Its refreshing to see that you are getting time to do something on YOUR bike for a change..HA HA. I am in the save money for next spring mode right now so we will have to take the twins for a putt together.
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De-stinking Penelope
- Thread starter rustybronco
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Looking forward to it Chuck!
Well the excess Caswell epoxy is draining out of the tank.
If you ever do this I highly recommend you put lots of plastic sheeting down on whatever work surface you plan on doing it on. What a mess...
Well the excess Caswell epoxy is draining out of the tank.
If you ever do this I highly recommend you put lots of plastic sheeting down on whatever work surface you plan on doing it on. What a mess...
I also run some well greased set screws up the petcock bolt holes. This keeps the stuff out of the threads. The other alternative is to run a tap thru the holes once its dried and hope like he!! you dont ruin the originals.
And you can take the excess as its draining and smear it over any welded spots, suspect dents, or anything else you may wish to be sure is sealed from both sides. Sand it and paint over the patching.
Well greased screws are already in the holes. The block off plates are removed and the petcock opening has been trimmed of excess sealer. The only thing left is to clear the small vent hole in the fuel filler neck.
Now comes the fun part.
And I cant wait to see that!!!! I am getting all giddy now!!! Been a long time comming.
Ed, it doesn't seem a great lot heavier than before I started but the tank wasn't in too bad of a shape to begin with.
I waited until the temperature dropped below 80 degrees then I mixed the full kit up believing that it would be easier to get full coverage if I did, plus I added about an ounce of lacquer thinner into part A (?) and mixed it up before mixing it with part B. It was runnier than I expected. I don't know if that was because of the age of it or not, but it covered and started to set up very nicely in about an hour which was right in line with what the directions stated.
I ended up loosing about half the mixture to the table top, rags, floor and what I did capture when untaping the petcock opening. I just seemed to drain endlessly. Ran through quite a few latex gloves trying to keep the epoxy off of everything in addition to my hands. All in all I was pleased with the product, but if I were to do it again on this particular tank I probably would have went with por-15 only because of the color.
I waited until the temperature dropped below 80 degrees then I mixed the full kit up believing that it would be easier to get full coverage if I did, plus I added about an ounce of lacquer thinner into part A (?) and mixed it up before mixing it with part B. It was runnier than I expected. I don't know if that was because of the age of it or not, but it covered and started to set up very nicely in about an hour which was right in line with what the directions stated.
I ended up loosing about half the mixture to the table top, rags, floor and what I did capture when untaping the petcock opening. I just seemed to drain endlessly. Ran through quite a few latex gloves trying to keep the epoxy off of everything in addition to my hands. All in all I was pleased with the product, but if I were to do it again on this particular tank I probably would have went with por-15 only because of the color.
Because a hammer and drift wasn't cutting it, I had to use the hydraulic press at work in order to remove the rivets from the clutch basket. I'll need to borrow a drill press from a friend in order to enlarge the holes in the clutch basket and in the steel spacers that originally resided on the rivets in order to use the HD rivets (11.1mm) the came with the backing plate.
Picture of what I'm referring to later this evening.
Picture of what I'm referring to later this evening.
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SVSooke
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No you just needed a bigger hammer,Steve told me
Tried the biggest hammer I had!
The old rivets that came in the clutch were 3/8" the new ones in the kit are 7/16". Drilling the aluminium basket is the easy part. Fixturing and drilling the metal sleeves are not. Now if I had that old Southbend I passed on years ago...
I might try drilling a 7/16" hole through two metal plates then centering and clamping the bushings between them in order to keep the drill bit centered properly in the bush.
The old rivets that came in the clutch were 3/8" the new ones in the kit are 7/16". Drilling the aluminium basket is the easy part. Fixturing and drilling the metal sleeves are not. Now if I had that old Southbend I passed on years ago...
I might try drilling a 7/16" hole through two metal plates then centering and clamping the bushings between them in order to keep the drill bit centered properly in the bush.
Yes they are. I suspect that HD kit should cure any clutch rattle that it had beforehand.
I drilled out all three bushings but one ended up getting drilled off center. I friend of mine made a few replacement bushings to replace the one I fudged up. I got the use of a drill press tonight and drilled the 3/8" holes in the basket out to the 7/16" necessary for installing the HD rivets. Assembled the basket and I will be picking up some Excalibur 309/309L-16 this week so I can weld it back together.
Once in a while things just go your way...
Once in a while things just go your way...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-Suzuki...F4It7Juo7QgZhYW5DfJZo%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
Once in a while things just go your way...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-Suzuki...F4It7Juo7QgZhYW5DfJZo%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
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SVSooke
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:?::?::?: Dyna:?::?::?:
Yes siree Bob!, I mean Greg. A Dyna DS3-2 for the paultry sum of $15.99 shipped including the mechanical advance mechanism.
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SVSooke
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Nice score!It wasn't points,didn't look anything like my Martec.Sort of left Dyna-tec.
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ShadowFocus603
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Please build faster Rusty lol. I have been following Penelope since long before I registered here. Absolutely gorgeous work.
