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Offline Terry in Australia

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4025 on: November 08, 2010, 06:24:54 PM »
Installed the rebuilt oil pump, installed the sump cover, rolled it over, got my top end parts ready. Up next: Ring fitting and install, pistons install, studs install, clean the liners then install the cylinders. 

Are you gonna use the hose clamp method for installing the cylinder block onto the pistons Jerry? I did this on the weekend and it worked really well! Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4026 on: November 09, 2010, 05:53:08 AM »
Went to church on the bike?!?

and parked next to the harleys :P   i made it there and home with all my parts in tact. ha ha
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4027 on: November 09, 2010, 06:00:02 AM »
I roughed out the general shape of the fork brace I'm making, bent a new fender bracket and started fitting an aluminum fender with the bracket.





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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4028 on: November 09, 2010, 10:11:47 AM »
Installed the rebuilt oil pump, installed the sump cover, rolled it over, got my top end parts ready. Up next: Ring fitting and install, pistons install, studs install, clean the liners then install the cylinders. 

Are you gonna use the hose clamp method for installing the cylinder block onto the pistons Jerry? I did this on the weekend and it worked really well! Cheers, Terry. ;D

Not sure. It's been a long time since any attempts. Please PM, email, or post some info on how you did this. I checked out a youtube video yesterday on using a ring compressor but that was working from the top down with them tapping the pistons downward through the compressor into the cylinders. I'd assume you loosely fit the clamps on 2 & 3 at TDC then tap the cylinders down then do 1 & 4?? I'm headed out to the garage after I get off here to clean the liners of the rust preventative Jay used, check the fit of the rings in the cylinders, install the rings on the pistons and install the cylinder studs at least. I'd like to drop the cylinders on too. We have a cold front coming through this afternoon with snow forecast which means I'll have to inhale fumes (not the Colorado medical kind  ;)) from my kerosene heater if I wait too long.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4029 on: November 09, 2010, 10:52:08 AM »
Terry and Jerry: Long a proponent of the hoseclamp method. I'll lend some tips. (This is mostly for those of us who have machined the taper off the bottom of the cylinder for our overbores. Stock cylinders with tapers can drop on without clamps.)

Get clamps as close to the diameter of the piston as possible. So you're dealing with the least amount of clamp as possible and the clamp is as round as possible. (These are nice details, but not necessary.)

Stage the end gaps at 120deg. Put the hose clamp on the the buckle is not over an end gap. The buckle is the weak link of this method. I draw the clamp closed slowly watching that the rings close into their grooves and nothing is binding or hanging up. Once the clamp is gently closed, back it off just a skosh so it will turn on the top of the piston, held in place with ring pressure.

You can prop the 2-3 pistons up to do them first or the 1-4 or try them all at once. Some properly sized sticks of wood under the piston skirts helps. Oil the lower ends of the cylinders, oil the clamps at the ring levels. As the cylinders drop down they push the clamps down and out of the way as the rings enter the cylinders. You may have to adjust the clamp tension, and you need to watch that all of the ring gets in the cylinder. If the cylinder cocks, a portion of the ring may emerge and you push that back in with a fingertip, or screwdriver blade.

Depending on your manual dexterity, time of day, position of the sun, etc. this sometimes happens amazingly easy, and sometimes it puts up a fight.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4030 on: November 09, 2010, 10:54:03 AM »
RAT400: Liking that fender bracket and fender! That's almost a fork brace by itself.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4031 on: November 09, 2010, 11:06:00 AM »
Looked at my s2000, then at my CB750 and rode it to work today.  77 degrees outside right now and not a cloud in the sky; same outlook for the rest of the week so I guess I will be riding it all week!

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4032 on: November 09, 2010, 11:54:04 AM »
RAT400: Liking that fender bracket and fender! That's almost a fork brace by itself.

Yeah the fender bracket is to keep them in line while the brace will reduce flex. I just picked up some tools that will help finish the brace so hopefully I'll have time to dial it all in this week.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4033 on: November 09, 2010, 12:09:45 PM »
Nice work!  Anytime you can make it yourself it is better. 
Wish I had the time to make more parts than I buy for my 750.  It would keep my wife happier, lol.

RAT400: Liking that fender bracket and fender! That's almost a fork brace by itself.

Yeah the fender bracket is to keep them in line while the brace will reduce flex. I just picked up some tools that will help finish the brace so hopefully I'll have time to dial it all in this week.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4034 on: November 09, 2010, 01:06:43 PM »
Im saving money making it myself but the wife still #$%*es because I don't spend enough time with her :)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4035 on: November 09, 2010, 01:45:38 PM »
Changed the oil and took a ride.  67º in November!?  :)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4036 on: November 09, 2010, 02:06:10 PM »
rode my 550 to work today,  cold morning, but not bad now in indy
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4037 on: November 09, 2010, 02:18:17 PM »
Just got home from a stressful day at work. Going to take my 750 down the road aways before it gets dark and relax a bit!!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4038 on: November 09, 2010, 04:24:39 PM »
Rode my 350F to work and then to school today.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4039 on: November 09, 2010, 05:17:13 PM »
Ron and Jerry, Yep, that's how I did it , but I'd argue with Ron's inference that you can install the stock pistons into a stock cylinder without the clamps easily, I used new rings on old (but good) pistons, and there was no easy way to get them in before I gave up poking them in with my fingernails or a small screwdriver, swearing, sweating and muttering curses to no-one in particular, until I just gave up and went out and bought four 55-70mm 3/4" wide hose clamps, and I've done this job many (too many) times before! Cheers, Terry. ;D

Terry and Jerry: Long a proponent of the hoseclamp method. I'll lend some tips. (This is mostly for those of us who have machined the taper off the bottom of the cylinder for our overbores. Stock cylinders with tapers can drop on without clamps.)

