The past week or so Bodger has been slightly busy on the old
Parts such as valve guides (just in case), a headlight shell, a complete crankshaft assembly, and a few other odds and sods to help the rebuild move along at slightly faster than a snails pace have been obtained.
The crank assembly is to replace the old one that looked like it had been submerged underwater longer than the Titanic. The replacement is in beautiful nick so should, fingers crossed, work a treat.
Today while off from work, the large nut that holds the sprocket in place behind the clutch was removed, the horn was cleaned up some, and in an attempt to remove a rusty external fork spring ended up unscrewing the fork slider from the holder thingy.
However, the other fork leg is being a little on the stubborn side so an attack of penetrating spray was launched to make the rusty threads give up the ghost.
But the good news is that the Allen head bolts that hold the damper rod in place were persuaded to give it up without too much difficulty. So now the damper rods can be taken out and work on the forks can begin.
All this in temperatures that reminds Bodger of three years spent in Tucson, Arizona...namely in the 100Fs for the most part, though today was cooler, only up to about 97F.
Also before it's completely forgotten about, two, not one, but two brand new t-shirts were added to the pile of clothing that passes for Bodgers wardrobe.
The shirt had nine panels featuring models from the Norton marque, old Nortons not the Gardner ones. The shirt was so nice, a second was bought!
Work and parts search still continues!!!!!!
Edit (8/23/2102)!!!!!!!!!!!
Some pictures of the newish parts:
The first picture is of the two crank assemblies, the old decrepit one on the right and the new one on the left.
The second is of the headlight shell which will need some work to get it back to a decent state. Get rid of some rust, replaace connections and whatever else and good as new.
The last picture is of an entire clutch assembly that was bought today off eBay for the princely sum of $102.
Now don't go getting those pretty Norton T's all greasy working on that old Beezer. Like I'm one to talk, have already got stains on my Cub/Terrier Blogshirt, never fails. Pictures of those shiny new parts!
ReplyDeleteThrough the magic of digital photography and the edit feature, pictures were just added.
ReplyDeleteAs you can see, the crank assembly on the left is the one that will be going in the crankcases.
The shirts won't be going anywhere near the garage work area that's for sure.
Nice shiny parts.
ReplyDeleteOnly due to the flash.....the clutch parts came in yesterday and look every bit 40+ y/o, dirty, oily and darker than when new.
ReplyDeleteStill more parts to get, but not as bad as when first started!
Good to see you getting on with Vicky. The new crank looks good, almost too good to put in the old cases, lol
ReplyDeleteYep Kawa, I was more than surprised to see the crank assembly looking as good as it does, almost brand new.
ReplyDeleteThe hunt for parts still goes on and when things die down some, some actual work will begin. The frame is suspended and needs painting along wit the other bits. Other work can be done too!