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Drew's 850 L Restoration
- Thread starter jsandidge
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Yes, there was another block of wood on the other side to sandwich it together. All I used for lube was dish soap.
growler
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Replaced the cush bushings today. Had to take the old ones out to powdercoat the wheel. It was a bit fiddly, but this worked to press them in. Should have the rear wheel on by tomorrow!
I doubt you have any need to replace them. They will probably last longer than the bike. I pulled mine out to powdercoat the wheel, since I doubt they would have withstood the 400 degree temps. Since they were out, I decided to replace with new ones.
Rear wheel done!
Whew! This was quite the ordeal. Rear wheel is finally done. We have a roller! The past couple of weekends have been busy. Polished and powdercoated the wheel, pressed in new cush bushings and bearings, then mounted the tire. Then, I powdercoated the center and edge of the brake rotor and installed it, powdercoated the right side spacers and caliper mount, balanced the wheel and installed the whole wheel assembly. Oh, also installed a black driven gear from a 1980 850 thanks to a member here. Not too bad for a guy that had never really worked on a motorcycle (or cars for that matter) before finding this site 2 years ago.
Here's the proof!
First ride!
Well I just couldn't wait till everything was finished. Took her for a ride around the neighborhood today. Boy that felt good! No lights, gauges, or fenders, so I just went a couple of blocks (a few times, hehe). Plenty of work left to do. Haven't even started on paint yet.
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I think I told you before, but I have the same bike and I can only hope they mine looks half as good as yours does one day!
Dirty Deeds
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It's next week, let's see some updated pics of your progress.
Coming soon....
gwoolston
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Thanks
I use simple green on a rag to clean up a grimey or sticky harness and re-wrap loose sections or sections I opened for testing or splicing with this wire wrap tape on Amazon.
The plastic split or spiral wrap loom works ok for short sections or areas that aren't subject to water from the road (like under the tank, but the PVC wrap is more of a permanent and protective solution. I'll be making a custom harness for a project bike this year and would like to learn more from others about what they use. I'll start a thread then, unless there's an existing or new on by then.
My harness was in good shape. I had previously replaced many of the connections using parts from Vintage Connections. Great place to do business with. I then cleaned all the grime with Simple Green and a rag like Mikerophone says.
