69 120r

Thanks darkman , on other matters I still havent built up my front wheel which is a right pain Cwc sending me wrong spokes twice so I am having to chase them again monday sorry tuesday to send correct ones .
Still have the painting to finish on both guards and flash on tank . So still quite a bit to do. Also I am not very happy with the polishing of the engine outer cases, there are some over zelous wheel marks and some pitting showing . To be fair they were quite bad and i was only charged £40 but wish They charged 60 for 50% better job or more . I might sand them i a couple of places remove the worst marks and ask them to go over again .

 

Ahh ok , thanks for the tip , useful to know , will give some areas some 80 grit and see if I get to some uniform material , just glad it doesn't need anodising for a finish , those coroded pit marks are like the tip of an iceberg from experience .

 

Cases closed and timing gears timed





Fitted a new Harris pump too . Went to refit tappet blocks but none of the o rings in the Harris gasket set seemed the right size, too loose and I couldn't get them to slide in which was annoying so will try and track some down tomorrow .

 

I must admit I didnt strip it completely I did take out the pistons and degreased as they were gummy with a waxy oil , oiled and put back , they looked ok to be fair . I did note they had slot outlet opening compared to the old one , I openned the gasket slightly as it was restricting opening very slightly .
Side cover not on yet as bit undecided about its state of polish . Thanks for the advice ,think I will just undo the bottom two nuts on the pump to dbl check for any nasties tomorow .
Pistons in today , ring gaps needed opening to 15 thou. All went smoothly after making a couple of ring compressors .



I seem to be supplied with the wrong push rod tubes These are Harris chrome but I do wonder how long the chrome finish will last so thinking alley ones may have been a better option ?
Think they should be like this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-TRIU...763221&hash=item2ac8d5bf41:g:I6sAAOSwcUBYI0Lx

 

Cool will get them ordered up , rockers reassembled mines a 69 with notched rocker ends for oil , after a bit of research it seems mine were incorrectly fitted when I disassembled seems the thrust washers should face the rockers and the thackeries up against the aluminium casting if I have got it right that is .



original assembly

 

I need to put a smallish parts order in tomorrow as well as the washers for the rockers I had a look at the pushrods today , visually I think they dont look too bad , look to be straight and true ,ends uniform in wear .
Are these generally replaced as a matter of course through fears of fatigue or should I be ok reusing ?

 

Gearbox went back in ok , cant fit the kicker cover finally as missing a couple of casing dowls , its always the little thing that seem to hold things up , although CWC look to have finally come good with sending me the correct spokes for the front wheel . So thats another job to be got on with .

 

Thanks Darkman , will give them a proper clean up and reuse

 

Thanks for that Phil , I gave them a spruce and clean today , glad to say they survived a pull test ! think they will be good to go .
I need to do a little work to the head before I can fit them , I have had new valve seats installed but I need to blend the new seats to the ports before fitting the valves etc.

 

Front wheel now built up , easier than the rear to lace somehow .

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With both wheels built I fitted new the new K70's

 

Fitted some new brake shoes , seems the new ones come with a hardened cast in contact shim , the old shoes had a separate piece which was plated for no reason it turns out , not sure why they have done this tbh . The old end shim wont fit over the new so I assuming it must be redundant ?

 

Excellent , they must be good ! I must admit I am pleased with them .Getting the tyres on wasn't as bad as I thought , not saying I never swore at all but plenty of washing liquid and the fact that a mate lent me some decent levers helped . Fitting the tyre locks was quite tricky but they are in . I understand now that after I had bought them they may not be necessary but it did have them before.

 

I was wondering what the normal approach is with regards the stator and rotor.
Are they considered reliable and rarely need replacing (I should be so lucky )
Therefor just refit the original parts . Test somehow?
Or replace with new , fearful of this as I see Lucus make replacements and from experience there parts especially points condensers are generally complete shite . Thoughts appreciated