Featured Triumph Bonnie Owner At Last-t140 Project

Bit more done, great fun so far!

 

Yes I must have been lucky, I locked up the primary with a bit of wood and the nut came off ok. I used a puller I bought to get the clutch off and it worked a treat, so all good so far, very enjoyable. Probably never run again though!

 

Thanks for that, good idea!

 

Ok but of a delay but back to it today and now the cases are split. All good so far, just wondering if the marks around the main bearing positions is machined in the factory or a sign of the crank catching the cases? No sign of anything on the crank itself so any advice gratefully received. Cheers.

 

Thanks, that’s a relief!

 

Despite being what I thought was careful with covering my con rods I have found small marks on them-is this a problem?

 

As I am extremely tight I will polish it out, as new rods are a bit costly-or is that a false economy? I don’t want to keep going into the bottom end so maybe I should bite the bullet while I am in there? I will only use the bike for general road use so do you think it would be ok?

 

Well I am definitely not planning on going mad on it, so I think I will use these ones once I have them looking nice. The big ends look good and are standard size so that’s good news

 

You are welcome! I may have been lucky so far but it’s been very enjoyable and there is loads of stuff available for these bikes which makes things easier and a very helpful bunch of owners to point me in the right direction, which I definitely need as I have never done anything like this before !

 

Oh yes Sludge Trap Fans, it’s nearly time to whip out the plug, simply remove and clean the trap and pop it back together with a shiny new hex type. That’s the plan! Reality may bite hard here, I have read horror stories about getting these out involving broken bits, nuts being welded on and all sorts of woes. I have everything crossed, wish me luck!

Thanks for the advice, I will fit some new shells while I am at it and replace all the bearings. Sounds easy enough

 

The little laughing emoji didn’t appear! I don’t expect it to be easy but I am hopeful it will be ok