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Offline Syscrush

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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #225 on: October 28, 2011, 06:59:36 PM »
Very nice.
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #226 on: October 28, 2011, 07:06:42 PM »
Thanks. So definitely replace that fork seal and use a cutoff tool for that race? I want to tackle some of those things tomorrow. Nothing else to do in small town Ohio...
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #227 on: October 28, 2011, 07:17:19 PM »
You will still need the rubber seal and the thin washer; I don't know if the tapered bearing kit comes with new ones. The old inner bearing race can be removed with a punch and hammer, lightly tapping the punch on alternate sides of the race.
BTW, don't spend any time making the frame look pretty until after you have proven your design; it sucks when you realize you need to weld on a bracket on a freshly painted frame. Been there... :(
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #228 on: October 28, 2011, 07:25:31 PM »
Quote from: scottly on October 28, 2011, 07:17:19 PM
You will still need the rubber seal and the thin washer; I don't know if the tapered bearing kit comes with new ones. The old inner bearing race can be removed with a punch and hammer, lightly tapping the punch on alternate sides of the race.
BTW, don't spend any time making the frame look pretty until after you have proven your design; it sucks when you realize you need to weld on a bracket on a freshly painted frame. Been there... :(

Hahaha yup, I have some serious figuring to do for these batteries before I even think about painting. Because it takes so long to cure I thought I'd get a head start on some bits and pieces. Battery mounting is next weeks main priority.
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #229 on: October 29, 2011, 12:07:45 PM »
Got the bottom race off. The race itself and the rubber are fine, can't say the same for that thin washer.

I just tore down my rear drum and it's soaking in the parts washer now. I was going to blast and paint it today. Just the cover that hold the brake shoes itself, not the actual hub. Can I paint the backside of that piece or should I mask it off?

Can the same be done for the hub itself? I'm sure when the shoes press against the hub it will just rub the paint off anyway.
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #230 on: October 29, 2011, 12:57:05 PM »
Quote from: Sheik Yerbouti on October 29, 2011, 12:07:45 PM
Can the same be done for the hub itself? I'm sure when the shoes press against the hub it will just rub the paint off anyway.
Don't paint braking surfaces, period.
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #231 on: October 29, 2011, 02:51:56 PM »
Quote from: Sheik Yerbouti on October 29, 2011, 12:07:45 PM
Got the bottom race off. The race itself and the rubber are fine, can't say the same for that thin washer.

I just tore down my rear drum and it's soaking in the parts washer now. I was going to blast and paint it today. Just the cover that hold the brake shoes itself, not the actual hub. Can I paint the backside of that piece or should I mask it off?

Can the same be done for the hub itself? I'm sure when the shoes press against the hub it will just rub the paint off anyway.

You can paint the inside of the brake plate if you like mate, not that you need to, and as has been said before, don't paint the inside of your brake drum, apart from it being a waste of paint, it could glaze your brake shoes or just gum them up, either option is not ideal. Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #232 on: October 29, 2011, 04:38:28 PM »
Got the race off.



Can't say the washer looks good anymore, but the race and the rubber are fine. I tried pounding the washer back flat but it's fairly mangled.



Primed



Blasted



Weird little casting. Looks like a penguin?



Shoes, need to check to see if my pads are in speck.




Degreased



Having hell of a time getting the bearing out. I was using a drift and a hammer, but I hear people are heating the aluminum with a heat gun. I'll try to pull out the rubber gasket first.

Primed

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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #233 on: October 30, 2011, 05:29:48 PM »
Last day of good weather for a long time, so I went ahead and blasted the frame. I also wire brushed some parts that I had a hard time getting blasted. I then wiped it down several times with Naptha until the rag was clean and squirted some primer to keep it from flash rusting. If I need to do additional modification to the frame, I'll strip the area I need to modify.





