Saturday, 10 November 2012
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Front brake overhaul
Tired looking calliper. |
Dodgy looking bleed nipple. |
Polish up nice. |
Looking good. |
Piston has had it. |
Finally out |
Steel Piston needs replacing. |
Out with the old seal. |
Clean out the seal grove. |
New Seal and stainless piston. |
In with the new seal. |
Start to push in the new piston. |
New Bleed nipple. |
Piston all the way in. |
Light brush with copper grease. |
More Copper grease. |
Looking good. |
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Seat Pan
The worst area is on the side of the kick stand. Which suggests that this bike was left out in the wet on the side stand for many years |
Old base is not to bad. |
Small 1/8 th plate infill for the rot next to the lock. |
Mig working great. |
Clean inside as this will be in view |
Small rot around drain hole. |
Foam side after welding. |
Underside area after welding. |
Remove old strap nut as it was rotten. |
Bottom edge front rotten so cut back to good steel. |
Wind down the required nut. |
New Steel in place. |
Mig in place and remove bolt. |
Weld both sides. |
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