1925 JD Cannonball Bike

[Steve Little]

Hi mate. Don't worry about it. You did a marvelous job and I enjoyed you'r creativity.
Think of it this way....look how far in front you are for next year.
Hope the hand heals well.

[gww]

morn n Jerry, hows bout a update? hope you guys are good. Linda n Gary

[Bro74]

If you use the VL mainshaft, what other gears do you have to replace to make it work in a 28 JD transmission?

[MMasa]

You have to use the matching VL main drive gear, the one with the bushing. That's all you need to swap.
Mark Masa

[harleytoprock]

I have bored out the JD main drive gear , pressed in the later bushing and used it with the VL mainshaft. You have to use a carbide for the boring as the metal is way hard. It worked out nice.

[Jerry Wieland]

morn n Jerry, hows bout a update? hope you guys are good. Linda n Gary

Gary In some aspects I took a step backward with the bike this winter. When time was running short last summer I rebuilt a 1932 VL tranny to run in it to save time but this winter I decided to back up a bit and rebuild the correct one-year only tranny for it so I sold the 32 tranny. I also backed up on the engine and am rebuilding the original engine from the chassis. I hope to have it all to go real soon.

On a personal note this has been the longest winter I can remember - for sure from recent times. The drift in front of my garage door is still 2 feet deep and it is starting to snow right now and MN/ST Paul has 8 inches of the stuff and it is coming our way. Everybody has cabin fever real bad. I had been riding a month already by now last year.

I'll post a bunch of pictures when I get the chance.

Jerry

[MMasa]

I agree. If you have a decent lathe or a mill with a boring head, you can convert the 1925-1932? Top gear into the later bushed style. I actually use a ceramic insert instead of carbide. MUCH better on hardened materials.
Mark Masa

I have bored out the JD main drive gear , pressed in the later bushing and used it with the VL mainshaft. You have to use a carbide for the boring as the metal is way hard. It worked out nice.