Sachs 150cc 2-stroke repair
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datadavid
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It works just great, think i did not dare to torque down the plate retaining the gear positions and kick axle enough first time around. My father, not being really that careful, plus having some 40years experience with these engines corrected my mistake, much to his pleasure..grcamna5 said:
But i think the clutch repair was succesful. Will see how many miles it holds up first..!
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Yay! Gettin cooler here so riding will be slowing down until spring.
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Skin saver turned out great! Get it copper dipped and polish it up!!
datadavid
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From what i heard about plating, copper or nickel - surely i'll need to polish it before plating?
Supposed to be mirror finish even when croming since the plating is so thin..
Copper is a nice idea but the yammy is kinda covered with it, think nickel will look great. Usually it gets copper before the nickel layer.
Supposed to be mirror finish even when croming since the plating is so thin..
Copper is a nice idea but the yammy is kinda covered with it, think nickel will look great. Usually it gets copper before the nickel layer.
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Yep and Yep. A good shop will polish it even if you do.
Neat bike man. And great repair skills. I love the shot of the engine sitting in the front seat of the car with the seatbelt on! Looks like its got some personality haha. I would to find one of these and put my Sachs single rotor rotary engine in it. Would be a fun project
datadavid
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There are tons of old lightweights still about here, getting an old rolling frame w/o engine shouldnt cost much. I just heard about the sachs rotarys a few days ago, never knew that was the engine Norton was experimenting with..JadusMotorcycleParts said:Neat bike man. And great repair skills. I love the shot of the engine sitting in the front seat of the car with the seatbelt on! Looks like its got some personality haha. I would to find one of these and put my Sachs single rotor rotary engine in it. Would be a fun project
There's supposed to be a lot of them in old snowmobiles.
datadavid said:
Yep, its true - they worked pretty awesome in snowmobiles. And there were a lot imported into Australia in the 70s (I think, maybe 80s?) as stationary engines to drive pumps etc. I first heard about them when I saw one in an antique shop in the country side in Victoria. I was immediately intrigued and suspected it was a unique engine. So I bought it! Mine was used by the fire brigade in Perth years and years ago. Unfortunately its pretty hard to get parts for them these days - especially wearing parts like bearings and seals. I'll rebuild it one day and put it in one of these chassis - like you say, it shoudnt be too hard to find one
datadavid
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Yea, i see old lightweights on Blocket all the time, can imagine you can also get rotor seals custom made in sweden, there's so much expertise in our industries.JadusMotorcycleParts said:Yep, its true - they worked pretty awesome in snowmobiles. And there were a lot imported into Australia in the 70s (I think, maybe 80s?) as stationary engines to drive pumps etc. I first heard about them when I saw one in an antique shop in the country side in Victoria. I was immediately intrigued and suspected it was a unique engine. So I bought it! Mine was used by the fire brigade in Perth years and years ago. Unfortunately its pretty hard to get parts for them these days - especially wearing parts like bearings and seals. I'll rebuild it one day and put it in one of these chassis - like you say, it shoudnt be too hard to find one
