Something for the weekend sir?

[newboy]

Mikey, you could send him those nice gears you have in a bucket.

no - don't... Some of mine might be in the bucket and I need them back at some point!!

 

[jackassdave]

very nice work indeed

 

[mikeyboy]

Righto,where were we
Postman has been
Shiny,I like shiny
Strange to think this little lot cost more than twice the amount I paid for my first motorbike

 

[mikeyboy]

It's all in the detail,the closer you look ,the more you see
Stuff like rusty wheel spindles will just ruin the finished bike

 

[mikeyboy]

Fork gaitors fitted

 

[mikeyboy]

Stainless brake pivot,
And alloy swing arm bearing pivot cap

 

[mikeyboy]

Made a start on the gearbox today,
First, press the bearings off the input shaft

 

[mikeyboy]

Once the shaft is stripped ,everything is hand washed in a solvent tank,then dried with compressed air,
Once clean ,everything can be inspected for wear or damage

 

[mikeyboy]

All looks good so the shaft can be rebuilt with new bearings,proper job like

 

[mikeyboy]

Next up, layshaft or intermediate shaft,
Bearings off,wash and brush up,a real good look at the gear dogs for wear .

 

[mikeyboy]

New bearings on!
Tune in tommorrow for the next thrilling instalment

 

[(RIP) andrewgsadv]

Looking good

 

[mikeyboy]

Main shaft or output shaft next,
Strip clean and inspect.
Now is a good time to clean up the threads

 

[mikeyboy]

That's the shafts sorted

 

[mikeyboy]

Now I can take a look at the the selector mechanism and camplates
New bits

 

[mikeyboy]

Stripped

 

[mikeyboy]

Rebuilt with all the old bits

 

[tuftywhite]

Still a black art to me.

No matter how many videos and having put one together under the tutelage of Mr Farmer I still don't get it.

How you can put 3 things like that, close together in a metal bucket and spin them without bits flying off is beyond me.

 

[mikeyboy]

Casings have been aquablasted,but just because it looks clean,doesn't mean it is.
it will still have blast media embedded in the casting metal and jammed in drillings and threads.
So I steam clean at v.high pressure then blow out all the drillings etc with compressed air

 

[mikeyboy]

So casing up to 120degrees
Oven mitts on,input shaft bearing in, then in with the shafts
Once it's cooled enough so it doesn't fetch skin off the selector forks and mechanism can go in