Potbellied Yeti
Crumpets
Yet again it was an amazing evening this evening. Just warm enough to break a sweat but not hot enough to swim in it. Got some more done on the bike in general this evening. Removed the valves which proved trickier than I had in mind. The friend whom I borrowed the valve spring compressor for works on cars, I was hoping for something that reached around the head and clamped on the face of the valve....this was not that kind, oh well he tried. Anywho I did get them off with a 5/8 socket and a quick rap from my nylon hammer (the only soft hammer I own, which is used for gun building.) The number 3 and 4 valves proved to be the worst with 3 being the better of the two. Number 4 had a massive step in the guide and was very hard to remove.
After the head was tore down completely minus the guides and the 4 studs that hold the cam tower in place I did hone out one cylinder. I cleaned up about 90% of the surface with there still being a ring at the top and a smaller ring at the bottom with some non cleanup in between the two. Tomorrow or the next day I will bring it in to work and measure it with a bore gauge and find out if I'll have to bore over or not. I really would hate to hone these things out to the very top of tolerance but with all the money into parts I'm going to need already if I do have to go over it could push the build back a little while pending funds.
Next up were the front forks. They were nicer than expected, surface rust of course but I don't think it's beyond repair! Someday I'll get around to polishing them up along with the lowers as well. i will replace with progressive springs and rebuild both the front and rear stock suspension. After messing around with the forks for quite some time I decided it was time to remove the triple tree. Proved quite easy actually, and I'm glad I did those bearings needed a replacing bad. Nothing major but they weren't pretty that's for sure. We also removed the rear swing arm this evening as well. I stepped back and seen it, a bare frame, I got excited for a moment, then I remembered just how much work was left. Taking it apart was the easy part, and cheap too!
Well there you have it, another stinking novel, pictures to follow. Ya'll have a g'night.
After the head was tore down completely minus the guides and the 4 studs that hold the cam tower in place I did hone out one cylinder. I cleaned up about 90% of the surface with there still being a ring at the top and a smaller ring at the bottom with some non cleanup in between the two. Tomorrow or the next day I will bring it in to work and measure it with a bore gauge and find out if I'll have to bore over or not. I really would hate to hone these things out to the very top of tolerance but with all the money into parts I'm going to need already if I do have to go over it could push the build back a little while pending funds.
Next up were the front forks. They were nicer than expected, surface rust of course but I don't think it's beyond repair! Someday I'll get around to polishing them up along with the lowers as well. i will replace with progressive springs and rebuild both the front and rear stock suspension. After messing around with the forks for quite some time I decided it was time to remove the triple tree. Proved quite easy actually, and I'm glad I did those bearings needed a replacing bad. Nothing major but they weren't pretty that's for sure. We also removed the rear swing arm this evening as well. I stepped back and seen it, a bare frame, I got excited for a moment, then I remembered just how much work was left. Taking it apart was the easy part, and cheap too!
Well there you have it, another stinking novel, pictures to follow. Ya'll have a g'night.
