Cranked Off

After all that work to get the crank machined, and dealing with the colossal assholes at Quinlan, it turns out that my crank is bent, and I'll have to purchase a new one.  Hundreds of dollars down the tube, and we're fairly certain that it was dropped (possibly intentionally) by the assholes at the machine shop...but I'm getting ahead of myself.

After a crummy hiatus, I was finally able to rustle up some time to get back over to Mark's shop and dive back into the motor.  It was great to finally feel back on track, and the awesome BSA parts were all spread out to see.

Now, the bad news.  We apparently overlooked the obvious, and decided to put the crank on the lathe, to see if it was true.  It wasn't.  Basically, that means that all the money and irritation I had to deal with, with the old one is gone forever.  I need a new crank.  Bollocks.

Luckily, a crank from an A50 is the same as one from an A65, and they're in abundance, so it looks like it's time to hit eBay and the swap meets.  Mark's making a few calls, and I'm doing my research, so hopefully, we can get this worked out within the month, but don't hold your breath.