by Donnie Hurt | Apr 1, 2016 | DISASSEMBLY & CLEANING
COVER YOUR GLASS To make the glass in our glass-beading machine last longer, we cover the inside with duct tape, leaving a small open port to view the work. When this gets cloudy, we remove another small piece of the tape. Our glass lasts much longer now before it...
by Donnie Hurt | Apr 1, 2016 | CYLINDER HEADS
TAKE ME TO THE PILOT Just about everybody uses either dead pilot or live pilot valve seat forming tools, and once in a while when cutting large diameter seats chatter will occur. We have found that an application of STP or LUCAS engine oil treatment on the pilot will...
by Donnie Hurt | Apr 1, 2016 | OTHER SHOP WORK
BUCKET LIST Here’s an easy way to carry, store, and use just the right amount of air hose. 1. drill a hole in the bottom of a 5-gallon bucket, large enough for the quick-coupler to fit through. 2. coil the hose as you store it in the bucket 3. pull as much hose as you...
by Donnie Hurt | Apr 1, 2016 | PISTONS & RINGS
FEELING RAIL GAP It can be very difficult to check end gap on oil ring rails or gapless ring rails. I opened up the gap on a top ring of the appropriate bore size and squared it in the cylinder with a tool made from a scrap sleeve. Just set the rails on the top ring...
by Donnie Hurt | Mar 1, 2016 | OPERATIONS
CORN IN THE GASTANK I left my 2007 Harley Davidson sitting in storage with a half of a tank of gasoline, without an additive to combat the effects of Ethanol fuel. With all the press releases and articles warning about the corrosive effects of condensation and...
