A "Nervous" Fix . . .

Drilling and hammering on vintage knuckleheads can be a traumatizing experience.  Don't fuck it up.  Dad made a special pin(rivet) to lock the intake flange.  We peened it from the inside, smoothed it out and formed it to a stock-like appearance.  Now the flange is tight and secure.  PJ-1 Satin Black and it's ready for the valves.  Late Model Knucklehead: The last one, and the best one.
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2 comments:

Bastard said...

I usually tap a tapered plug into the port and set the rivet from the outside.. Thanks for posting your method.........

Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Noot said...

I think that's the factory-way to do it, like you did it. I'm backwards ! The only rivets I could find were way to hard, or too soft aluminum, so we made some that peened pretty solid.

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

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