After: Tank Mount Bolt and Nut

[schimmelaw]

No photos of the original hardware b/c I tossed eveything, except the rubber. Original tank mounting hardware was the wrong size (American thread), rusted, bent and wallowed out. It all went in the trash - ahh - recycle bin.
1st photo: Cleaned stock rubber grommets, modified ssteel washers, drilled wingnut and 100mm ssteel allen bored for aluminum concho.
2nd photo: Assembled parts as above. Wingnut - a spare Husky rear brake-rod wingnut ground flat, drilled and blasted. Ready for black powder.
3rd photo: Back side of ssteel allen head bored out with concho pressed in w/ gorilla snot as a locking adhesive. Suprisingly strong. No worries regarding reliabilty/functon.
4th and 5th photos: Mounted up. Hey, why not?

 

[Picklito]

I REALLY like the idea of a wing nut on the tank bolt, especially one with a nylock insert. The holes drilled through the wings makes it look like a factory race part! Another option for the other side would be a knurled knob. Nice job.

 

[schimmelaw]

Picklito,
Thanks man. Nylock wingnut would be the way to go. My nut/bolt guy said "... no way..." "... N/A..." so I was religated to using the modified stocker.

I had a couple of the conchos sitting on the tool box for awhile now. Leftovers from a previous project. Decided to use them for something, hence.

 

[HuskyT]

Schimme.... what is the length and size of the allenhead that you used

M6?8? x XXX mm ?

Concho does have a certain Flair to it.... I like the individuality!

I was starting to think of a set of "CapGuns" and crisscross holsters that I had when I was about 4 year old.... they were kinda "badass" as I remember!

What are they normally used for? Saddle/Horse tack?

T

 

[HuskyT]

Wingnut - a spare Husky rear brake-rod wingnut ground flat, drilled and blasted.

That brake rod and wingnut of mine that didn't sell on ebay is now being recycled..

Great idea

T

 

[Picklito]

doh! I thought the stocker 'was' a nylock wing nut! But I see it's a regular. Didn't mean to imply anything negative about yours.

Ya, crossed pistols would be a good one!

 

[schimmelaw]

HuskyT,
Thanks. The allen is stainless 6mm X 100mm. I think the stocker is 6mm X 90mm. The extra 10mm is needed for the longer wingnut and three or four threads will still show.

The concho came from a set of saddlebags I had. I think that kind of stuff can be found at a leather craft store.

It is this kind of details that I find most enjoyable about bike rebuild/resto. To take the 28 year old neglected/broke/bent/wore out/filthy/junk stock components and turn them into something that functions better, is more reliable and looks cooler is what I find most rewarding. Plus, anything I might do to this bike will be an improvement over it's current condition. I know the Husky purists will scoff at anything other than a "showroom stock" rebuild, but that just isn't appealing to me for this bike. I, like most bike riders, can't leave stock alone.

I meant to tell you the misc. parts you had nickle plated has inspired me. Very very clean. I'm doing the same thing.

Rick

 

[schimmelaw]

Update
Drilled out the repaired tank mount hole to snuggly fit some Pro Motion gas line through - I now have a rubber mounted tank with no forward/backward or up/down movement. That hose is the ST!!! Thick, soft and pliable. 6mm attachment bolt fits right in. Cheap fix.

Gorilla snot not the best adhesive - concho and allen came apart while mocking up rubber mount. JBWeld made its appearance overnight. No problems now. Should have used it to begain w/.

Wingnut powdered. Tank mounting components complete.

 

[Leftcoast leftkicker]

i drilled mine out to accept 8mm bolts & welded nut on inside of each so now it take (2) short 8mm bolts and doesn't move f/r. the other tip is use heavy-duty tie wrap w/"D" rings for the rear mounting- nice and tite!

 

[schimmelaw]

Leftcoast,
Both great ideas - and - a much better improvement over stock I might add.
Rick