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Hoosier Tom
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by Hoosier Tom » Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:42 am
Allan,
Mine had the chrome cap nuts.
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Hoosier Tom
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by Hoosier Tom » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:05 pm
I finally got my frame stripped of parts and can now compare it to a 1965 frame. Steering head is smooth on the right side, the 1965 unit has a boss cast into it.
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- 1965 head
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Hoosier Tom
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by Hoosier Tom » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:08 pm
The rear top motor mounts in the later frame look to have been redesigned to strengthen them up. Maybe the earlier units were prone to cracking.
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- 1965 top mounts
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- 1962 top mounts
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Hoosier Tom
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by Hoosier Tom » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:15 pm
You can see they changed the fuse/rectifier attachment areas. On the 1962 unit the fuse holder is spot welded to a separate bracket spot welded to the cross member. The 1965 unit the holder is spot welded to a bracket that is a continuation of the cross member. The rectifier bracket was strengthened over the earlier unit by the angular stamping. I did not notice anny differences to the battery box/filter hanger assy.
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- 1965 fuse/rectifier area
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- 1962 fuse/rectifier area
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Hoosier Tom
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by Hoosier Tom » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:18 pm
The rear shock casting shows some ears on the later unit where the frame tubes slide in vs the plain cylinder style of the 1962 unit.
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- 1965 rear shock casting
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- 1962 rear shock casting
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Hoosier Tom
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by Hoosier Tom » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:21 pm
The horn bracket assy is flat on the 1962 unit where the 1965 unit has a lip to it, maybe to strengthen it.
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- 1965 horn bracket
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- 1962 horn bracket
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Hoosier Tom
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by Hoosier Tom » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:20 pm
I'm getting my hardware ready to go to the zinc platers so I started tearing down my motor to get at the hardware. Like a dummy I forgot to take pics of the initial top end tear down to aid future newbies. I'll post what I got so far.
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- top end