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Yes on race sticking up a little. Uh oh, another Cal demerit, forgot to tell you! Haha. Lol, you guys are doing fine, .......helpers never showed, unloaded wood by myself ! It's all good, BillBabyFace is Dobe #4. Great dogs, last two lasted 12 and 12.5 years. So loyal and loveable. K.
Quote from: oldhatt45 on February 15, 2015, 05:22:05 pmRon,OK, so how old is Baby Face?Looks like a Dobe?And the picture in my avatar is my Boy, Razor. 9 yrs old (88 lbs), coming over an A-Frame with all 4 feet in the air. CharlieCharlie,Baby Face is a Doberman indeed. I think Bill said he was almost 3 years old. He's still puppy-like with all the energy he has but he lives a very good life; he's the boss of the house! Well, we got the triple tree on finally after a lot of help with Bill to get the old bottom race off. Then he used his handy/dandy Honda bearing driver tool to drive that bottom bearing and washer down onto the bottom of the tree. Once we got home, Logan and I used another tool he loaned us to install the races into the neck and then got the tree installed. Turns very smoothly. Question: should the top race go completely inside the neck because ours is sticking up just a tiny bit. Should we take that top tree back off and drive that race on down into the neck farther?Bill also showed us how he uses an extra handlebar and master cylinder rig that he has to force the piston and brake pad out of the side with the hydraulic nipple. I had tried using air but it wasn't forcing the brake pad out. Came right out with the hydraulic assistance. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnGZQI6L714So once we got the brake calipers home, we spent 2 hours cleaning and cleaning and cleaning....and more cleaning the inside of the cavity to make sure it's perfectly clean in there. Then we cleaned up the outside, taped off the parts that shouldn't be painted and applied some VHT Hi-Temp black paint to them. They're about to go into the oven soon to set the paint. (Yes, the rubber o-ring is out of there so there shouldn't be anything in it that can't stand 200 degree heat for 20 minutes.)Rear rim was supposed to arrive from Buchanan's tomorrow, per UPS, but I just received an updated email that the new expected delivery date is Tuesday between 11:15 am and 3:15 pm. So I'm thinking that Wednesday, Stella may get to wear her new shoes for the first time. Logan just went over to a friend's house with his buddies to watch the NBA All-Star game but before he left, he told me, "It's getting exciting! Starting to look like a motorcycle again!" I'm a happy dad! Bill, if you read this...thank you!!! I don't know what we'd do without your help.
Ron,OK, so how old is Baby Face?Looks like a Dobe?And the picture in my avatar is my Boy, Razor. 9 yrs old (88 lbs), coming over an A-Frame with all 4 feet in the air. Charlie
Nate,Thank you!!That definitely confirms what I was thinking on how to mount them...ie, they do use the sub-bracket. Any chance you could get a photo from the underside (if that's even possible) to show how they're connecting to the sub-bracket? Because I think that's the part where I'm going to have to go to someplace like Lowe's to buy a bolt/nut combo to connect the new coil to the sub-bracket.The PAMCO kit includes 4 long bolts and 4 spacers. I think I'll only need 2 of their bolts (with all 4 spacers) to connect the sub-bracket to the actual frame itself. But I'm going to need something smaller than the bolts they sent to bolt the coils onto the sub-bracket...partly because they're too long and partly because the bolts' diameter is slightly larger than the holes in the sub-bracket.
Today, Stella will begin learning her first Italian word. Pronounce it slowly, Stella .....P-I-R-E-L-L-I.
Quote from: Restoration Fan on February 18, 2015, 10:58:55 amToday, Stella will begin learning her first Italian word. Pronounce it slowly, Stella .....P-I-R-E-L-L-I.I take it you don't mention the 'D' word in her hearing (i.e., D-U-C-A-T-I)?
The thin black rod that connects to the underside of the swingarm. What does the other end of this rod connect to?
Took the swing arm off and installed the center stand. We remembered to install the rear brake pedal shaft....but forgot to put the spring on with it. So in true Stella fashion, we will have to redo part of the install. One thing we did learn though; you don't have to take the entire swingarm off to install this rear brake pedal. You can just disconnect the top of the shock absorber and then lift the swingarm high enough to allow the pedal to slide through hole. We'll have to do that tomorrow.
These parts were in the bag with the swingarm bits but the parts listing doesn't show them as part of that. Logan seems to think he remembers removing the piece on the lift with the grooves and the nut & bolt as being part of the chain cover but it doesn't show on that parts list either. Anyone know where these pieces go?
The little wire piece mounts under one of the centerstand pinch bolts and holds one or more drain tubes. Can't remember exactly, I'll have to look. Battery overflow? Fuel tank overflow? Both?[/size][/color]
Wilbur, don't tell 'em everything. , damn man I'll run low on libations! Good work, ain't it fun? Book tells it "all" ! Right!!! Lol, Bill
Quote from: Restoration Fan on February 19, 2015, 08:05:11 pmTook the swing arm off and installed the center stand. We remembered to install the rear brake pedal shaft....but forgot to put the spring on with it. So in true Stella fashion, we will have to redo part of the install. One thing we did learn though; you don't have to take the entire swingarm off to install this rear brake pedal. You can just disconnect the top of the shock absorber and then lift the swingarm high enough to allow the pedal to slide through hole. We'll have to do that tomorrow.That brake pedal pivot is upside down. The flange that connects to the brake rod needs to be pointing up. You will MIGHT need to flip the brake rod over too (after rotating the brake pivot 180 degrees).
