Hmmm, I didn't remember that little tidbit, so I pulled Guzziology out and read it. Dave says he doesn't really know why that over filling the tank causes problems, just don't do it. My theory is that you must leave sufficient space for the oil to return to and for air in the tank. If you overfill it, the pressure on the return side could become elevated and blow seals. So I would say that the problem probably isn't so much the oil capacity of the tank, but how much volume is available for expansion.
DD
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:24:13 -0600 EldoMike <eldo-@netzero.net> writes:
Thanks for the input Darrell....my concern about the tranny tank comes from Dave in Guzzilogy talking about not putting to much fld in the tank....seems to me that a tank with more fld capacity would be good...yeah, a custom oil tank is what I was thinking also...
EldoMike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrell Dick" <ddic-@juno.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:14 PM Subject: Re: Convert Questions
Hi Mike,
Well, I certainly don't consider myself an expert on the subject,
but I
have worked on a couple of 'Verts. Hopefully, I'll be putting some
miles
on mine when the weather turns. I fixed one that had a broken
flywheel a
couple of years back. I believe that bike had about 40,000 miles
on it,
and it had a sidecar attached. My current bike has 26,000 miles on
it and
it still has the original sheetmetal flywheel. The point I'm
trying to
make is, I think they can last a long time. I know Dave R. in
Guzziology
says he thinks it may have something to do with engine/tranny
alignment.
I have never ridden one with heavier wheel, so I can't comment on
how it
affects the performance. I'd say your choices are:
1. Go with the sheetmetal flywheel and know that you have the
best
performing set-up, but you may have to get in there again if you
put a
lot of miles on (and you might get stranded somewhere. I wouldn't
want to
have to change a flywheel along side the road).
2. Put the machined flywheel on and never have to worry about it breaking, but you'll always wonder how much quicker it would be
with the
lighter one.
It really depends how much it would bother you to change it if it
did
break. I'm not changing mine until it breaks.
I don't see why you couldn't build your own ATF reservoir. I don't
know
if there are baffles in there or not. I'd saay you could probably
modify
a chopper oil tank.
Good Luck!
Darrell Dick Imlay City, MI
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 07:00:22 -0600 EldoMike
<eldo-@netzero.net>
writes:
I asked these questions on the Convert Yahoo List but thought
I'd ask
here also since that group is still kinda small...good group though,
Anyway, here are my questions.... 1. I have a perfect earlier/light flywheel that I'm thinking of using on my Convert Custom...Guzzilogy says that the bikes are quicker
with
the light wheel...also more fragile...anybody else have
experience
with both the heavy(which I also have)and the light flywheels?
My
project will probably weigh a couple hundred lbs less than a
stock
Convert... 2. Any reason I can't build a custom tranny fluid tank for my Custom...would the quantity that it holds have to