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For those interested in seeing the making of the brake adapter...
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Welp... it's been a while. Finally built the GSXR rotor to CB360 wheel adapter.
Looks like it's going to work out nicely 8)
I think the whole thing weighs less than the original rotor too.
Setting up for the biggest mini lathe project yet (and finally a motorcycle part ;) ).
Turning the 3D printed prototype brake rotor adapter into the real thing.
This handle unscrews when using it, and is a little hard to grip...
So I made this one to replace it:
It has a bushing (which I also made) to let it spin without loosing the screw:
Fits extra nice:
Anyway, makes the lathe nicer to use and gave me some practice creating knurled pieces...
Thanks!
I looked into used lathes but they were either outside of my price range or outside of my size range.... I think this cheap one is a pretty decent foundation as long as your willing to invest a bit more time and money (mostly time) into it once you get it. The motor mount definitely...
Turned some custom mounts for the rear lights
(left is after, right is before)
Wires fit
Light fits
Bolt fits
How it looks in the mount so far (will be welded)
Glamour shot
Interesting, does it matter what grade of isopropyl alcohol you use?
Agreed that the leak down test is supposed to be at TDC but since I scratched the cylinder and it only goes half way up, but is visible at bottom BDC, I wanted to check to see if there was any significant blow-by when it was...
Leak tester came today
Torqued the head down
Checked the left cylinder
Looks good
Right (scratched) cylinder :(
However a lot of air was blasting out of the intake port so I thought maybe I had another bent valve or something
Pulled it all back apart to check the valve
The valve...
Mail time!
Since valves are expensive and I only needed one, I found this head on eBay for $30 with all the valves!
Unfortunately, one exhaust stud was broken off in the hole and the other hole was broken out of the head :(
Also I think these fins got broken in shipping as they weren't...
I'm going to put the head on and then do a leak down test - that will let me check my valves too. If I'm getting reasonable readings at bottom dead center (comparable to the other cylinder) I'll just leave it. Have to wait for the new valve to come in though.
In the mean time I made this...
Yeah, still debating about the color - having media blasted the covers, I'd have a long way to go to polish them... we'll see
The issue was that I had already removed the old ones... they were pretty rough. It's cool though, already took it back apart and got it back together with the new...
PJ thanks so much! Turns out you were right, I pulled the cylinders off to check and ended up putting the markings facing down...
Unfortunately, one of the oil rings got jammed up when I was putting it back together and not only broke the ring, but scratched the cylinder
I honed it as much as...
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