Anyone have an OD and ID on the bronze kickstart shaft bush,
Not true in my experience of installing a dozen of them, and selling 3 dozen more. 100% satisfaction.Just to confirm with those who have been there. I have read that a reed valve on the timing case blanking plate would be mostly useless unless larger holes were drilled into the crankcase. I have no intention of disassembling the engine to drill these holes.
Any tips on removing the sprocket/mainshaft left hand thread nut? Thing is on there TIGHT.
Additionally, swingarm shaft will not budge.
Come on man!
Of course I removed the bolt! Hah
And yes, sprocket is locked with collar removed and I'm turning to the right. These nuts usually this stubborn?
Jim Comstock screw in breather it is then?
NO, Your bike has a frame member that blocks the Comstock sump breather from being used... As you know, I use a blanking plate breather (with 1 extra 3/8" drilling for air movement and a 3/16" drilling behind the oil pump for oil drainage) I also us the Jim Schmidt breather on the '70 model's camshaft breather port. So I have 2 breathers working together. IMO, the lack of a reed style breather was one the biggest flaws in any parallel twin. Having a pair of twin breathers, really eliminates the possibilities of oil leaks.
A few other things I wanted to mention to you, since I'm here....
The wings on the frame that hold the fuel tank often bust off because they weren't welded so great, Inspect them now and see how solid they are. Also when you go to mount the tank, there should be a rubber support bearing some of the tank weight between the tank's tunnel and the backbone of the bike frame. This way those wings don't bear the entire weight of the heavy fuel tank bouncing along as you ride. (yes, I know from having one break off prior to supporting the tank correctly...
The backside of the side covers on my 70 Roadster had the same blue color. Mine was and is a Roman Purple. Maybe it is some sort of primer?Rear isolastics out, PB did it's job. Waiting on clutch puller tool to remove primary covers to instal verniers.
Still deciding on options with collars, choking up on the tube yielded no results. Don't want to grind away at it, may bring it to machine shop or something later today.
So, in my somewhat stalled out state I started investigation colors, this model was numbered a roadster but sold as an S and has flat blue original paint on the inside side covers. Bike had been painted purple in the late 70s, previous owner had the blue matched and bike repainted before I bought it from him.
Anyone seen a blue like this before? First photo (which appears a bit greenish) is believed to be original paint that was matched for the second photo.
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The backside of the side covers on my 70 Roadster had the same blue color. Mine was and is a Roman Purple. Maybe it is some sort of primer?
John in Texas