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If you're referring to the drum/sprocket, it's already been cleaned, checked lubed and painted. I didn't include it because it's packed away with the rest of the rear brake parts awaiting reassembly. All the parts in the pic still need cleanup and paint. Most will not be included in the stuff that gets sandblasted. I will probably refinish those parts separately.
 
Dropped the head off to be vapor-blasted and picked up the cylinders from the machine shop. 2 coats of heat-cured VHT silver.


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The boring bar took most of the bevel at the cylinder spigots, so it had to be reestablished. I ground, filed and sanded a 1/16" bevel to ease the rings' path.

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I always have my machinist cut the chamfer while he's got the barrels in position just after boring, before the final hone pass.
 
Duplicolor Silver Wheel Coating. It is a bit thicker than regular paint. I tried it out on the sprocket of the SS clone and it seems to hold up well.
 
grandpaul said:
I always have my machinist cut the chamfer while he's got the barrels in position just after boring, before the final hone pass.
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I will definitely incorporate that next time.
 
Thanks Danno. Thanks Grandpaul for the note re chamfering the bores. My cylinders will be going out pretty soon.
 
More views of the chamfers. I was wary of taking off very much since the .060 overbore made the spigots pretty thin in one area (each).

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Had the head vapor blasted since it was so stained and filthy. Had to do a bit of cleanup (esp. valve guides) before it was ready. Guides and rocker bores were lubed with moly assembly lube.


Valves going in. All were lightly lapped to check the seats.

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Then the rockers, The head was heated on my all-purpose heater paint baker and the rocker shafts were frozen overnight for a slip fit.

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Head reassembled and ready to bolt on when the time comes.

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Repolished the alloy bits (exc chaincase cover). Otherr than the Z-plates, everything was pretty gnarly. 150, 400, 800, 1500 grit papers, then polishing compound and finally Mother's Mag and Aluminum Polish for the final finish. Did the timing cover in situ. It and the g/b cover had already been hit once.

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Also cleaned up the passenger peg hardware and painted the plates. Pegs themselves went into the black parts box along with the horn and it's bracket.

A few more sub-assembly projects (carbs, front brake, lube all cables etc.) and soon I'll have nothing to do but start getting the black stuff ready to paint.
 
Nice. I like it when there are no more scruffy/rusty/crusty bits; everything shiny & clean...
 
Cylinder bores looking good, head looking good, polished parts looking good. This rebuild thread is "looking good" Danno! thx for posting
 
grandpaul said:
Nice. I like it when there are no more scruffy/rusty/crusty bits; everything shiny & clean...
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Still have a little nut-and-bolt cleaning to do as well as the nasty oil tank. I might try your Simple Green soak on that.
 
cjandme said:
Cylinder bores looking good, head looking good, polished parts looking good. This rebuild thread is "looking good" Danno! thx for posting
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Thanks, CJ
Only big job left before starting reassembly is paint. It's actually been nice enough weather to do that, but I hadn't planned on doing that until at least April.
 
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