Sad to say I had another thrust washer break! So, I have replaced the crank with one that has the thrust washers on the crank and am reboring No. 4, It will get a 57 mm piston kit and new small end bearing. I have cleaned up the rotary disk covers, and will be using a long open phase carbon rotary disk, the clearance is 0,3 mms. Will order a standard rotary disk.
Performance on the 350 was down due to raising the barrels with additional gaskets, so I am going to use thinner gasket material and hopefully find a compromise between breaking pistons and performance.
Friday 19 October 2018
RG500 and RD350 base gaskets
Saturday 6 October 2018
Daytona and T140
Getting really pissed off with the company doing the epoxy on the Triumph frame still not finished (or started for that matter).
The Daytona got a puncture rear wheel on a 1000km tyre so attempted to repair, which didn't take so got the shop down the road to put a plug in from the inside.
Took the 900ss out for a ride and although the battery was flat (on charge for 18 hours), it took about 10 kicks to start. Once started it ticked over nicely, and I had a nice couple of hour run out.
As well as the T140 , I now have an XR 400 Honda in the shop, it's a neighbours desert bike, that's been using a lot of oil. He wants me to strip the top end and rebore it for a new piston. Once I got the barrel off I don't think the piston or cylinder are worn, but I am awaiting a bore measuring tool, to measure the middle of the cylinder to be sure. At the moment I am thinking new rings and valve seals and away it goes! The photos are of the cylinder head.
Should be doing the RG500 meeting at Ales this coming weekend although for the moment the weather is dodgy so I haven't signed up yet!
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