my new used V&H bilet Basket and kit. Clutch wont disengage

[blowerbike]

a cast basket can explode.
a billet basket will not explode.

 

[chuck hahn]

ANYTHING.... WILL explode given the right set of circumstances!!!! Like i said, BILLET simply means ONE PIECE or a BLOCK of whatever material. It nothing sopecial as far as the metals make up or properties goes. Just a fancy "trick" word really.

 

[blowerbike]

cut a stock basket in half...you will see air pockets.
cut a billet basket in half and you will see solid material.
yes the name "billet" gets thrown around but in certain area's a better material is needed.
a person should never run a "cast" rear wheel hub on their drag bike if it makes any serious horsepower is an example.
same goes for the internal drive parts.

 

[chuck hahn]

Billet

Steel billets


For the colloquial use of the term, see Bar stock.
A billet is a length of metal that has a round or square cross-section, with an area less than 36 sq in (230 cm2). Billets are created directly via continuous casting or extrusion or indirectly via rolling an ingot.[1][2][3] Billets are further processed via profile rolling and drawing. Final products include bar stock and wire.[4]


Any more questions or debates??? Just how do you think an INGOT or BILLET is made..IT IS MOLTEN METAL THAT HAS BEEN WHAT????? CASTED AT THE FOUNDRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So tell me just how a casted part and a part machined from a BILLET is any different...simply put, they are the same damned thing!!!!! The casting takes way less time than running parts on a CNC machine.

 

[blowerbike]

ok your right.
i'll make a post on the top fuel bike site for everyone to start using cast parts and save the cost over the 6061 billet stuff.
thanks!

 

[Guest]

Dang and it not even Friday yet.

 

[chuck hahn]

Spend your money anyway you want to.. Theres just too much "word play" out there is all my point is Blower. Metal all has to be smelted and blended at the foundry and cast. You cant go out and dig up or mine for "BILLETS" . Now the "SPECIFIC BLENDINGS" in different grades of metals is another story. This will of course effect the strength of metals. But the actual meaning of the word BILLET is of no consequence at all..it just means one piece of a block of material.

 

[blowerbike]

chuck i gave you the benefit of the doubt on the word "billet" getting slung around mostly just to sell parts but.... there is a need at time's for a better quality of material.
the end..............

 

[chuck hahn]

Yes I agree..in such applications as you guys that are drag racing and what not..yes you need a material BLENDED to be of a better strength and durability. But as far as the general guy thats just riding a street bike, they think "WOW!!! Thats a Billet part!! It MUST be better than then stock stuff!" Well, thats just pure grain fed horsechit.

 

[Guest]

Plus it's for an 1150

I was aware of that chef. I was referring to the "super hub" comment.

 

[gearhead13]

Billet is far superior to cast parts and more expensive because of machining time and the waste alu left over:
Billets are pure alloys specially treated:
http://www.alcoa.com/primary_na/en/product.asp?cat_id=953&prod_id=1597

 

[Guest]

i was aware of that chef. i was referring to the "super hub" comment.

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[JEEPRUSTY]

Hmm a cast spar or billet. I go for billet every time I buy a spar.
EVERYTIME!

 

[Nessism]

Like i said, BILLET simply means ONE PIECE or a BLOCK of whatever material. It nothing sopecial as far as the metals make up or properties goes. Just a fancy "trick" word really.

Yea but that BLOCK of BILLET is formed by some sort of rolling operation and the metals grain structure is oriented in a stronger and more ductile arrangement than that of cast metal.

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