Get clamps as close to the diameter of the piston as possible. So you're dealing with the least amount of clamp as possible and the clamp is as round as possible. (These are nice details, but not necessary.)

Stage the end gaps at 120deg. Put the hose clamp on the the buckle is not over an end gap. The buckle is the weak link of this method. I draw the clamp closed slowly watching that the rings close into their grooves and nothing is binding or hanging up. Once the clamp is gently closed, back it off just a skosh so it will turn on the top of the piston, held in place with ring pressure.

You can prop the 2-3 pistons up to do them first or the 1-4 or try them all at once. Some properly sized sticks of wood under the piston skirts helps. Oil the lower ends of the cylinders, oil the clamps at the ring levels. As the cylinders drop down they push the clamps down and out of the way as the rings enter the cylinders. You may have to adjust the clamp tension, and you need to watch that all of the ring gets in the cylinder. If the cylinder cocks, a portion of the ring may emerge and you push that back in with a fingertip, or screwdriver blade.

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4040 on: November 09, 2010, 06:53:04 PM »
Finally got started on my very first tune-up.  This beast NEEDS it, and I need to learn.  So exciting digging into this for the first time.  Got through the cam chain, valve and part of the gap adjustments, and then daylight savings bit me in the ass!

Tomorrow I will know if the moves I made (with incredible help from Tango and others here on the forum!) hold water.  Fingers crossed....
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4041 on: November 09, 2010, 08:12:02 PM »
Finally sold the red CB I have been sitting on for a while. I somehow got my craigslist asking price for it! Some times you never know...

Riding the 550 everyday, everywhere. Starting getting horrible head shakes. Time to re-tighten the steering head bearings...

Also had a chance to move and consolidate some of my bike stuff from my old place. Slowly it is turning into a usable, functionable space! Next trailer load will hopefully have my other bikes here.







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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4042 on: November 09, 2010, 08:58:29 PM »
Tidy!  Is that the beer frig?  I have one 8' from my workbench too!!
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« Reply #4043 on: November 09, 2010, 10:26:04 PM »
Tidy!  Is that the beer frig?  I have one 8' from my workbench too!!

That's the theory. We got it from an estate sale to be our main fridge but after getting it back to the house the fridge and freeze did not get very cold at all. I moved it into the garage to get it out of the way before I dumped it. I plugged it in just to see and the freezer started working! The other half only gets a tiny bit cooler.

So if anyone knows anything about refrigerators, I need to (hopefully) fix it!
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4044 on: November 09, 2010, 10:43:14 PM »
Painted my new F1 sidecovers, looking very nice.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4045 on: November 10, 2010, 12:38:02 AM »
Technically yesterday now, but who's counting?  Finished up installation of a 550F header on my 500K by removing the center stand and tracking down a minor exhaust leak (this was my first time R/R-ing these pipes, getting good at it now!).  I put this muffler on it, it's loud but I love it and it does have a little bit of a baffle in it.  Clubman bars on the way, rearsets in my future - will probably post pics at some point.  :P
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4046 on: November 10, 2010, 12:54:19 PM »
Yep...  We can't win.

Im saving money making it myself but the wife still #$%*es because I don't spend enough time with her :)

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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4047 on: November 10, 2010, 01:00:39 PM »
Ordered a new clutch cable that I broke halfway through my cruise yesterday...was not a fun ride home....and my local dealer said the Honda clutch cables were back ordered til the end of November...so ordered another Motion Pro cable which will arrive tomorrow, anything to get in a couple of more rides before it gets nasty out.
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4048 on: November 10, 2010, 02:38:30 PM »
Ordered a new clutch cable that I broke halfway through my cruise yesterday...was not a fun ride home....and my local dealer said the Honda clutch cables were back ordered til the end of November...so ordered another Motion Pro cable which will arrive tomorrow, anything to get in a couple of more rides before it gets nasty out.

Dealers can be bozos sometimes.  I broke a clutch cable on a CB900F and replaced it with one from a VTX or something while 100 miles from home.  All I did was say "find a cable that is this long from your parts room and sell it to me."
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Re: What did you do to your bike today ?
« Reply #4049 on: November 10, 2010, 02:46:17 PM »
Ordered a new clutch cable that I broke halfway through my cruise yesterday...was not a fun ride home....and my local dealer said the Honda clutch cables were back ordered til the end of November...so ordered another Motion Pro cable which will arrive tomorrow, anything to get in a couple of more rides before it gets nasty out.

Dealers can be bozos sometimes.  I broke a clutch cable on a CB900F and replaced it with one from a VTX or something while 100 miles from home.  All I did was say "find a cable that is this long from your parts room and sell it to me."

Thats it WJ...can't have them thinking for themselves now, can we...!!!!  ;)

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