Been a while since the last update.....I'm not quite as quick as Philippe but then again, who is?
The yokes were sandblasted a while ago and got painted the other day.
With a lot of the frame bits done I thought I'd better pay some attention to the frame. First job was a de-shite. 40 years of gunge and chain oil in the hard to get to places. Washing machine liquid and warm water with a stiff brush seems to have lifted most of it. Then that showed up some unfinished mig robot welds. (I saw this mentioned in another post the other day)
This will get addressed at the same time as this
It would seem someone has attacked the RH outer centre stand mount with a hacksaw???
I can only guess that it was due to a poorly fitted 4-1 exhaust that was fitted. It's definitely been hacksawed and not bust because it's other half with the nut is perfect. Anyway, so set about making a noggin using basic tools and a bit of 4mm bar. Roughly cut the bar and clamped it to the LHS to get it's shape.
I haven't got a 14mm HSS drill bit so a round file was used first marking the hole, again using the LHS and confirming it's size with the centre stand bolt. The it's legs were cut down to suit the remains of the mount on the frame.
This was then secured in place using a 14/16mm piece of copper water pipe and a oil sump washer.
With the copper in place it should be able to be welded up without welding the bolt. That's for later this week.
That 30 seconds a previous muppet spent with a hacksaw has just cost 1/2 a day. All part of the fun
