What a concept - A Girl Bringing Back Her 1966 Super Hawk

[sarals]

Now for the rest of the story!

I got the knock pins replaced, replaced the head, lost the cam chain down the inside of the engine, and spent a wonderful hour retrieving it, getting the indexes to line up and then torquing the head down. It torqued easier and differently than it did originally (that should have been a clue that something was off), and all the cap nuts sit at 21 foot pounds. I put new nuts on the short studs by the plug holes (I used them to pull the head down so I could get that cam chain installed, and beat up the old nuts). Then, I had a marvelous time getting the engine back on the that built up frame. What made it such a memorable experience is that I don't own a floor jack. However, the neighbors learned no new words, but I failed my father by not throwing tools when I got frustrated, a method that always seemed to cure whatever was wrong when he was working on something. I did get paw prints all over my shiny engine and frame, but as Ed told me - "soap and water, it'll clean up".

I just hope I don't have to go through that again.

I hope to get back on the path of starting her up on Monday.

[Tim Miller]

How long were the pins? The best way to install the cam chain is to fish it up with a wire through the bottom with the oil pump out. I never fight the chain while installing cylinder or head.

Good luck,
Tim

[sarals]

How long were the pins? The best way to install the cam chain is to fish it up with a wire through the bottom with the oil pump out. I never fight the chain while installing cylinder or head.

Good luck,
Tim

Tim, thanks! I didn't measure the knock pins. I simply trimmed them down and reinstalled them. And, we think alike, that was exactly how I reinstalled the cam chain. Tedious, but the job got done!

[G-Man]

Good job!!

Just for reference - here is my little tool for getting out corroded and squashed knock pins (us old-country folk call them dowels).....

I just bought, as a job lot, 3 CB72 motors in pieces. Had to remove a number knock pins before bead blasting..

G

[sarals]

Graham, that's an elegant, simple tool! Brilliant.

Because I am a girl (wait, let me check - yes, I'm still a girl :) ), I could not take shop in high school (in the 1960's), and even though I could have, I did not take a metal working class in college. I wish I had - being able to machine helpful little bits as you can do would have been fun, and rewarding.

By the way, I'm given to calling them dowels, too, although I usually think of dowels as wooden. Either/or, right?

Cheers, Graham!

[G-Man]

Sara

I suppose dowels are probably solid rather than hollow, normally but, yes, certainly the wooden stuff is always called dowel in the UK.

My little Myford lathe is the best thing I ever bought. They were made for schools and colleges and the factory used to be in Nottingham, about 15 miles from my home. I bought mine in a sale from my old employer, British Rail Research. I now spend more time making little tools and much less time on the actual job they are made for. It can be a bit anticlimactic when a fiddly job that could take ages and result in broken or damaged parts can be done in a couple of minutes when you have the right tool or fixture. Less remedial work to do, also.

I never got to do metal work at school - we were only taught woodwork. Bikes, farm work and a Mechanical Engineering degree were my craft education. We even got to make patterns and do iron casting - exciting stuff. Health and Safety legislation has probably killed all that now.

This is an excellent book if you have the time.... http://www.matthewbcrawford.com

I am flying out on Wednesday so drop me a PM with your address and I'll mail those screws to you.

Like everyone else, I am eager to see your SuperHawk running soon!

Take Care

G

[sarals]

Sara

I suppose dowels are probably solid rather than hollow, normally but, yes, certainly the wooden stuff is always called dowel in the UK.

My little Myford lathe is the best thing I ever bought. They were made for schools and colleges and the factory used to be in Nottingham, about 15 miles from my home. I bought mine in a sale from my old employer, British Rail Research. I now spend more time making little tools and much less time on the actual job they are made for. It can be a bit anticlimactic when a fiddly job that could take ages and result in broken or damaged parts can be done in a couple of minutes when you have the right tool or fixture. Less remedial work to do, also.

I never got to do metal work at school - we were only taught woodwork. Bikes, farm work and a Mechanical Engineering degree were my craft education. We even got to make patterns and do iron casting - exciting stuff. Health and Safety legislation has probably killed all that now.

This is an excellent book if you have the time.... http://www.matthewbcrawford.com

I am flying out on Wednesday so drop me a PM with your address and I'll mail those screws to you.

Like everyone else, I am eager to see your SuperHawk running soon!

Take Care

G

Thank you, Graham!