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so "what have you been doing today?" i hear you ask well
i took off all the stuff from the frame i wont be using,
still undecided on the tank but will see how it goes.
found this nice fibreglass front mudguard in my pile of bits, needs a rub down but its in nice nick.
changed the plated bolts in the fork clamp for stainless, and did a trial fit
took the cam cover off the engine to have a quick look see and its all good in there as far as a quick glance can tell, cams look good , no score marks .
underside of cam cover is clean which is nice.
rear sets came with the project matey so i was a bit lucky there, looks like the chap who started it ran out of cash.
didnt realise the tank was rare , doesnt make me like it any more though lol. :-[
its just so BIG .
any info you can chuck my way will be a big help, one thing i am looking for is a wiring diagram, i have a very good loom , but i really dont want to butcher it , would rather make my own and get rid of all the stuff i dont need.
those calipers are gonna look good, I just got done rebuilding my whole brake system on my xs 11. Both of my master cylinder were clogged up with some nasty junk my calipers weren't to bad but I put them in the blasting cabinet anyways.
The calipers are a pain in the butt. I had to get 2 new pistons, all new bleeders and rebuild kits. I almost should have gotten NOS calipers...but where is the fun in that? Looks good.
small update,
dismantled , de-greased and blasted all the calipers,
came up better than expected tbh.
sprayed them up with metalic enamel paint my mate had left over .
they are now ready for rebuilding.
bit of a bonus, one piston wasnt knackered so only have to replace 2, think ill put the stainless one's up front and have the original steel one in the back brake.
sorry to drone on lol.
well new kickstart rubber turned up so put that on.
took the swingarm out
and the centre stand off.
bloke i bought it from said he put new swingarm bearings in, we will see as he deffo hasnt put new seals in, if your gonna do a job right.... blar blar blar
Good luck with the swing arm bearings. They are a pain in the ass for sure.
I built a puller for the the side you have pictured. Essentially I made a slide hammer.
For the other side I put a small bolt into each hole put a pipe over the bolt and pounded the pipe with a hammer working each side until it was free. If your holes are threaded you may just be able to pop it out without the hammering.
jugg can you elaborate on your process as i think im gonna struggle getting on these swingarm cups
so new piston and seal kit came today, rebuilt 1 caliper but wanted to crack on with the swing arm so will do the others later on.
new spark plugs came, (yes i know im sad taking a photo of them lol)
took the rear wheel out the swingarm and started taking the bearings out (they deffo havent been replaced as you can see the wear on the cup)
new kit is only £20 so not the end of the world.
think i can get on one cup to get it out but the other is in a blind hole
took the top race out of the frame, bottom one is a little more tricky.
worried that when i send the swingarm for powder the bearing holes will fill up with the stuff as i cant block them off like i normally do (threaded rod and large washers)
so after 4 hours of cutting, grinding and filing, have removed all the tabs from the frame i dont need.
still need to shorten the rear frame loop as its far too long and sort out seat and battery tray mounts.
and weld in some frame bracing in the corners
but its getting there.
took the lower head race out of the frame, had to weld a bolt across it so i had something to hit against, worked though....
does anyone know what this tab is for? , thought it was ground mount so left it be until i work out what its for.
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