Old Springer Cleanup

[Joe M]

Not very good news. The new crank seals came in for the Sachs 440on Friday and tonight I pulled the old seals. The Bearings are loaded up wit crusty varnish. The only option is to pull the crank and have it rebuilt. That ain't gonna happen between now and Ashtabula. I always can put in the G50B and "put put" around the track.

Put the G50B in.

[jerseybigfoot]

What the heck!!!!! When you design an old school springer you need a carpenters level (broken), a yard stick a keg of beer and your buddies with all different opinions. This design is a disaster intended to bottom out often. The geometry takes very little advantage of the shock other than a short telescoping spring. I can see the simplicity of the design but it is full of compromises. Sorry but it's going under the knife.

[whipper-ag]

Looks like it's going to take an awful lot of beer to straighten that mess out.

Whipper

[jpswift1]

Hey JBF, I wonder if these wheel spacers would push the tires out far enough away from the shocks.

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[George]

What's the wheel base JBF (as it stands now)?

[lewis]

JBF, my condolences. But i am sure you will figure it out.

[jerseybigfoot]

The scary part is this rig has seen some action. Spacing the tires out helps in clearing the shocks but the machine will definitely bottom out on the pan before you use up the suspension travel. What it needs is reposition the shocks and add more spring force. At the speed the u joints run we can probably go 15 deg above and below the horizontal.

[jerseybigfoot]

Looks like it's going to take an awful lot of beer to straighten that mess out.

Whipper

Maybe if i fill the air shocks with beer
Hey that works out to a 6 pack. Probably need those big Australian cans.

[Joe M]

I guess it's not going to be at Ashtabula?

[techfx]

Could you add another shock, at least on the four corners?