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Circlip I got at the hardware store was a bit too large, so I'll get the next smaller size.

Drilled the rivets and removed the original VIN plate. Filled the holes with screws, made a blanking plate setup for the steering bearings and ran some pieces of old buffer stud into the threaded holes, so the frame is ready for paint removal.

I think I got the picture problem cured, so I'll go back and post some relevant shots.
 
Timing cover back on, but still no pics. Popped the drive side case off and I'm glad I did. It was apparently leaking and there was some munge in the bottom to clean up. Made it easier to renew the main seal in any case. I sealed the case with blue Hylomar.
 
Gearbox mostly stripped and cleaned. Will be making a peg spanner for the clutch throwout lockring as well as a rocker spindle extractor. The piston pin puller I made worked great.

Next week I get a different phone line and I should be able to post pics again. I took Les's advice and loaded the Photobucket app, but so far have not been successful using it. The Photobusket website is a royal pain in any case.
 
Danno said:
Next week I get a different phone line and I should be able to post pics again. I took Les's advice and loaded the Photobucket app, but so far have not been successful using it. The Photobucket website is a royal pain in any case.
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Crank studs & nuts, along with several different thickness spacers and several lengths of appropriate sized sections of tube/pipe (rocker shaft must fit inside), works okay. A bit of a fiddle to draw out partially, swap spacers and continue, etc. But, virtually free.
 
grandpaul said:
Danno said:
Next week I get a different phone line and I should be able to post pics again. I took Les's advice and loaded the Photobucket app, but so far have not been successful using it. The Photobucket website is a royal pain in any case.
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Crank studs & nuts, along with several different thickness spacers and several lengths of appropriate sized sections of tube/pipe (rocker shaft must fit inside), works okay. A bit of a fiddle to draw out partially, swap spacers and continue, etc. But, virtually free.
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Both extractors I made have bodies that were formerly long-reach cookie-cutter toolkit plug wrenches. Both are long enough to make the required pulls in one flop. I knew if I held on to that junk long enough, I'd find a use. :D
 
Danno said:
Both extractors I made have bodies that were formerly long-reach cookie-cutter toolkit plug wrenches. Both are long enough to make the required pulls in one flop.
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I suppose I should buy a length of very hard alloy steel bar and turn one down myself.

Maybe I can simply weld 2 studs together neatly, then turn the existing thread down all the way on one of them. I wonder what the odds are that the thread cut from one end will magically align with the other end's threads?
 
Slim to none. I'm using a fine-threaded bolt cutoff and a chunk of coarse thread allthread rod. The fine thread is enough to screw into the roacker shaft and the length of the allthread is long enough to pull the spindle.
 
Back in business with pic-posting from a new phone line.

Gearbox stripped and cleaned. Got the last 3 parts today, so the bearings are in the freezer and the shell is on the heater.



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Gearbox back together except for the outer cover. One of the upper studs came out with the nut and refused to thread back in, so a replacement w/nut is in order. Also discovered it came without a clutch pushrod. :(

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Unless you have a late style shifter roller, you'll have to pull the inner cover to insert it in the quadrant...
 
Thanks for noticing. Have one of those infernal Mk iii balls in the SS clone. Left it there when I converted the trans back to rhs. Makes for a pita when fitting the outer cover. I'll stick with the barrel roller.
 
OK, back together with the doo-dad in place in the quadrant and then inner cover on. Awaiting the replacement stud and nut and then the outer can go on and I can do a final shift test.

The barrels and pistons are at the machine shop. Started pulling the rocker spindles and gear. I'll get the valves and springs out tomorrow after I do a leak test with the chambers filled with fuel.
 
Dismantled the cylinder head yesterday evening. All valves are snug in the guides an all the valve seats are ok, but this intake valve has some pits I don't think grinding will cure.

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Must have been laying in the floodwater that filled the chambers.


This photo was taken with my phone camera and one of those cheap clip-on lenses. A set of three ( wide angle, fisheye and closeup) runs about $15.
 
No way that will clean up, even with machine grinding. The lip margin will is already gone in that one spot (and probably more).
 
grandpaul said:
No way that will clean up, even with machine grinding. The lip margin will is already gone in that one spot (and probably more).
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That's what I figured. New valve on order. The pic shows the dmamge much clearer than you can see with a naked eye.
 
Danno said:
The pic shows the dmamge much clearer than you can see with a naked eye.
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Yep, I have a "MagLite" app on my iphone that produces macro shots like that.
 
Got all the silver parts painted and packed away, waiting their turn to make motorcycle.



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Got the nut and stud from Old Britts, so now the gearbox is back together and boxed up for later. Gears were like new. A bit of rust on the mainshaft splines which I cleaned up before reassembly. All new seals and gaskets and new bearings on the drive side.


Just want to include this about Old Britts: I ordered a bunch of stuff I needed all at once, but there have been some small discoveries (like the gearbox stud with the nut frozen to it) that have necessitated making some piddly orders, too. Fred and Ella have been excellent in their service and prices. When I got the package with the stud, nut and a gasket i ordered for the other bike, I discovered they sent 5 short studs and 7 nuts in packages, each for the price of a single item. So if anyone here needs these parts, let me know and I'll be happy to pass along the ones I didn't use.
 
Fred & Ella are fine folks, he's also selling off all his old stuff.

They, like some of us, are getting older and working toward retirement; I think Fred is done messing with his bikes these days. They've even shortened their work week, and I don't blame them. They live in/near paradise up there, so they're taking more time to enjoy it.
 
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