Harley Flathead Engine Teardown Part 1: Cylinders
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2020
- Hi Everyone!
In this series I'll be tearing down my 1957 Harley Davidson Flathead Engine with the hopes that everything will be usable enough to rebuild, clean, and reassembly into a working engine. In this episode I'll be showing ya'll how the to remove the cylinders off the engine.
This series is part of a larger series where I'm restoring my 1957 Harley Davidson Servicar. Check out those videos and follow along for more monkey wrenching fun! - Авто та транспорт
S T O P slapping the motor!
I literally can't concentrate on anything besides that.
No shit I can't watch this because of that thump.
LMAO
You seem to know what you're doing as far as flathead disassembly goes, and the video is well done -but as a former helicopter mechanic watching you fumble with channelocks and a pipe wrench on an engine is soul crushing.
...and vise-grips! to quote that wise philosopher Charlie Brown, "Arrrgh!"
@@KevinWintersVA Can absolutely agree! Though I do have a very soft spot in my heart for vice grips (been with me since the beginning when I didn't even have a socket set). I hate not having the right sized box end to use (I've actually since made a wrench for those ginormous intake nuts). It isn't visible in the video but the only reason I own that specific pipe wrench is because its actually smooth jaws, so I basically use it like a giant crescent wrench.
@@theshop2064 knipex pliers, my friend. Non-marring, and can get the grip of death on things.
The gloves tell all..
yes- I was about to leave a similar comment. The screwdriver under the gasket was the first 'clue'. Removing the intake with with 'that thing' - I stopped the video- I'm done with this guy.
Man it’s scary seeing someone working a piece of history with plumbing tools 😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao, unironically my favorite wrench. If you look closely its not a standard serrated jaw pipe wrench, this one has smooth jaws for large nuts.
I have a 1957 G model myself. I just picked it up 3 weeks ago from my buddy who owned it for 30 years.
Enjoy it! has become my hands down favorite bike to ride.
Great restoration, it reminds me of my engine. Looked like it too. A lot of work, a lot of swearing and disappointment. And at the end the great joy when everything works. God bless the fladheads. Have fun restoring.👍✌
Although I don't know English, everything is accessible and understandable. Thanks for the detailed instructions.
Christmas List: Rubber mallet, penetrating oils, bigger wrenches....🥸
Bro be slaping that motor like it his ex wife lmao
Brilliant video, thanks for posting. I’ll watching anything to do with old Harley’s and thoroughly enjoyed this 👍
I like to spray the fasteners with penetrant a day before I dissassemble.
This is always a hot topic, but I don't use penetrant on rusted fasteners. My go to is heat (unless the hardware is heat treated and that needs to be preserved), to expand the outer threads to de-bond it, or to expand the internal threads to crush the rust layer between the threads to make room. But I know everyone has their own special trick to remove fasteners so I don't judge.
Ask Santa for some open end spanners. It might make it easier.
if open end wrenches are so good then why did god create the adjustable? lol
@@theshop2064 get behind me evil one, with your adjustable instruments of torture.
PS: The "Tatro Machine" channel does a lot with 45's if you want to see some interesting deviations from the norm. (Strokers, fancy head mods and whatnot.) But most of his stuff is already torn down and blasted, and it skips around a little.. So it was nice to see the level of detail and the nature of what you started with before anything was done to clean it up.
I know the tatro channel very well, excellent videos! What you said was pretty much exactly what I was trying for in my channel: filming all the details he leaves out.
So my boy charlie.
We where neighbors while he was filming many of these: unheated garage, Minneapolis, Minnesota winter. The motor slap is what we do in minnesota, make sure we can feel our extremities.
The plumbing wrench is inexcusable though 😂
Excellent example of how to damage original fixings by using incorrect tools.
Vietnam i love the shop
The application of a little diesel oil before unscrewing helps a lot
Cringing in my seat. NEVER pry between the cylinders and the block. Invest in a dead blow composite hammer. NEVER yank up on the cylinders as was done. Use a piece of wood to gently tap down on the piston as you hold pressure up on the cylinder. I realize you were alone. I love that you were not afraid to tackle the job. Anyone that works in 10 degrees temp. has the gusto for the job!
Great video, bro. It is nice to see people into the older stuff. It has character a lot of contemporary motorcycles lack. I'm doing a chopper with a 45 G motor, myself. Detail on the pistons and cylinder bore would be interesting. I notice the pistons have that skirt oiling slot and the baffles are still installed. You don't see things like that anymore. It is an obsolete design now. Wonder how well it worked in application? Regards. Good luck.
Interesting stuff indeed! The baffles in the crankcase (which I believe you’re referring to) are to aid in front cylinder lubrication (which is why you only see the machined into the front cylinder mating hole. The baffles cause a restriction and thus a low pressure as the piston goes up. This causes the oil misted air in the crankcase to travel up into the front cylinder and lubricant the cylinder wall. The rear cylinder gets all the “splash” lubrication so the baffles isn’t needed there. Now modern engines have oil squirters, etc. so you don’t see this kind of innovative thinking in design any more. Though it is more efficient to not have the baffles for pumping losses.... oh well
I would have soaked all the nuts and bolts with WD40 and let 'em sit overnight, but hey, that's just me. Cool vid, thank ya -- I've always liked the 45's, just never knew much about how the engines went together.
From what I can see, the cam cover screws are not buggered so may never been in the bottom end since new.
Hahaha, that's what I thought too. Messed up screw heads are always a dead give away.
@@theshop2064 Any progress?
Where can I get a 45 " flathead motor, frame and front end?
Try any Harley flathead Facebook group. People sell them from time to time. The servicar I bought I purchased off eBay.
winging it EHHH!
Hombre vas a destruir las cabezas de ese motor a palmadas😮😮😮 estás nervioso????🤔🤔🤔🤔
Whoa this old engine shud hav been soaked with solent or lub !!!
The constant hitting with the hands is very annoying.
WHY DOSE HE KEEP BANING THE FUCKING THING ??????????????
Marvel mystery oil.
Would you like to sell it?
As the project goes along I’m thinking about it! Maybe the money can fund another future project
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just put some gas and oil in it and crank it up. it will be fine
It's called a service car
It's technically both. Harley used both Servi-car and Service car in their product ads.
You need bigger wrenches
lobidy askont mos taki motór ?
😤😤😤😧😧😧😧😴
Too painful to watch for me no WD-40 or knocker loose why you wearing those thick gloves 🧤. One time this guy was hooking up the trailer at the campsite with gloves, ask my dad why he's wearing gloves my Dad replied he's a brain surgeon.
I always wear gloves in the shop. Dirty hands and busted knuckles make for a bad time.
Are you scared of dirt and oil? I don’t know how you can feel what you’re doing with your padded gloves. I build engines for a job and wonder how much you are likely to break and strip threads break taps etc without feeling.
No such things as wrenches around this shop
Este tipo se parece mucho más a un mimo 🤡🤡🤡🤡esos q hacen gestos en las plazzas públicas 😅😅😅😅 y con estos guantes 😅 ...al final el motor termino en el hospital lleno de moretones,,lo golpeó demasiado ( un 🤡🤡🤡 total est tipo👎👎👎👎)
Im cringing watching this kid and his use of improper tools, Im trying to remember what I did as a kid, I do give him a A for effort though
OMG you're using vise grips instead of proper fitting wrench on an antique engine. yeah buddy its amatuer hour
I agree. “ stop slapping the motor. 30 sec into the video and I am already annoyed!!!!!! Really. !!!! 6 min in. I have to stop watching. This guy is slap happy. I am out. !!!