Fork spring spacers

[fayeslane]

Changing the fork oil on the G/S -drained OK but couldn't get any oil back in

Took the cap off and found that someone had used coins to preload the spring -that's fine but there is no hole for the oil run in

If going down this path select a currency that has the holes already there

I turned some spacers up on the lathe and once again realised that owning a lathe doesn't make you a machinist

The up side of this experience is that I am 80 cents richer

 

[Rob Farmer]

Don't you just love previous owners bodges? Sounds like your just the man to sort it especially with a lathe to hand.

A mate of mine bought a Suzuki T500 years ago where the previous owner had welded a section of the barrels to the crankcase to cure an oil leak so the bike could be sold. Nice neat bit of welding though

 

[newguy]

The up side of this experience is that I am 80 cents richer

good news

 

[(RIP) Proff]

I p/ex'd an Ariel Arrow in 1966...
Only prob was I'd had a piston malfunction [ hole in crown and they were £1.5shillings for a new one, a weeks wages almost }2 days after deal was done with Walsall Bike Mart...[ long since defunct ]
My good mate {a pattern maker} turned a perfect rep' out of a lump of Mahogany, inc putting the ring slots in and making the gudgeon pin fit to within a 1000 of an inch
It started
So it was taken by van to within 100 yards of the shop, and rode in, switched off
Blokey came out looked it over again, kick started it, revved it and rode it into the workshop Came out and said "sounds great" we did the deal and away I went,, never heard nothing from them, ever So it might still be in there


As an aside, the pattern maker retired last year and he said at his party that he'd so wanted to enter that piston as a test piece in his City and Guilds exams...
Much alcohol was consumed reminiscing over the tricks we used to get up to

 

[(RIP) pastyman]

Did you do that so it wood go or was it to give the exhaust note a bit of a bark but maybe you should leaf such things to the experts...
eeeeeeeee having fun here

 

[Redboots]

Did you do that so it wood go or was it to give the exhaust note a bit of a bark but maybe you should leaf such things to the experts...
eeeeeeeee having fun here

I think he thought he could branch out a bit, but might knot be able to get to the root of all evil... daft old sap

John

 

[fayeslane]

I wonder if the buyer twigged that the engine was rooted?

That piston is probably packed away in a trunk somwhere gathering saw dust.

 

[(RIP) Proff]

Wooden you know it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Mulch yew all teak the pith???

 

[fayeslane]

Shouldn't that be "take the pith"?

Bonus points to the first bloke to work "medullary rays, phloem & cambium" into this amusing line of drivel

 

[(RIP) Yamaha1]

Changing the fork oil on the G/S -drained OK but couldn't get any oil back in

Took the cap off and found that someone had used coins to preload the spring -that's fine but there is no hole for the oil run in

If going down this path select a currency that has the holes already there

I turned some spacers up on the lathe and once again realised that owning a lathe doesn't make you a machinist

The up side of this experience is that I am 80 cents richer

I think you've just done me a favour there, young man - I recently stripped the forks on my R60'7 to replace the head bearings, and after it was all back together, there were two largish ali spacers left over !!

I think, reading this, that is where they SHOULD have gone !!

Mike

 

[fayeslane]

Mike,
I made up and put spacers in because the Clymer manual shows an "intermediate ring" on top of the spring seat and this wasn't present when I took the top off the forks. The front end on my G/S feels undersprung and too soft so any additional preload is welcome. Ultimately I would put in a new set of aftermarket progresssive springs but spending on this bike is not priority at the moment.

I put 5w fork oil in because I had it on hand, but I don't like the feel of the damping. Will change it for 10w and see how it goes.

The diagram below might shed light on what goes where on your 60.

 

[Voyager]

I turned some spacers up on the lathe and once again realised that owning a lathe doesn't make you a machinist

Ain't that the truth


Bob (who recently acquired a lathe )

 

[(RIP) Yamaha1]

Thanks for that diagram, FL - I think mine maybe part 8.

Mike

 

[VAL. H.]

Don't you just love previous owners bodges? Sounds like your just the man to sort it especially with a lathe to hand.

A mate of mine bought a Suzuki T500 years ago where the previous owner had welded a section of the barrels to the crankcase to cure an oil leak so the bike could be sold. Nice neat bit of welding though

I managed to weld the piston to the cilinder head on my RD400 drag bike. I was doing about 120mph at the time


Val.

 

[fayeslane]

I managed to weld the piston to the cilinder head on my RD400 drag bike. I was doing about 120mph at the time


Val.

Now that requires good balance and a steady hand









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