Got a few things done this week. Forks on, swingarm in and battery box in. Nice to see it starting to look like a bike again.
Made a modification to the swing arm bolt. I've read about 5T's swingarm mod and I don't think there is anything wrong with it. I decided to try something different.
I took .015 off of the shaft between the black marks on the swingarm bolt. My reasoning was it's a pretty tight fit between the bolt and the tube. This gives the grease an easier path to get to the holes in the tube. This puts the grease into the center of the bearing where hopefully it will spread evenly. Before I did this I checked and the holes in the bolt and tube are in the same spot. For them to line up close to each other is a crap shoot.
I also needed to get the springs off of the rear shocks. I did not have a spring compressor. So I made one.
I know very well springs are very dangerous. I do not recommend this, but it did work. Best I could do with what I have laying around.
Now for a little bling time. Notice how ratty the spring adjuster looks on the shock.
They are not anywhere as good as if they were re-chromed, but they are a hell of a lot better than they were. All I did was degrease in the ultrasonic and soak in Evapo-Rust for 24 hours.
That's all for this week, not moving at the speed of Mailman, but I am having fun.It's nice to slow down and enjoy the journey.