1949 Harley-Davidson FL 4 Stroke |
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Our customer delivered the parts shown here. He has already had a lot of the work done. The bike has been disassembled, cleaned, repainted (where appropriate) and polished. Our job will basically be reassembly, making sure all the "right" parts are in place and eliminating as many "wrong" parts as possible. You will notice the motor is not in the picture. Previously, the customer had the bike at another shop. They seem to have left the project "fall through the cracks." Frustrated, our customer has asked us to finish the job. He will be bringing us the motor in a few days as the former shop still has it. |
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| Sometimes the hardest part of a project like this is deciding where to begin. It is especially difficult when you are entering the process after someone else has already begun. The transmission arrived with the inner primary attached. It will be a lot easier to work on and install with the primary removed. |
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To
remove the inner, the clutch must be removed first. Here (left)
we have the clutch and inner removed from the transmission mainshaft. |
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When
water gets in and mixes with the transmission fluid you end up
with this "milky" fluid (right). We will need to drain
all of it and rinse the transmission case out to be sure the water
infiltration has not rusted any of the gears. |
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Good
news, gears and shift forks are fine. No sign of rust. Now we
can reassemble the case and change the mainshaft seal. |
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The
mainshaft seal on these transmissions were originally made of
cork, which tends to dry out with age and allows gear oil to leak
out between the transmission and inner primary. The transmission
has been mounted into the frame and we are ready to change the
seal. |
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Old
Seal |
New Seal |
Empty
Cavity |
New Seal Installed |
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