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Small end of the taper toward the gear. Big end toward the timing cover. In other words, conCAVE toward the front of the engine.

Loud! :D

OK. Sleeve is off! Heat gun wouldn't do it. Had to resort to the torch. Reading the package for the bearing retainer afterwards it said, "Heat parts to 500*F, then use pullers or presses to remove the piece." This is some serious stuff! When my sleeve reached critical temperature the thin...

Not in this case. The bearing retainer stuff is way under the sleeve and the fit on the crank is close. I can't imagine enough would seep into that crack before hardening itself, making it worse. I'm going to try the heat method today. I don't have oven mitts in the shop, but I have welding...

I dunno. How do you know this???? :D:D:D

Thanks guys. Looks like I'll be breaking out the smokewrench!

Hi, Folks; Building my first Flathead, a '51 8BA. I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I tried searching the forum and got nowhere. I admit it, I screwed up. Crank is installed, timing gear installed, I'm running the one-piece "modern" front seal as opposed to the rope. I got the...

George: What are those brakes on your bug? They are HUGE! (I have a '53 Ford Jubilee, JD "M" (restored), and a modern JD 4310) -Dave P.

Hi, Folks; First post on this forum, and it has to be a question. Building a speedster out of a '30 frame and '28 cowl. The front axle from the donor chassis was pretty bent, as was the steering rods, so it had a "history". :eek: Rather than mess with it, I picked up a swap meet bare axle...