VintageSpecial Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 More progress and another little film. I stripped the front forks. Not totally, I didn't strip the internals, just got them out so I could clean and check everything. The insides don't quite match the manual/parts books I have. One was worse than the other. Looked like the oil had never been changed. Springs were within serviceable limits. I cleaned the internals in the ultrasonic cleaner and they cleaned up nicely. I will fit new oil seals and have new dust covers coming (I hope). The tubes I wire brushed and have sitting in Evaporust to get all rust out of the rust pits. I will fill the slight depressions with epoxy then sand them smooth to make a nice surface for the seal to ride over. Luckily most rust was not where the forks pass the seals. I made a tool to hold the inside bolt to allow you to undo the Allen bolt in the base to get it all apart. A small film is here: https://youtu.be/bHCRbjLJTvk Simon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 07/01/2023 at 08:42, VintageSpecial said: I decided it was time to finally totally strip the bike. That didn't take too long. I posted about it on my YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/asciimation) I recognise that channel, we were talking about your beer cooler the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageSpecial Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 That beer cooler was YEARS ago! I actually have a tiny turbo and parts sitting on the shelf as another project I should do sometime. I always wanted to make a much smaller, more portable jet engine, to be able to more easily take places to show. Simon 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageSpecial Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2023 Next in the saga: I cleaned all the rust off the forks then put layers and layers of anti rust paint on them and sanded it off again. Should save the seals I think. Also the frame is back from the blasters and is all painted. And I stripped the wheels and will get new bearings for them. Does anyone know what the top steering bearing is? Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VintageSpecial Posted August 20, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2023 I seem to have been locked out of my account for some time but finally got back in. I updated the project mainly on YouTube so look there to see all the progress but to finish this off I should at least post a picture of the finished bike. Goes very well. At least puttering around the garden that is. I have a new bike project to do now. A 1953 Velocette LE Mk2. Simon 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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