs, floats fully compressed, fully unloaded, etc.? I'm way confused. I've read this, and the picture provided wasn't exactly helpful to me.

Master cylinder

feeds@yuku.com (blackhog02) — Sun, 11 May 2008 10:23:16 GMT

So I had very squish front brake on my 75 f bike that I could not get to bleed. I figured it was a bad master cylinder so I purchased a rebuild kit. Well it still wont bleed. So I swaped it out with one on my working bike and it still wont work on the good bike and the good one works on both bikes so I know it is not the lines or piston. I am guessing that there must be some small pitting on the inside of the master cylinder and it is toast. Any suggestions other that to find a new...

coils

feeds@yuku.com (ed4650158) — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:03:25 GMT

will 79 750 coils work on a 74 750?thx ed

...suggestions for custom brake line...

feeds@yuku.com (LumbeeNDN) — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:38:39 GMT

...anybody got suggestions for somewhere I can get a custom brake line with 12mm up top, and the tapered thread nipple for the stock SOHC caliper below? I went through HEL last time, and they aren't returning phone calls right now...

cylider head switcharo fitment? LRT

feeds@yuku.com (backwoods88) — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:05:23 GMT

what heads fit what years again, I have a big problem with exhaust studs that wont buge tried every thing but drilling them out. it is a 1977 engine. I have 5 donors to choose from.

Ripped out old wiring harness.

feeds@yuku.com (TheoneLonergan) — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:28:49 GMT

So I got to looking at the old wiring harness and began to wonder how I got it to start in the first place. So many connections were barely making a connection it wasn't even funny. Then one of the spark plug boots was being held together by faith alone cuz as soon as I touched it, it fell to pieces. I got a wiring harness diagram from boogieman (thanks boogieman) My question is where to buy all the stuff from and what does some of it do? What does a regulator rectifier combo do? The...

is my battery toast?

feeds@yuku.com (222CT) — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:10:11 GMT

getting close to the moment of truth.....put the battery in to test my wiring....... it is a walmart battery...not even 2 years old.....turn the key and nothing......check the battery with a volt meter switched to the 20 mark and it reads around 8 or so. threw a test light on it and it is dim but lights up......check it again after i left the test light on a minute and it dropped to like 6....WTF. i just charged it up like 2 months ago to make sure it ws charged and it charged up....i got...

Frame differences

feeds@yuku.com (dtmmil) — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:03:11 GMT

Question for anyone who knows. I have a 78 that I want to hardtail. My brother gave me, I think its a 74 frame. I want to kinda use it to mock up a hardtail for mine, at least cut it up to see what I need to do on mine. Are there any differences that I need to know about between the 74-78 frames? I know the swingarms are different but that itself doesn't matter. Any part of the main section that is different. Oh and I may have a 74 swingarm for sale when I am done, possibly a neck...

Stock oil tanks

feeds@yuku.com (Roadcat) — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:08:31 GMT

Do all years have the same oil capacity?

girder and front wheel fitment...

feeds@yuku.com (revjimmc) — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:58:48 GMT

I have this girder on my bike. However the softail harley wheel (21in.) is too wide (the spool). Any suggestions. The distance on the inside of the girder is 6 inches. If I can get a front tire and wheel on it..i CAN RIDE IT!!!

Rusty gas tank

feeds@yuku.com (junglejoe39) — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:19:56 GMT

Friend of mine is trying to get his bike going after sitting in his garage for several years and the inside of his gas tank is pretty rusty. What is a good way to clean out the rust and once cleaned out do you have to do anything to prevent the rust from coming back

roller type upgrade bearings, cups??

feeds@yuku.com (OLYTHRASHER) — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:33:40 GMT

I would like to upgrade my steering bearings, In previous knowledge on bearings, going to a sealed unit the cups where always needed to be changed to fit the diffrent curves of the bearings. Does this application apply as well? Or, does the stock bearings cups work? Any help would be hella rad. Thanks again.

Head REtorque......motor builders???

feeds@yuku.com (71CHOP) — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:10:11 GMT

so I thought I had to tear the head off to clean an oil passage, turns out not.......

anyway the motor only has about 2,500 miles on it since the ground up stock rebuild........I thought the head gasket was seeping a little, so I figured I'd just go ahead and retorque the nuts and bolts while I had the cover off.

I'm kinda thinkin what I should have done was loosen the nuts to break the hold on the washers, then retorque to spec.

what I did was use the...

Vent tubes off bottom of carb

feeds@yuku.com (TheoneLonergan) — Fri, 11 May 2007 11:10:43 GMT

Where do the four vent tubes that are off of the bottom of the bowl on the carb go? Do they vent in front of the rear wheel like everything else? Why the hell does everything have a vent tube that spits out something. I have tubes that are everywhere that don't seem to go anywhere. Once I get this baby up and going it will run like a raped ape but until then it's gonna fight me the whole way.

exhaust

feeds@yuku.com (ddudley108) — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:20:31 GMT

whats the smallest size pipe i can use for my exhaust on a stock engine without hurting anything. and what is the advantage of a 4 in one as opposed to drag pipes? i dont know to much about exhaust. my bike came with a 4 in 1. but i want to build a new header. that runs under the engine and stops almost at the back tire or bring it up under the seat. i dont know yet. thanks . don.

Which front end would you use?

feeds@yuku.com (vand) — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:12:33 GMT

I'm trying to decide which way to go with my bike. It currently has a 6 over front end w/ 40 degree rake, stock trees. Total length from top of fork to axel is 34". (If this isn't a 6 over, please correct me) This is giving me just over 8" of trail, and a lot of flop in the front wheel. After finding some calculators online, it looks like I can go with 5 degree raked trees, and go to 8 over forks, and keep about the same neck height. This is getting to be to much...

has anyone seen stock 750 top triple tree with detachable risers

feeds@yuku.com (brianis) — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:49:50 GMT

my donor bike i got has detachable risers the bolt right through the triple tree just like harley risers what did they come on stock

online shop manual

feeds@yuku.com (Herchamier) — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:12:12 GMT

Can't seem to find it on my computer anymore, and have done a search on here for it with no luck. Anyone post the link for it? Maybe it should be pinned in the FAQ section
Thanks

tire/wheel question

feeds@yuku.com (swisherred) — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:45:27 GMT

what is the widest tire I can safely put on a 3" and 3.5" rim? right now there is a car tire which I have no problem running, but it is old...not cracked, but who knows what shape it is in...want a new tire for the trip to NC. I know I ran a 150-90-15 on my last invader...it was wedged in there, but it worked fine for a few years before I sold the wheel...just want someones opinion.