Hi Ken,

good selection of tools there. I like the gearbox rebuilding angle plate, but I would not like to lift it !!

Mike.

Here's a rather special Indian Factory tool for centering and chasing the threads on the fork stem. The die centers in a tool that fits snug on the stem and the four stopscrews pulls the centering tool along. 1-1/8" USF 24.

Mike Byrne wrote:

Hi Ken,

good selection of tools there. I like the gearbox rebuilding angle plate, but I would not like to lift it !!

Mike.

Oh, my gearbox rebuilding jig it's of simple wood and can be bolted to the gearbox before if I wish, and a bolt through it and the bench makes it pivot around...Easy to swing out or in over the bench. Very convenient.

Here is one way to find Top Dead Center by a tip I got from a guy on Virtual Indian forum: 

Message: 22
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 21:07:47 -0500
From: PackardV8@juno.com
Subject: Re: 80 CI ing timing

You can find T.D.C by affixing in a suitable manner a small clear tube to one of the sparking plug hole. Place the other end of the tube in a small reservoir of engine oil. Get the engine near TDC before doing this. Now turn the engine and watch the oil rise and wane thru the clear tube. At the point where it neither rises nor wanes is TDC. This is very accurate too. Then u can affix a degree wheel (somewhere??) to set the timing.

Be sure that on the final turn of the engine it is being turned IN THE DIRECTION OF rotation in order to take up any slack in the components of the engine.

For loosening the gear on the tapered shaft of a chief. The sprocket together with the chain comes off so easily.