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Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:43 am
by Dusty-Dave
Started slotting the drive gear on the sporty pump. Strangest setup I've ever made. An end mill would polish it a little This was actually pretty quick. I started grinding the teeth off and something broke in the lathe power feed so I'm headed in the lathe repaiir direction next.
Presto a .170" X .330" slot.
Dusty
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:27 am
by Dusty-Dave
Band aided the lathe back together maybe good enough to last until the new parts get here. But for sure long enough to get rid of those pesky gear teeth and make it fit into the adapter.
I now have a Sportster oil pump that drives by a slot and tang.
Dusty
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:19 pm
by Dusty-Dave
This ought to make all the pristine parts restoration crowd cringe. Grinding the end off the front cam to get to the distance I need to grind the tang that will fit into the slot in the timer drive I'm going to make.
Dusty
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:29 am
by Dusty-Dave
Got the drive tabs ground onto the cams and the cams in place hopefully for a while. As far as I can on the adapter until I can until the timer is built and I just started making the shaft. If I was going to do anything with the bike other than race at Bonneville I would either shorten the pump or drive it with a worm gear and hang it to the bottom like the Sporty it came off of.
Dusty
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 7:58 pm
by curt
i look forward to speed shots on the salt
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:08 am
by Dusty-Dave
Me too!
Dusty
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 12:23 am
by Dusty-Dave
Started building the timer.
A piece of 1" plate from the scrapyard and some quality time with a hole saw yielded this blank
A little time going in a circle yielded the basic shape.
Dusty
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:43 pm
by Dusty-Dave
Got the bottom of the timer cut to shape and the guide plate relief cut in the side.
Dusty
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:20 am
by Dusty-Dave
Centering the A-dapter plates (as Johnny Cash said). Once they are centered I'll drill holes for the pins that will keep everything straight.
Dusty
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:44 am
by Dusty-Dave
Getting a little closer to shape. The timer rides on the outer bearing race that sets proud of the adapter with a slot and guide plate on the outside The reluctor mounting plates that allow each reluctor to be time seperately are made but the photo didn't come out.
Dusty
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 11:30 am
by budoka
wow, just wow. thanks for putting this build up. it's great to read and learn from!
-dan
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2022 11:40 pm
by Dusty-Dave
Got the timer mostly done today, I still need to set the timing with a meter on the pickups they are just visually aligned right now.
Dusty
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 8:17 pm
by Dusty-Dave
Made a timer cap out of a tin can.
Dusty
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:31 am
by Swamprabbit1
Looking good as always.
Re: Dusty's Bonneville Scout Build
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 11:05 pm
by Dusty-Dave