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My New Project arrives after a 44 year wait!
Laverdaroo:
No worries Dave, it’s still in the drawer and available should it be required.
Good on you Ash, that’s a proper stash, you’ll have made Dave’s day
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Laverda Dave:
A bit of progress over the past few days although for every step forward I appear to be going two steps back🙄. The stripped thread in the sump has been a pain and trying to source a replacement is proving impossible (the subject of another thread). Today I have been preparing the frame ready for an alignment check before blasting and powder coating. This involved replacing the swing arm, shocks and rear wheel. I've fitted a spare set of crankcases I having hanging around as this is what engineer needs to do the checking (the PO said he had an 'Off' some years ago so it would be silly not to gave the frame alignment checked).
I attempted to strip the forks by holding them in the lower yoke and held this in a vice. Unfortunately the cap head bolts in the fork bottom just turns without undoing from the damper. I have tried to compress the legs hoping the spring pressure would stop the damper turning but no luck. I then resorted to the torque gun hoping to shock the bolt but nothing doing there either. I was going to do the unthinkable and resort to drilling the head of the bolt off but that won't work either as the bolt head is in a recess preventing me holding it and the drill just spins the bolt! This is the first time I've had this problem with fork legs, they normally put up a bit of a fight but usually a bit of a compress of the leg does the trick. Does anyone have any ideas how to separate the damper from the leg?
AshimotoK0:
How about a length of dowel shoved down the stanchion and forced against the damper. Not sure if broom handle is too large a diameter. Pretty sure the fixing had thread lock on it from factory.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
popped up before -
https://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,26667.msg246225.html#msg246225
Laverda Dave:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on November 26, 2023, 09:49:04 PM ---popped up before -
https://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,26667.msg246225.html#msg246225
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Thanks guys. I've just read the link and there appears to be salvation in a broom handle🙂
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