Finney138 wrote on 01/17/14 at 05:51:38:


I wouldn't be surprised.

Back in Gulf War 2, a platoon of USMC found a "looks like a Hummer, let's blow it up!" and blew up a Lamborghini Cheetah for the bang of it.

One of 300 ever built.





http://www.carscoops.com/2007/10/war-crimes-soldiers-destroy-rare.html

http://jalopnik.com/245336/blowing-up-udays-rambo-lambo

And the world should hand their safety over to these guys ? No thanks...

Yes, I plead guilty of barking up somebodyelse's tree.

I must admit I felt kinda egged into it...  

axa wrote on 12/28/13 at 04:20:18:


I got an 02 and ive cut my frame,tacked up the hardtail(straight as humanly possible)and theres no way the sprockets can align without hitting the axle plate.Im  hoping you might have some ideas cause i just chopped a perfectly good $2400 bike in half and now im not going to be riding this coming season,and im about to break somethig!

the front sprocketwould have to go towards the right side of the motor and the rear sprocket is touching the left side axleplate.theres just no more room to play with.this is the first time ive done a frame but im pretty sure its straight.im wondering if theres been a slight change with the more recent year models.i know most people are doing this with older/cheaper savages what year is yours,and have you got the motor and wheel in yet

sorry i actually meant the frame.ill try to take some pics tomorrow and send'em to you.i think i got a tail that was off a little.first thing i notice when i looked at it was that where frame was notched to weld to the backbone was too small.i forced it through and it caused it to tweek and the distance between the axleplates was 9" instead of the 9 1/4 it should be.i figure wasnt cut far enough,screw it ill just take a little off.then i try to  put the hard tail on and the bottom rails dont line up i was an ass and thought that the frame just sprung open a bit(about 1/4 to wide) and id just bring them in a little.did that,tack everything up,go to put the motor in and the bottomrear motor mount holes for the through bolt are too close from me bringin the rails closer together to match the hardtail.now whatever i might have done wrong w/backbone and alignment theres just no way i caused any movement in those bottom rails past the crossbrace.sorry man,one hell of a long rant

Even when converting a swingarm Harley to a rigid... you do all the initial fit up, and often the outside final welding, with the engine/trans  installed... Keeps the frame rails aligned properly.

Cut your tack welds (please tell me it is not already final welded), install the powerplant in the engine cradle, adjust the conversion section to fit your specific chassis. There is no such thing as a matched pair of Savage/S40 frames, each one is slightly different. Even jig built, there are differences in production tolerances.

Front ends are the same way. When I did my drum front wheel conversion I ended up using 5/8" i.d. fender washers to make wheel spacers. And there is a different amount on each side to center the rim and draw the fork legs in tight.

It is all trial and error, but pulling the engine as opposed to draping it in place with a welding blanket, was a mistake. It's just steel, you can fix it. Deep breathe, step back and have a nice cold beer, reset everything, and you'll nail it the next time.

did you get the builders kit or a 2 pieces built?

i got the 2 piece, and when i got my frame i could swear it was made wrong, and was ready to chop the down tube.
but then then got word that it was likely mushed during shipping and just needed to wedge a block 9 1/4" in between the axle plates which strangely lowered the back bone angle and lined everything up...

that said i stopped working on mine as my car fell apart and needed attention, so i cant give better advice than that, but i for one expect to need to fab spacers for chain alignment.

more than that ill be a bit disappointed