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slim's 98 rebuild

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Bodmin

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Slim,
Since you've got the plus gas out already....

The oil cooler pipe mounting bolts are notorious for seizing, and shearing when you try to extract them - I'd start to give them a damn good soak with the plus gas now, just in case like :-0).
 

Jaws

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I thought it was about time I stuck my head above the parapet in here h1d1ng2

I finally got most of the bits I wanted or needed to rebuild my bird & dug some of it out today to make a start

This morning it was a frame, engine, rad & pair of wheels with very little else on it, by dinner time I had ripped the front end out replaced the front wheel bearings, headstock bearings & started to clean some of the crap off

Issues so far.......
Rusty oil cooler pipes need a damn good check clean/paint etc to be serviceable

Front guard refuses to come undone & the captive nuts behind it have turned cracking the plastic (from a PO not me)

Rear suspension badly needs a strip & inspection

Shear bolts in the ignition going to be a git to get out, very rusty & tight but now soaking in plus gas so fingers crossed

Rad, forks subframe & various brackets need a repaint

Not bad so far for an old well used bike @tu*

While you have the wheel out this is usually an easy fix Slim.
Get a decent pair of flat jawed mole grips and hold the nut AND the plastic in place.
Providing the plastic is not already broken it will do not harm and give the nut something solid to stop it turning
 

taffy

Registered User
Hi Bodmin,
Thanks for the heads up on that mate you could have just saved me some hassle @tu*

I've had similar problems on various Honda's & other bikes before but it had slipped my mind, I will give them a good soak for a couple of days before removing

Any more info like that always welcome guys & girls :-0)

Another tip that I find that works,, if the engine will start and run take it up to operating temperature (fan cutting in) switch engine off and then try and undo the oil cooler pipe bolts. Use a 1/4 drive 6 sided long 8mm socket and ratchet. (this will give you a better feel as to if the bolts are going to snap) I have done this method several times on old corroded oil cooler pipe bolts and I have had a good success rate with it.
Taff.
 
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Boggymarsh

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I think they were taking about removing the bolts on the front mud guard! 8rfl@

Nevertheless, your tip will come in handy should he wish to remove the oil cooler pipes! Of course the bolts holding the upper end of the pipes are kept out of the way and behind the fairing and should undo without a problem, it's just the lower one going into the engine block that can be problematic! Just ask Mr Robbo...:whi5tl:
 
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Boggymarsh

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Slim,

If you are planning to clean up the oil cooler pipes can I suggest you go very carefully. I replaced mine towards the end of last year after one of the pipes started to weep and drop oil onto the exhaust. Both lower ends of the chromed pipe were rusty and so I attcked it them with some wire wool. This in turn opened up the fracture in the pipe and made the small hole considerably bigger! I replaced mine with braided hoses but I guess you would get away with a coat of suitable paint as a preventative measure that may give them a few more years life.
 
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Bodmin

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I think they were taking about removing the bolts on the front mud guard! 8rfl@

Nevertheless, your tip will come in handy should he wish to remove the oil cooler pipes! Of course the bolts holding the upper end of the pipes are kept out of the way and behind the fairing and should undo without a problem, it's just the lower one going into the engine block that can be problematic! Just ask Mr Robbo...:whi5tl:

I assumed that when Slim said that his oil Cooler pipes needed a "damn good clean... ", that there was a chance that he would consider removal, so just thought I'd give him a tip just in case... @tu*
 
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Saffie

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Looking good cant wait for the progress pics
 

eddyace595

Been there, and had one
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Keep at it mate.Saving a fine bike from death....Top Work@tu*
 

noobie

Clueless in most things
Ooops ...forgot the pics :-0)





As you can see its a bit of a sad case at the moment but where there's a will there's a way @tu*

Bloody hell! I did warn you not to let robbo change that headlight bulb
 

Dark Angel

Still kickin' it!
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Now ? that is a re-build!! :yo:

Best o? luck with it and keep us up-to-date with lotsa progress pics. @tu*

(Always scares me to see a bike stripped down to its essentials?

?on this, we depend ? at 150+ mph! :eek: (allegedly)) :-0)
 

Dark Angel

Still kickin' it!
I don't find is scary at all if I'm honest, its fairly simple when compared to some of the stuff I have done in the past

No ? not the work ? just the bare bones of the bike ? two wheels and an engine held together by a bit of metal.

Then, someone said, ?Let?s make one that?ll do the double ton ? and sell it as a road bike!

I say - what a splendid idea! Got any notion of what it might look like?

Oh, yes! Here?s one I made earlier.?

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Hmmm... We might have to tart it up a bit, wouldn?t you say, old boy??

:-0)
 
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