Re: Norton 750
Nice weekend in the garage, but I will start by saying that I HATE Norton Isolastics.
All started with the front mount. Came out easy and I thought that I was off to a nice start.
Laid out the parts for a nice picture to show the internets that work was being done.
Then I saw that the new rubber bushings had a larger OD then the ID of the housing. This was not a huge surprise because the paperwork I got with the kit said this would happen. It said that I should bevel the edge a bit and use some grease to slide it in. What it didn’t say was that you also needed to curse and swear for two hours at it!
All was good though, some creative uses of hose clamps saved the day and the front isolastic was ready to reinstall.
Took some wiggling to get back on the motor, but it is now installed. Probably could use an in person lesson for how to adjust these properly because I don’t fully understand the system yet.
Really should clean that motor a bit better.
The real issue came with the rare isolastic. It is extra silly stupid frozen. First issue was that the “spacer” was stuck on the shaft. No amount of beating would let it budge.
I cut some of the spacer to free it up. Both sides needed this. No pictures because the frustration level was mounting. After I got the spacers freed up I found that the metal part of the rubber bushing was frozen to the shaft! Next move it to just cut the shaft so that I can tip the motor forward and slide everything out of the freaking mount.
Spent two days in the garage beating and generally pissed.
I think Geeto got at least one “come here and take this pile of junk” text.
The real straw was when I decided to just remove the whole power unit. I figured this would give me better access, this was also when I learned that the primary cover has all of the oil behind it……
I just started drinking at that point.
Have already found a new replacement shaft and will be ordering it this morning, so all is good now.
Did actually get a lot of small things done on the bike and overall had a good weekend wrenching.
More on the positive stuff latter.