tear down 5 cont'd

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and the rest of the pictures....



rotors are in great condition, but will have to measure to make sure they are still in spec..






this is the threaded rod that gave us hours of grief.....





What a pain in the A$$




She is FREE.........




Not a whole lot left








These need to be removed before the engine will come out, it pays to follow the manual, we tried to take it out with them still attached, that cost us time and aggravation





Getting naked




Parked for the night.....

tear down 5

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Well today was a productive day......

Spyug came down to assist, and the 2 of us together finally got the biggest part out of the bike....the engine is out.......so is the exhaust, the calipers and odds and ends.....we are almost down to just a frame...

It was a long day, lots of lows, and lots of highs.....

The beer was flowing, so was the swearing.....that threaded rod holding the engine was a real pain and really gave us a heck of a work out...

But before that we worked on the exhaust, it needed a bit of heat applied to the flanges as the 2 inner ones did not want to come off with out a fight, but NAP gas, and the big a$$ hammer, pry bar, they finally gave way and the exhaust was removed.

we then worked on the calipers, got them off with no issues, lots of meat left on the pads, so this will save a few bucks in the rebuild for sure....

the the engine, the threaded rod, and a whole lot a hammering, swearing, thumb busting, beer drinking, dinner, and it was finally out....

the engine is out and ready for cleaning, valve inspection, new oil, filter, paint, and get her ready to be put back in.....

and as always a few pictures of today's work....



exhaust is out....





a bit of rust, but can be used, I would like a 4-1, maybe I can find one...







some came out one way, some left the stud in the engine, at least none broke...








this looks OK



Lots of pad material left...

SS Brake Lines

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Well the first of many parts that will be ordered over time and during the course of the rebuild have arrived......

Nice brand new SS Brake Lines, and the line for the Hydraulic Clutch....and to make it easy, they even put a couple of swivel ends on 2 of the lines to ease in installation.....how cool is that....

well a few pictures....































OK, I lied, there are a lot of pictures.....

But I know we all like pictures.....

yard work

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and the yardwork.....

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Well it's Saturday morning, I thought I was going to do some yardwork first but it was cooler than I thought so it was into the garage and get at the bike.....

Well got the alternator out, there was a 3rd bolt holding it, it was covered by the water pump, so that had to come off first, then it was easy to remove the alternator, had to remove that one part of coolant tubing as well, and while I was at it, I removed the sprocket cover, typical mess, full of oil and crap, gear lever came off, as did the foot pegs, rear brake assembly, the kickstand safety switch.....

not bad for a bit more than an hours work,,,,but had to leave it, the sun came out, and so did the warmth so it off to the back yard to do some clean up....we just moved here and the landscaping more or less sucks, so 70% of the stuff is getting pulled up, then tilled and new sod put down, I like grass, not mud and dirt and half dead trees and bushes.....

I think I put a good dent into it, will finish the clean up today and into tomorrow.....it's already starting to look better....

and a few pictures as always....

tear down 3

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Well continuing with the tear down, and it's coming along very nicely...

got all the coolant lines off, got the oil rail off, the starter motor is out, as well I manged to remove the clipons along with the levers and cables still attached to them, those items I will work on latter to get off.

I wanted to remove the alternator as well tonight, and after removing the 2 bolts that I thought were holding it in place, it wouldn't budge, checked the manual and it seems that is all that is holding it in place, but it's being stubborn, so I left it for tonight and will get back to it at my next go around...might have to study the manual a bit more to make sure I didn't miss anything, could be it's just held on by being on for the last 25 plus years....

well a few pics of tonight's progress

the plumbing



the controls....










less and less up front.....





interesting way of delivering oil to the top of the head, as opposed to te GS where it's flexible lines, the Yamaha uses a rigid tube







nice intake port, strange how it's oval shaped and not round...



O rings seem to be OK, will pull them out latter to see if they are squished, I really don't want to be getting new ones but I will if need be




the starting motor, does not spin freely, has some sort of resistance, not sure if that is normal, going to have to open it up and see....





that's all for tonight....