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Bryanj:
HINT if you are fitting taper roller head races the washer/spacer supplied is too think you need a 1mm shim washer. I bought a few 30x42x0.5 shim washers from ebay and used 2

mickandsej:
Would these do?



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Bryanj:
Probably, i bought more because i have a few to do and i had no idea at time how thick the spacer needed to be tolerances might mean you need 3.

mickandsej:
Stripped the headstock....
Made a ball catcher rig


These vinyl wrap magnets have been invaluable on loads of projects, expensive for what they are but bloody useful



Only problem was 17 balls top, 17 bottom so a bit short. The races are chewed so I can’t re use anything. More bodgery betrayed by the loose lock ring, although there was no slop, only grumbling.

I can also recommend this liquid for degreasing, far better than its intended use, at 20% alcohol it kinda interferes with the D&A policy at work, and it stings!




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mickandsej:
Spent the day working through electrical stuff as I’m held up waiting for head races. Stripped back the front outer loom to find it very wet, a lot of old tape etc. Worst bit was when I took the ignition switch off and found the whole sub loom was wet, taped to death and twisted connections on both ends! Glad I bought a new soldering iron..
The new coils fitted best with the HT leads pointing forwards, is it best to run the leads back over the rocker box and p clip them there? Can they be cut? I’ve also found a light green wired female bullet, looks OEM, under the coils, and I don’t know what it’s for!
I’ve also laid a fused heavy wire from the solenoid to the headlight bowl, and ordered some micro relays so I can beef up the lights & horn.
New pads ordered as the half worn ones were sticking in the caliper and a bit chewed up. Piston good just new seal and rattle can job to do. New hoses and line to go on as old one was rock hard.
Got to replace the throttle cables, stripped down and found lithium grease on the grip end, is it ok to regrease when refitting?
Tacho cable screw stripped in the head so that’ll have to stay there for now.
Still enjoying it, I’m getting more disciplined with hobbying it rather than working against the clock :-)


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