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1969 CL450 US Barn Find Restoration
MrDavo:
I can put of jobs around the house for years, literally, but if my bike needs me....
Although my selector shaft is yet to be posted from Germany, the bike is in bits ready. I also need a new shaft seal, but at least I seem to have found my oil leak at last (it was a new seal, but is clearly oily on the outside).
The shaft was in worse state than I thought, underneath the splines were practically invisible!
Ashley may recognize the box I'm using to keep the bits together, I think its the one he sent me a CB750 crank in. Note the condition of the clutch parts, something else that points to this bike having done a stupidly low mileage.
Here's a good tip for anyone restoring a 450, and something I'd completely overlooked. I had wondered why, when I serviced the bike that the oil spinner was cracked, so I had a close look at the oil filter rotor once I'd removed it, using the same tool as I bought to get my CB750 clutch off.. I had just refitted it straight from the parts box, it turns out it needed a serious decoke! The ledges that the outer and inner parts of the oil spinner seat against were invisible, covered by gunk from the oil that had gone completely rock hard over years of storage, and was as hard to shift as anything I've ever scraped from the top of a piston. It explains why the spinner was so hard to seat that I actually broke it trying to get it in far enough to fit the circlip.
At least I have the Heffalump-Dumpaloon to go out and do essential booze shopping while I wait for the parts to arrive.
royhall:
Glad to see your taking the time to repair it properly Dave. Hope the replacement fits okay.
AshimotoK0:
Yea Dave always best to do a proper repair on a project you spent so much painstaking effort on. Next time I ship you something large I will put it in the full one of those containers C/W sealed lid... the crank one was cut down !
BTW only other person to call me Ashley is the missus .... and only when she's mad at me ;D ;D
MrDavo:
Sorry Ash (?) I know how you feel, I’m only ever called David on forms and in court.
Which reminds me of an old joke, apologies in advance to anyone from Liverpool:
Q What do you call a scouser in a suit?
A The accused
JamesH:
--- Quote from: MrDavo on April 19, 2020, 07:34:05 PM ---Sorry Ash (?) I know how you feel, I’m only ever called David on forms and in court.
Which reminds me of an old joke, apologies in advance to anyone from Liverpool:
Q What do you call a scouser in a suit?
A The accused
--- End quote ---
Ha this made me chuckle
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