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CB750F2 .... silk purse from a sows ear.
SumpMagnet:
Pressures of life...work...and...er..life have been keenly felt of late, and it's slowed progress on the project. As has the trusty daily rider Hornet....picking up two punctures in 2 weeks and needing new rear pads. But she works for a living..so that takes priority.
But...things have been moving slowly. Flushed with success on the rear brake......the swingarm was next on the list in my efforts to get a rolling chassis. Only taken me a year to get this far.....er....yeah.
The actual swingarm p[ivot felt fine when I was tearing the thing down with no real slop or play, so the bushes will stay. The rest was not so good. Much crud had to ber cleaned off, and strangely...one side of the arm was covered with a fair bit of surface corrosion, one was good. The corrosion was chainside....so I suspect Mr Previous Owner wasn't much of a one for chain grease.
The surface prep took a while, but the paint came off easy ( I have some REAL paint stripper... ) the chain guard threads were cleaned up, and a sheared off grease nipple was found on the swingarm. Nice to see Honda put one there....but this one was a goner. Also beyond usable were the rubber bushes for the lower shock mounts.
these had me stumped until I found a brilliant solution...well..I say 'found' ... my brilliant solution was to ask on here....and I got a souiltion that worked well!
I attacked the fossilised rubber with an old and blunt 3mm drill bit, drilling holes through the crumbly rubber around the edge between the inner and outer metal sleeves. This allowed me to pull out the bits in between with what are actually locking forceps I picked up years ago at an auto jumble. Then...I popped a hacksaw blade in and cut through the outer sleeve almost through...then punched in the edge to collapse it. On one I scored slightly through the sleeve....but no harm was done and teh metal on the swingarm was barely marked and not 'grooved'.
Now I can order replacements and press them in when the paint has had a few weeks to harden.
Happy days.
Oh...yeah...one fly in the ointment though...well actually...fly in the damn paint! Sprayed it on the washing line as it was a nice day. Then carried it into teh shed to keep it away from flies, dust or the chance of rain. Hung up in shed and I see a damn midge buzz past and settle on the fresh, tacky paint. Well...I know better than to try and sort that now....so midge is doomed, and I will have to flat that back later. It's on the underside....so no big deal. Just bugs me .......
Spitfire:
Nice to see a plan come together
Cheers
Dennis
SumpMagnet:
No stopping me know...er...well...until I had to stop anyway.
Swingarm painted...
and then did the battery box and torque arm.
Battery box was in a rusty state at the bottom, and needed much sanding and prep to be paintable. Battery acid leaks and general neglect means corrosion is common. Tehy are also very fiddly to sand, with bits everywhere.
Need to order my shock bushings and I can put together the swingarm with the worn out old FVQ shocks going in for temporary. They will be replaced with modern/new units.
Crispy:
Just sat and read your story from start to finish, great read you should write a book! I can identify with a lot of your experiences, the highs and lows, master cylinders >:( and getting a lot of pleasure from simple things like transforming some part with a bit of paint or succeeding in doing something that you've never done before. Good luck with the rest of the rebuild and I'm looking forward to reading the next chapter! ;)
SumpMagnet:
Appreciate the comments :)
This is part resto...part therapy for me. Documenting the steps and the experiences is fun, and when it's all done, I can put it all together with the receipts and the pictures, and if I ever sell this thing...it will come with a story!
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