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Post by buster on Jan 19, 2020 19:04:56 GMT
good to know, cheers pete. theres going to be one highly upset german seller if he reads this , its just not in their nature to make mistakes, but I dont mind I gave £57 for it, the silvers square ones are £42 plus postage I love The German used spares so much better than UK ones. Trying to find a good set of German handle bars for SME as I like the additional height but not found a set yet. I'm sure you'll find a pair and I totally agree the german stuff takes a bit of beating
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Post by bodie on Jan 19, 2020 19:07:33 GMT
I got a new old stock throttle cable for my cx from germany and a second hand one I could not tell the difference when I put them on the bike
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Post by BritPete on Jan 19, 2020 19:21:24 GMT
I have one advantage
I usually save on the postage and have them delivered to our German Office and then bring them back in my Luggage
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Post by buster on Feb 2, 2020 14:12:25 GMT
finally got a (short) dry spell, so got on with the front wheel. 320 wet and dry on the rim then scotchbrite and finally steel wool and solvol, about as far as I'm going to go. I was going to do the rear as well but it started raining
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Post by buster on Mar 1, 2020 11:40:34 GMT
time to bite the bullet and see what horrors lie within note to self, drain the oil before removing the engine and fairly predictably one of the centre cylinder studs is seized in place, so applied blow torch (still hasnt shifted) and now plus gas and wait...
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Post by buster on Mar 1, 2020 14:54:20 GMT
success! patience really does work, I managed to get the last of the cylinder studs out in one piece and nothing stripped. so cylinder head off, then barrels and I discovered why it was running so hot on the clutch side cylinder, the barrel is pitted to buggery, beyond reboring in my opinion but at least it explains the smoke and heat. got a little bit further with the strip down mag wheel off and started on the clutch only to find 'man with big bar' has been there before me (I seem to have bought a few bikes off that bugger over the years) the nuts in pretty poor shape so I'm going to order a 'proper' tool for it (and a new nut) and hope that gives me the best chance of getting it off, rather than making one.
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Post by buster on Mar 4, 2020 20:45:11 GMT
these arrived today I have to say the fit of the tool is superb, should be though at £19 (how much!) and the nut and washer are like NOS, from jap retro ltd if anyone is interested
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Post by ian on Mar 5, 2020 21:48:03 GMT
Certainly looks 19 quids worth compared to my home made job
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Post by bodie on Mar 5, 2020 22:51:08 GMT
The beauty of making it yourself Ian is you can make it metric or whitworth
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Post by buster on Mar 7, 2020 16:52:18 GMT
even with the right tool this was still a right b*st*rd to get off, knackered the clutch springs in the process (hammer and punch was the only way I could shift it) and when I got it off guess which way round the washer was? you would think the word 'outside' would be fairly clear would'nt you?
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Post by buster on Mar 7, 2020 16:56:11 GMT
so oil pump off and casings split and other than a bit of debris on the strainer its not looking bad at this point for a 40 year old engine (I confess I chewed two of the screw heads on the oil pump, so they are on the shopping list too)
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Post by buster on Mar 7, 2020 17:04:34 GMT
now for the bad bit. gave the crankshaft a brief clean down with petrol and had a bit of a feel at the big ends, one felt fine no play that I could feel and nice fluid movement. the other felt a bit stiff and I could feel the play in it, bugger! anyway I undid it and the crankpin has no marking that I can feel or see and the same goes for the inside of the rod (at this point I'm so glad I stopped the engine quickly when I first fired it up) the damage appears to be on the shells alone, but only a micrometer will tell for sure, fingers crossed time.
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Post by alfie on Mar 8, 2020 13:09:27 GMT
a classic case of non-existant oil changes, flush all oilways
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Post by buster on Mar 8, 2020 19:31:00 GMT
a classic case of non-existant oil changes, flush all oilways I wouldnt say so, most of the engine actually looks as if its been reasonably maintained (apart from man with big bar) I'd guess that its problems come from standing for maybe 20 years on the side stand and the right hand side of the engine drying out, also probably condensation in the cylinder
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Post by alfie on Mar 8, 2020 21:10:31 GMT
a classic case of non-existant oil changes, flush all oilways I wouldnt say so, most of the engine actually looks as if its been reasonably maintained (apart from man with big bar) I'd guess that its problems come from standing for maybe 20 years on the side stand and the right hand side of the engine drying out, also probably condensation in the cylinder Nope, old and dirty oil, the crankcases and shells are stained with the stuff, lubrication quality has broken down and the shells have picked up under load and come off the backing.
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