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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #234 on: October 31, 2011, 03:43:09 PM »
I'm having a hell of a time getting this rear bearing retainer out. I drilled out the dimples but it's still being a pain in the ass. If I mask off the bearing real well and bead blast it, will that screw everything up? I'm sure if I get beads in there it'll wear out those bearings real fast. I cleaned all the grease out of the bearing and was planning on regreasing and reusing those bearings, and I'm afraid that pounding out the bearing will kill it.
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #235 on: October 31, 2011, 04:11:10 PM »
Is it a 750 or a 550 rear hub?  One of them has reverse threads.  With all the work you are putting into this, it seems a shame that you need to reuse $5 wheel bearings.
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #236 on: October 31, 2011, 09:59:07 PM »
easy way to get that off is to put 2 drill bits (up side down) that fit the hole on a table vice with the proper spacing then pic up the tire set it on the drill bits then spin the tire

the threads is revers and make sure the end of the drill bits just barely are high enough to completely catch in the hole. dont have the bits super long over the vice of ull bend them
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #237 on: November 01, 2011, 07:20:26 PM »
Test fitted the motor with the finished mounts. I've VERY happy with how it came out.

Mockup with the tail and tank.





Aforementioned motor mount.





And finally got this bastard out. Had to make a wrench out of a piece of bar stock and 2 5mm bolts.


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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #238 on: November 02, 2011, 06:57:21 PM »
So I'm about to make my end of the world PartsNMore order.

I'm going to get myself some new fork seals, dust boots, spokes for the front and back wheels, and shocks. They don't have swingarm bushings for the '78 so I'll have to search elsewhere. I don't have my shocks handy, so does anybody know what size the stockers are? 335mm or 365mm? Also, if anybody has those particular shocks in black, is the black gloss or more of a satin?

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« Reply #239 on: November 05, 2011, 02:57:16 PM »
Started to mock up battery mounts in Foam-core Aided Design. I'm pretty sure I have my final design, I just need to refine it, and make sure I have my bend allowance calculated correctly. I want to be able to remove each battery pack without taking everything apart, and I think I'll be able to achieve that.

Here's the main tray. Ignore the flaps that hang over the frame really far, they'll be trimmed. Those flaps fasten to the original frame mounts.



Here's with the batteries in place. There's a small pack that goes under the big pack, but I can't mock that up right now.





Had to put the tank and tail on to check proportions.


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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #240 on: November 05, 2011, 03:42:10 PM »
For shyts & grins, you should put a kick start arm on the back of the motor ;D
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #241 on: November 05, 2011, 03:49:58 PM »
That'll go nicely with the baseball card I plan on putting in the spokes
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #242 on: November 07, 2011, 11:59:31 AM »
The mock up, looks nice and clean. The only thing that jumps out at me, is that the batteries are wider than gas tank. I guess the only way to fix that is to widen the tank to be flush, but that would be a huge pain...
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« Reply #243 on: November 07, 2011, 01:44:17 PM »
Yeah that kind of bugs me too. The same holds true for the original bike, but since the batteries aren't sculpted like the actual motor it's a bit more of an eyesore. Might make a custom fiberglass "tank" down the road, but this will work for now.

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« Reply #244 on: November 07, 2011, 02:26:50 PM »
Quote from: OldSchool_IsCool on November 05, 2011, 03:42:10 PM
For shyts & grins, you should put a kick start arm on the back of the motor ;D


He can tell people it charges the batteries...
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #245 on: November 08, 2011, 04:15:41 PM »
Quote from: Sheik Yerbouti on November 07, 2011, 01:44:17 PM
Yeah that kind of bugs me too. The same holds true for the original bike, but since the batteries aren't sculpted like the actual motor it's a bit more of an eyesore. Might make a custom fiberglass "tank" down the road, but this will work for now.


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« Reply #246 on: November 08, 2011, 06:46:05 PM »
Okay, change of tray design. The new design is going to protect the batteries much better and look more cohesive. I didn't get a chance to mock it up, but it's going to look really good.
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« Reply #247 on: November 09, 2011, 04:56:42 AM »
Quote from: Sheik Yerbouti on November 07, 2011, 01:44:17 PM
Yeah that kind of bugs me too. The same holds true for the original bike, but since the batteries aren't sculpted like the actual motor it's a bit more of an eyesore. Might make a custom fiberglass "tank" down the road, but this will work for now.



Is that the "Before" pic of your bike mate? What a friggin shame, it was a nice looking bike........... ;D
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Re: Man, you guys are going to kill me.
« Reply #248 on: November 09, 2011, 06:36:35 AM »
Nah, just a random find on Google image search, but it had the right angle. :D
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« Reply #249 on: November 09, 2011, 03:37:10 PM »
To remove the rear hub bearing retainer.
Use the tool that comes with your grinder.
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