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z1100r:
That is the only worry Bryan - I will have exhausts both sides with the new stock pipes, but I dont envisage taking the wheel out too often and I'll have another swinger by then.
Bryanj:
In that case make sure you have a strong bungie so you can disconnect the bottom of the shocks and hold the swingarm up to get the spindle out. Yam 750 tripple and 1100 four had a strong rubber strap in the tool kit for this purpose!
totty:
That's a great tip, you've just saved me the hassle of removing the exhaust to fit new sprockets.
Cheers
Allan
z1100r:
Crankcases sand blasted, painted and laquered. Halfords high temp silver enamel and petrol resistant laquer. Not that great a match to original especially after laquering.
Camcover head and barrel, sump and oilfilter housing, will be removed and vapour blasted before painting.
Bolt on sidecases and end of cam things will be vapour blasted and polished.
z1100r:
Dooesn't look great in those pics really does it....still that was late at night and in the garage with kind of weird reflections and crap going on....it looks good in the flesh.
I've now stripped the top end off the engine, I really really didn't want to do this, there was nothing wrong with it except it needed a bit of paint. Oh well its done now. Gives me a chance to Anneal the gasket again I suppose.
Cam cover and associated other bits all blasted and painted...head blasted and painted - had to take all the valves out etc etc a right pain in the arse just to blast and paint the dammed thing.
For the head I blocked up the cam oiling holes with 15mm lengths of plumbers solder pressed in the holes, the head face holes I covered with tape. I just dont want grit in my oil galleries, there are little pockets here and there that make it imposible to get it all out again.
Do the barrels tonight and then take some pics. Have used Halfords silver caliper paint for this lot...seems very good stuff and coverage is excellent..
I just hope none of that dammed sand falls in the engine from those open stud holes.
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