Have started the rebuild of my '79 mkII and as I'll be reboring to 1075 and using hotter cams, am looking to have my crankshaft balanced and welded. No engineering firms in Cairns are capable of doing this work, so does anyone know of a firm in Queensland able to do this?

chrisu wrote:i really would not use the swingarm mounted pillion pegs...

I had a similar setup in the 70's and girlfriend did not like them at all.

Thanks, that's what I was after. Some idea of what a pillion thought of them.

Will keep them so I don't have to faff about mounting the exhausts.

I'll be fitting a +2" Bill Wirges swingarm to my mkII and given that it has its own set of rear pegs it makes the standard hangers redundant. I notice a lot of people remove this rear framework with the intent of lightening the frame, but what is the pillion experience with swingarm mounted peg...

With my upcoming rebuild I'm wondering which loctite products I'll need and where. I have some 263 stud lock but which others should I have on hand?

Thanks guys, t27 Torx bit did the job.

Thanks all. I'll give the torx head a try....carefully.

HELP! As is always the case with screws when you have a number doing the same job. Broke the seal on two of the three, then number three chewed out the head. Now instead of an Allen head it has a nice round hole in the top. Any ideas on how to sort it? Was thinking I could Dremel a slot for a stanle...

Thanks for that Zed1015. I may get back to you for details on carb setup when I get to that point.

I'm going to bore out to 1075cc and fitting .384 lift cams.
Will this be within the range of adjustment for my standard vm28s, or am I going to run out of top-end?
Running Airbox and 4 into 2s.
Tks

Thanks for that. I suspected bronze brazing would be the best option.

I'm looking to stiffen my mkII frame and noticed that Sanctuary appear to braze rather than weld. Does one method have an advantage over the other, such as less prone to cracking?

We bore out that entire centre section when doing a rack and pinion clutch release conversion with no issues or loss of rigidity.

In that case I will relax and stop making problems for myself! Tks

warren3200gt wrote:You could always JB Weld a disc in there. That would stop them spreading any further if your worried.

I might JB a stainless washer in for peace of mind I think. Tks

Seen a few with surface cracks like that (most likely been there from new) but never seen one fail and the pressure from the clutch mushroom is on a wider radius where the plate is much thicker too. I wouldn't worry about it. Thanks for that. I'm going to be putting an APE heavy duty clutch kit in ...