As the dampers where a bit annoying (two of them now had stuck caps, and one with broken internals), i parked work on them for now.
It was time to look at the other seat..
 |
| Old One |
 |
| New Bits |
 |
| Frame Assembled |
|
 |
| Finished Base With AirHoles |
 |
| Old Springs |
 |
| Cleaned / Painted Springs |
 |
| Assembled |
 |
| Pinned In Place |
 |
| Spring Cover On |
 |
| Cover Measured |
 |
| Cover Cut and Pinned prepped for sewing |
Ordered some more cushion filling, so once the cover is sewn, and the filling arrives, assembly can be completed..
Now that is mostly out of the way, its time to get on with some more dismantling...
 |
| Suppose the headstock can come off.. (id already taken it of then remember i didn't take any pics...) |
 |
| And the tops of the front forks |
 |
| could be worse, could be better. No biggie though, Bit o' surface rust |
 |
| Pulling forks out |
 |
Had to use a brick to stop the front wheel turning..
(Who needs fancy stands when you have a bunch of wood and some bricks laying around...) |
 |
| Finally out.. |
 |
| Hub, loose |
 |
| Hub removed |
 |
| Hub Internals - Not too bad. The hub looks in good condition. The pads and springs will be replaced. |
 |
| Whats Left.... (i then took the front fender off too but forgot to take a pic..) |
Now some bits were off i had some more things to do..
 |
| Top Yoke |
 |
| Top Yoke Cleaned |
 |
| Bottom of Top Yoke |
 |
| Cover of Front Forks Cleaned |
I also removed the air filter from the top of the engine also..
 |
| Air Filter Body |
 |
| Cleaned Air Filter Body |
 |
| Air Filter Lid |
 |
| Cleaned Air Filter Lid |
 |
| Cleaned Air Filter |
 |
| Parts in the painting booth |
 |
| First Layer of Primer |
 |
| Front Cover in the Painting Booth |
 |
| Fork Cover Primed |
now that's all sorted, suppose i should look at the front forks..
 |
| Full fork |
 |
| Top Removed |
 |
| Spring Out |
 |
| Piston Internals |
 |
| Drain Piston |
 |
| I think the previous owner used engine oil. i think that all going to come out and be replaced with proper fork oil. |
 |
| Piston End - Fairly Clean |
 |
| Piston End Removed |
 |
| Cleaned Piston End |
 |
| All Seals etc to be replaced,1 x Felt, 2 x Rubber seals, 1 x Spring Seal. |
Great - Pretty much the same deal for the other fork. A bunch of replacement seals have now been ordered.
On to the wheel...
 |
| Time for another work out.. |
 |
| The first milestone.. |
 |
| Perhaps 30 mins later... |
 |
| then another 30 mins later my arms fell off and this happened.. |
 |
| Cut Off Spokes. |
 |
| Internals Of The Brake Drum |
 |
| Polished Brake Hub. |
And finally, the bearings were put in the other cleaned wheels.
 |
| All the bits and pieces, Hub, Bearings, Bearings Race, spacers, and the Front axle to insert the bearings |
 |
| Bearing Packed With Fresh Grease |
 |
| Bearing Race Fitted |
 |
| Spare Grease Added to Assembly on Axle |
 |
| Bearings In - Final Race, on top. |
 |
| Pre-loading The Bearings |
 |
| Adding In Bearings To The Finished Spare Wheel |
 |
| Packed / Greased Bearing Assembly |
 |
| All Inserted - Top Race To Be Pressed In.. |
 |
| Preloaded Bearings and Lock Nut Added |
 |
| Finished. |
as they say in looney toons,
That's all folks.
