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550 F2 started!
Sesman:
Looking really smart, Roo.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
All looking good now Roo panic phase over!
Laverdaroo:
Cheers fella's, theyve been a bit of a pig but kinda enjoyed the head scratching.
Just not the polishing! :(
;D
Laverdaroo:
Reeto, cheers Phil
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Laverdaroo:
Right, after a day of groaning and more Anglo Saxon vocabulary muttering, I managed to get all the frame mounting bolts free from the engine and strip all the crap off the old frame ready to get the lump out.
All were ok but very much ‘in there’ and I got through a gas bottle in the plumbers torch and several ‘tapping sticks’ were employed in the removal of the swines!
Even with my heaviest ‘tapper’ the swing arm pivot bolt is very firmly and quite adamantly, ‘staying put’ which is a little tiresome.
I’m going to pop the lump out tonight to allow better access to the bleed nipple and try to get it out so I can fire some penatrant down its neck straight onto the inner tube and see if that frees it with some more heat and ignorance………..keep yer posted!
What a manky, greasy, uncared for motor, nothing has yielded without a fight and that’s with absolutely drenching it in plus gas for a month, every day.
The comparison of before’s and after’s are going to promote a smug grin come the time.I reckon, really looking forward to getting on now. Bar a couple of bits I’ve all I need for the rebuild so it’s strip, blast, paint and build
So far, out of everything that’s been attempted, no bolts ‘necked’ off as yet with just the swinger to get out and the top n bottom yolks to whip off. (Not ‘triple trees’! Wtf?
The swinger bolt has about 90 degrees of travel currently after being persuaded with a large lump of timber but the bolt moves with the arm so I guess the tube inside is solid to it as there is no lateral movement at all.
As a worst case scenario if replacing the swing arm bushes and caps, which I am, is it possible to run a metal blade in between the frame and face edge of the bearing cap that sits in between the arm and the frame? The frames junk so not precious about saving it. I figured if not I’ll just cut it off and see if I can get it pressed out………..it’s proper in there. If it’s anything like the front lower mounts as shown, I wonder if they’ll shift at all. This one over an hour to get out!
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