Hi All .. was curious as to how many reliable Crank Shaft / Fly Wheel company`s were out there .. of course I am aware of the Products coming out of S & S .. and also the items from Dark Horse / Man - of - War .
Were there many others .
Hi Tussuck .. yeah have been checking out heaps of youtube stuff these last few months since retiring and even more so these last few weeks while the pride and joy is being worked on .. not always a good thing as i Get to many ideas , Lol .. i miss my Baby .
Hi Krash .. yeah i know about Oli .. he has my Crank / Fly Wheels out of my M8 at the moment , Via Wackers .. had 8 thou runout .. i know the factory specs say up to 12 thou was acceptable for the M8's , but for me i believe that is way to much runout .
Apologies for the length of my Ramble .
Hi again Krash .. thanks again for the reply .. can I just say that I am one of those guys that has only a Basic understanding of all things mechanical and electrical .. or another way of putting it is I am Ok in understanding stuff in Theory .. to a point .. but not so hot with the practical side of things .. I enjoy the challenge of small jobs like changing handlebars and running the internal wiring , a job I did just recently on my 99 Springer .. or the achievement of sorting out a fuel overflow issue on same bike .. but most of the bigger jobs I leave to the Professionals and have to take a chance they are doing the right thing by me .. not always a easy choice to live with that's for sure .
Just reading your reply .. please correct me if I am wrong , but are you saying that it would be very hard with these new M8 Cranks / Fly wheels to be repaired .. possibly I used the wrong terminology when saying Oli is going to True and Balance my stock Crank shaft back to acceptable runout specs .
When Wackers told me Oli would be able to get the Crank back into decent runout figures I quite possibly wrongly assumed that he would have to True and Balance it to get those figures .. did I get that wrong .. is there a way he can achieve getting those decent figures without the way you were saying or the way I was thinking .
Can I ask when it comes to the M8`s and the Factory 12 thou acceptable runout .. mine having 8 thou runout .. is that something you and others would find unacceptable .. for me I just would have been always unhappy knowing how much runout there was if I would have said yes to putting it back together with that much runout .
As mentioned earlier I have to take a chance that the Pro`s know what they are talking about and doing the right thing by me but it is hard sometimes .. so far Wackers .. SEEM .. to be doing the right thing and Not Gouging me for extra things I don`t need .. BUT .. I must admit there a couple of things I wanted to do while the whole thing was pulled down .. for example I wanted to have the Timkin bearing conversion done to the left side Crankcase as I believe the Original set up is a contributor among other things to runout issues with Bigger than stock motors .. Wackers never gave me a price but said it was quite an Expensive job to get done and there were not a lot of Qualified guys here to do that type of job .. they did say if I was building a Drag Bike or told them I was a Hard Charger then yes they would recommend going down that path .. but .. for my size motor and the description I gave them about my riding style then it would be better to save my money .
The one that sort of had me feeling a tad strange was when I asked about External Breather kits .. they don`t seem to be real keen on them .. I rightly or wrongly thought it was a no brainer .. why would anyone think it was a good idea to have the Hot Dirty oily misty air to go back through the throttle body .. I know they have to do it in the States due to the Crazy EPA laws .. but like I said I suppose I have to trust someone sometime , Lol .
Major apologies for the Ramble .. I can get carried away .. thanks again for the thoughts .
Hi Leachy .. Yeah mate his name is Kevin Baxter .. he has a .. LOT .. of really informative you tube vids .. plus guys like the Gentleman from T-man performance products .. or DK Customs .. and Baker gearbox and drivetrain company .. and so many more , most of them people who are well renowned through out the High Performance Harley industry in the States .
That's why I was a little sceptical when Wackers said to not worry about things like an External Breather kit .. but as mentioned earlier I have to take them at their word I suppose .
Thanks for having a read and replying .. cheers .
Gidday Leachy .. Deep Pockets was Ok .. sort of .. when I was still working but now in my Elder years , Lol , now that I am retired things are a Tad more stressful when these big money projects arise .. and like you said I suppose its all the fun of owning and Customising a Harley .
I wish they were covering the Warranty but sadly it is all coming out of my pocket .. excluding the Broken Valve Springs , they are being covered thank God .. the Crank repair and all the Labour that comes with it is all on me .. and also of course the Upgraded Oil Pump and the swapping out of the S.E. power Cam for the Fuelling Reaper Torque Cam are on me as well of course .
Those Deep Pockets are well and truly in a huge need of a fill up .. Lol .
Hi again Krash .. Totally agree that Oli knows his stuff .. so much so that just about everyone up here goes to him to get their work done and of course things tend to take awhile to come back .. but it is what it is .
The You Tube stuff I take with pretty much a grain of salt .. But .. when you have Multiple well known renowned Harley Technicians all saying the same thing then I think it warrants a little research and consideration .
Reason for checking runout in the first place was because Originally there was the ticking noise which turned out to be the Broken Exhaust Valve Spring in Rear Cylinder .. all new set being installed under Warranty , Ye Ha .. I was always going to get the 17 Oil Pump upgraded to the newest 2020 one to assist with any possible Sumpping and of course I wanted to change the power cam to a torque cam .
So while it was half pulled down as they pulled the heads off to make sure there was no damage after finding the Broken Valve Spring .. I figured to check a few other things such as the run out .. as mentioned earlier the Factory specs for the new M8`s state 12 thou was Ok .. mine being at 8 thou I was never going to be comfortable with that figure .
And that is where I am up to at this moment .. Cheers .
Don`t know how much Truth in it but there is talk he is heading back to N.Z. .. will be a Bummer if he goes as there are fewer and fewer guys left that can do what he does .
Plenty of Excellent Harley Mechanics .. in Dealers and Private , but the type of work he and a few others around Australia are capable of are getting a bit thin .. Sadly
