GB's 'Period' modded Z1000A2 with 'Toast Racks'

zed1015 · #46 PostAuthor: **zed1015** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:01 pm

Looks like you pulled it apart just in time.
Why is there always a piece of orange gasket sealant on the oil pickup even when there's no evidence of it being used on any of the joints :lol:

#47 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:20 pm

Rob, plenty of evidence of the orange goo....... All over the clutch cover, red stuff too! :roll:

I am amazed the cams are in such good nick, after seeing the state of that gauze.

mikey · #48 PostAuthor: **mikey** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:55 pm

Here you are steve a pic of my Zthou when i first got it
with the actual toast racks that you have now

#49 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:42 pm

Bloody hell Mikey, that's what I'm planning.............

.................... Red paint, white wheels, JMC swinger & those toast racks. :shock:

Mark Tiller · #50 PostAuthor: **Mark Tiller** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:09 pm

another one of those special brown Harris exhausts

#51 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:23 pm

Deffo WON'T be having a Harris.............

.......................... Alfa 4-1 for me. :sou

mikey · #52 PostAuthor: **mikey** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:19 pm

But im glad to say it looks like this now
sorry steve thats hijacking your thread a bit there

#53 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:23 pm

No problem Mikey..............

........................ Those tank badges look perfectly positioned. :wink:

complete zedness · #54 PostAuthor: **complete zedness** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:33 pm

Just read the whole thread, superb Steve. Keep at it :up

mikey · #55 PostAuthor: **mikey** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:42 pm

Ginger Bear wrote:No problem Mikey..............

........................ Those tank badges look perfectly positioned.

Thats cuz your eyesight and measuring skills are better than mine

#56 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:02 pm

OK, some progress.......

Split the cases last week, degreased them, then jet washed them.

Spent a while bead blasting them, to what I thought was a reasonable standard....................

......................... After looking at Bongo's vapour blasted cases at the weekend, I realised, I'd never be happy with the finish I'd achieved, but didn't want to spend a chunk of dosh (I'm trying to keep this project as low budget as poss) :roll:

So they were back in the blast cabinet, with some 120 grit Aluminium oxide, that really did knock off all the shit, then I emptied all that out & put the glass beads back in & went over the cases again. Gotta say, I'm quite happy with them now.

One benefit for me, over vapour blasting is that I only do the outsides, I know vapour blasting isn't meant to remove any material & is supposed to be fine on bearing/mating surfaces, but after cleaning these up with some fine wire wool, you can still see the original machining marks. :lon

Spent most of today, washing the cases & oilways, used a little rag on a wire, as per Rob (Zed1015)..... Thanks, Rob. :wink:

Re-Tapped all the threads too.

Steadied cases & fitted a replacement crank, as the original has a suspect taper. Got to say thankyou to young Mr Coldsummer for helping me out with a lot of replacement engine parts.

That's enough for tonight! :wink:

coldsummer · #57 PostAuthor: **coldsummer** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:07 pm

Oooh this is starting to get interesting now

Nice job on those cases Steve, very impressive.

#58 PostAuthor: **paul doran** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:21 am

cases look good Steve
I have finally got My Sods Blast set up going and blasted a cyclinder head for a Fellow Club Member and it turned out fine
I am currently building a room just for this purpose
so with a machine shop and blasting set up I can do nearly everything in house

#59 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:34 pm

Before joining the two cases, I gave the end of the kickstart shaft a little clean in the bead blast cabinet. Double wrapped it first in a couple of poly bags, save's taking it all apart.
I've seen plenty of gleaming bike's with freshly re-chromed kickstarts, let down by a shitty looking shaft. :??

(Jimmock.... No need to make any 'shaft' observations. ):roll:

After coating the mating faces with Kawabond, I've bolted 'em all together with some freshly re-zinced fasteners from Mikey.

Hopefully I'll get the barrels on & get it in the frame over the weekend. :lon

ollie · #60 PostAuthor: **ollie** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:03 pm

looking great Steve ,casings look really good mate ,i wish i had bought it now :roll:

keep those pics coming ,i am really enjoying seeing this project coming back to life . :wink:

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