I've relapsed. Again. MKIII rescue

Dang if it didn't happen again.


Sat for the last 20 years.

concours said:

Dang if it didn't happen again.

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Dam it
I'm sorry to read this
It's a bit of a burden having to take in and look after these old ladies
But someone has to do it!
Well done I'm pretty jealous

concours said:

Dang if it didn't happen again.

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Looks good to go?

Oil in the rocker covers, drained the sump, oil in the cylinders, 3 quarts in the tank, crocus to the contact breakers, connect a new battery, put fuel in and she's a runner.
Two hours effort.

baz said:

Looks good to go?

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Starter sprag is failed, as expected

What did that clean garaged runner cost you? Excellent find regardless.

I donno... you might have to look after the gravel on the front rotor shown in the photo... Aww I'm just envious. That bike is the spittin' image of the one I bought for $750 in 1988, color and all. Mid life crisis she said. Now it's old age crisis. Same bike.

What a beauty, @concours .

Congrats!

Thomasa said:

I donno... you might have to look after the gravel on the front rotor shown in the photo... Aww I'm just envious. That bike is the spittin' image of the one I bought for $750 in 1988, color and all. Mid life crisis she said. Now it's old age crisis. Same bike.

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I hadn't noticed the reflection....
But, the chrome will GO!

Well done...

....along with the forward massa cylinder?

Onder said:

....along with the forward massa cylinder?

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If you mean the CALIPER, they go on the left, on the MkIII.

Onder said:

....along with the forward massa cylinder?

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Gonna sleeve it

Looks like ya hooter has jumped ship from the original position
Is the original still there?

baz said:

Looks like ya hooter has jumped ship from the original position
Is the original still there?

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The original is still in the nether regions.

The one up front & high is a bolt on.

A good home for a wayward Norton! We won't know where you are without the smoke, yeng-yeng LOL Congrats!

See that torque limiter/anti-backfire gizmo? Test that with a torque wrench. You can wedge the small gear in a 12 point socket while holding the big one in a vise with soft jaws. I believe the factory spec it 50 ft. lbs but look it up.

It they don't work you'll have to do the sprag job again. I've done many of them and added an extra spring-washer to accommodate a Harley four-pole, starter-field and big battery. That upped the torque capacity but after a while the sprag failed so I went back to the factory setup and tightened it ever so slightly more and staked it down. That holds the torque most of the time but occasionally the little balls inside let go and it makes a racket. Better that than replacing sprags though. It's been that way for a few hundred starts. But, if it lets go too many times the little balls will create ramps to escape their holes and it'll let go all the time. In such case, IIRC you can flip the gear with the holes over and use the other side.

But I may be mis-remembering and used another gear as I've had lots of spares. The shop I worked in removed lots of starters for being more trouble than they were worth and I kept the parts the owners didn't want.

I set my sprag to release at 45 ft lbs 10 years ago. It occasionally slips and makes a racket, but it's still the OEM one and does its job.
I recommend setting it as loose as you dare.
Jaydee