We ran a shop with my dad in the60s and 70s we lined bored many cases with a boring bar my dad made on his Fairbanks Morse lathe. He once line bored a junk case .050 over size and made bearings for it. Such great memories he died shortly afterwards at age 50 a great father and mentor
Oh wow, what an amazing memory of your late father, thanks for sharing that. Would love to know how he made the bearings, particularly the #2 center main. Pretty amazing what a determined and clever person can accomplish.
These are some of my favourite videos on UA-cam! I love the fact that you end up with such an amazing finished product from cases that would normally been thrown out. Keep up the great work. Always look forward to your videos
Hi Brent🇺🇸,Good to see you are roling again on the project👍🏻, I`m find it`s intresting looking how you preform the working proces & see👀 it`s an time consuming piece of work.Well done & I`m looking forward for the next move, Greetings as allways with the best wishes for you & yours.Hubertus.🙏🏻🇳🇴🇳🇱☮🍀🇺🇸
If you were doing this for a customer, would you not be like Mike and get a new Aluminum case with shuffle pins ? Mike probably would toss that case from the get go, but thanks for the really enjoyable video showing us impatient ones how to do it right and with patience. You know everytime I see black rims on the car of think of your bus ! lol
Thanks Slade! Yeah, it does the job reliably as long as you're in a position to see the scale. And inexpensive too! I'd like a clicker but don't trust the affordable ones. Talk atcha soon!
You need a fixture to mount that bearing. I wouldn't put that bearing in a chuck. An expanding collet type of thing would be much better. Or just superglue the bearing onto a shaft would be better.
I like the collet idea but not sure what the actual tool would be called. I have something like that I picked up with some other stuff but it's the wrong size. It's meant to be used between centers.
@HapticGarage I have a Hardinge lathe and that hat the 5C spindle nose. The also have large 5c expanding collet chucks. I'm sure you could adapt something like that. Mind you how often do you need it.
Took a look at 5C expanding collets- they seem like an excellent solution for this. I come across old tooling on occasion and will watch for some of these. Thanks for the suggestion!
These are fun to watch. Ive been wanting to see this process. Now im just a dope with a question. But if valve laping compound cleans up a trashed up exhaust seat like it can. Could that and a sacrifical cam fix an alignment issue?
Thanks @OwhyeeVdub, if I understand you correctly that's a clever approach to the #2 cam bearing issue. However, the problem is in the cam bore; this area tends to collapse a little in high mileage cases. Then it's not round and needs to be cut back into a circle. Lapping compound on the bearing may clearance it but would kinda wear it out and may cause oil pressure loss with a distorted bearing. Ain't nuthin easy!
Awesome work and sharing how to do.
Thanks @1fastbuggy502!
We ran a shop with my dad in the60s and 70s we lined bored many cases with a boring bar my dad made on his Fairbanks Morse lathe. He once line bored a junk case .050 over size and made bearings for it. Such great memories he died shortly afterwards at age 50 a great father and mentor
Oh wow, what an amazing memory of your late father, thanks for sharing that. Would love to know how he made the bearings, particularly the #2 center main. Pretty amazing what a determined and clever person can accomplish.
wow,,,.050 is a lot great job
These are some of my favourite videos on UA-cam! I love the fact that you end up with such an amazing finished product from cases that would normally been thrown out. Keep up the great work. Always look forward to your videos
Thanks @jeanfortin9616, great to have you with us!
What’s up Brent!
May not make it to Bugjam. If I do I’ll look for you.
Glad to see you back!
Bummer! I hope you can make it but if not there will be a livestream. I hope you and yours are doing well!
Good to see you back.
Thanks @dcmflydude6320, glad to finally post again and always good to see you.
great video.richard new zealand
Thanks Richard!
Glad to seen this project moving along.
Thanks Greg!
Another great video and so much information. Good to see you back
Thanks Gary, looking forward to next weekend!
Good to see you again. Looking forward to watching this when we get back from dinner
Thanks Tim, I hope you enjoy it!
I did and as always informative
The HomeDepot tile surface plate is s fantastic idea! Very informative lesson. Keep 'em coming👍
Thanks @christianmccollum1028!
Hi Brent🇺🇸,Good to see you are roling again on the project👍🏻, I`m find it`s intresting looking how you preform the working proces & see👀 it`s an time consuming piece of work.Well done & I`m looking forward for the next move, Greetings as allways with the best wishes for you & yours.Hubertus.🙏🏻🇳🇴🇳🇱☮🍀🇺🇸
Thanks Hubertus, always great to hear from you. I bet you have some firewood ready for the winter, stay warm over there!
Great to see another video and see the progress on the engine
Thanks @kyridgejumper!
Encore!!!
If you were doing this for a customer, would you not be like Mike and get a new Aluminum case with shuffle pins ? Mike probably would toss that case from the get go, but thanks for the really enjoyable video showing us impatient ones how to do it right and with patience. You know everytime I see black rims on the car of think of your bus ! lol
Thanks Dan, new cases are good too but we're on a mission!
Very good video!! Glad to see you back!! Oddly enough I have two new torque wrenches and still use the same one you used. That’s smooth!
Thanks Slade! Yeah, it does the job reliably as long as you're in a position to see the scale. And inexpensive too! I'd like a clicker but don't trust the affordable ones. Talk atcha soon!
Great video, lots of good things I need to learn.
Thanks Levi!
Good to see you back, dude.
Thanks @stuck1000!
Awesome!
Thanks @rabo99!
Nice job. As these type 1 & 4 cases get older the camshaft bearing saddles droop over time. Another issue to check and maybe fix if possible.
Thanks vintage76, I agree. Cases aren't getting any cheaper so these once-drastic repairs may help keep a few more on the road. Good to hear from you!
See you next weekend at Bugjam
Thanks, looking forward to seeing you then!
You need a fixture to mount that bearing. I wouldn't put that bearing in a chuck. An expanding collet type of thing would be much better. Or just superglue the bearing onto a shaft would be better.
I like the collet idea but not sure what the actual tool would be called. I have something like that I picked up with some other stuff but it's the wrong size. It's meant to be used between centers.
@HapticGarage I have a Hardinge lathe and that hat the 5C spindle nose. The also have large 5c expanding collet chucks. I'm sure you could adapt something like that. Mind you how often do you need it.
Took a look at 5C expanding collets- they seem like an excellent solution for this. I come across old tooling on occasion and will watch for some of these. Thanks for the suggestion!
These are fun to watch. Ive been wanting to see this process. Now im just a dope with a question. But if valve laping compound cleans up a trashed up exhaust seat like it can. Could that and a sacrifical cam fix an alignment issue?
Thanks @OwhyeeVdub, if I understand you correctly that's a clever approach to the #2 cam bearing issue. However, the problem is in the cam bore; this area tends to collapse a little in high mileage cases. Then it's not round and needs to be cut back into a circle. Lapping compound on the bearing may clearance it but would kinda wear it out and may cause oil pressure loss with a distorted bearing. Ain't nuthin easy!