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Converting Z1000st to chain drive

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moe

Converting Z1000st to chain drive

#1 PostAuthor: moe » Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:57 pm

Not been on here for a while.

I had a rush of blood to the head last week ,and decided it was time to drag the rotting hulk from under a sheet and start to rebuild it.

I then saw a gear cluster for a Z1H for sale on Ebay and ended up buying it. Now this is the fun bit ( or bloody stupid) ! I'm thinking of trying to fit the gear cluster into my ST bottom end . I split the crankcases tonight and found the first problem, output shaft bearing diameter on ST is 62mm approx, H bearing is approx 68mm. I will know dimensions better when I get a new battery for my verniers :oops: It looks like there is enough meat in the crankcase to bore it out to the larger diameter.

I might not be seeing the bigger picture, and I was wondering if any of you more knowledgable folks, could tell me if I'm wasting my time and should just forget the idea ?

As it stands, it only owes me £12 and my time stripping it , so it's no big deal if I can't do it, I just thought it would be different. :lol:

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#2 PostAuthor: paul doran » Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:37 am

this conversion has been done before and I understand it's not a huge undertaking
Fer may know as I seem to remember We discussed this one time
way too many Zeds

moe

#3 PostAuthor: moe » Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:43 am

That's good to hear, gives me some encouragement. I thought I might just be getting a bit too optimistic .

I've now found another problem :cry: when I removed the crankshaft, I noticed that one of the roller bearing locating pins was loose, looking closer at it there are 2 hairline cracks running from the pin hole and the hole is elongated. Have you seen this before, and what could have caused it ? I can only think that the bearing has tried to seize and it has tried to spin the outer housing of the bearing.

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#4 PostAuthor: chrisNI » Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:16 pm

What direction is the elongation - fore and aft or side to side?

moe

#5 PostAuthor: moe » Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:23 am

The elongation is side to side.

Is this a common fault?

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#6 PostAuthor: Z1RII » Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:31 pm

i bet it was bearing no. 5 :??

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#7 PostAuthor: stephen parr » Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:16 am

Found this had happened to mine. Took it to SEP at Kegworth for welding. They told me that this is usually caused by the use of a slide hammer when trying to remove the rotor. Mine must have been like this for 25yrs [before I got it] as I'd wound a bolt in to remove it. :shock:


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