I had a factory made Monark motor bike when I was a kid, jackknifed in soft sand. My dad took it to a body shop and had it put in a press, and press it straight, road fine after, being about 16 I road the snot out f it..........Curt
That is bad stuff, I had a new 86 F150 and after a few years it started rusting under the coating and it held moisture for more rust, saved the motor and trans. the rest is in rust bucket heaven...........Curt
LOL, I use this method to straighten out a tree. I built a covered bridge across a creek at my lake place, and it was to close to the roof, tied the rope to the base of one tree and up high to the tree I wanted to move. Got it bow string taught and tied it off from turning, and let it set, every...
I had a factory made Monark motor bike back in the 50's, the motor mount was clamped on the frame and had rubber in-between. It had a drive pulley like a Whizzer with no changes to the frame. I blew the motor in it and put it back to a normal bike after that, not sure what Whizzer had for...
I had a tall bike when I was a kid, LOL news paper add. They are so much easier balancing, this picture was take with a flat tire and just barley moving...........Curt
Take the set screws out, if it is a roll pin get the proper size punch to get them out. Then get some ribbon emery cloth, or rip some emery cloth to narrow width, clean end of axle to bare metal. DO NOT BEAT THE END, if it had been beat or mushroomed file it down. Then start soaking it with...
I can remember back in the 50's they use to call the chain Power or speed chain, that would be the skip tooth or regular, don't remember witch, but now reading this, skip tooth would be faster?? LOL lot of years ago........Curt