Salvaging flywheels

[62trvler]

Had my 62 motor redone and the builder took out the dual point flywheels as the rods had been shaved and installed a single point system. I wanted to keep it original but too late now. My question is can the old flywheels be redone and saved to go back in later on? If so who would be able to do something like this?

[Cotten]

Rods shaved?

At any rate, just put a degree wheel on the sprocket shaft, and use an engraver through the timing hole to mark a rear-cylinder timing mark. Then you can drop in the dual point breaker.

...Cotten

[62trvler]

Apparently the flywheels were pulled together and the rods either worn or ground for clearance (as you can tell I am a master builder) Just thought if i could reuse them it would be back to original. I'll have to pick up a wheel and give it a go.

Thanks Cotten for the info. What is a good source for a degree wheel?

[Cotten]

Most commercial degree wheels are so big they won't fit in the primary.
Just zerox a common protractor, then zerox it layed upon the first copy so it makes a perfect full circle. (Or we could post a printable .jpeg to the gallery..)
Paste it to cardboard and cut the circle out. Then poke a hole through the center for your sprocketshaft threads, or what the hell, you could even double-stick tape it onto a compensator.
And rig up anything solid for a pointer, like a wire and a clothespin.
Just set it to zero at TDC, and then turn it through to your timing spec BTDC on the compression stroke.
Use an engraver or paint to mark the wheels, not a punch!

....Cotten

(PS: Your 'spare' wheels are probably fine.)

[panhead]

[62trvler]

Thanks again for the great info. I'll give it a try and see how I do.