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first bike is located in davie Florida near Fort Lauderdale
Xs650 member price 500$ again the bike runs
1978 xs 650 hardtailed with tc bros setup
small oil leak on left cylinder head
no front brake "have everything besides master cylinder for front brake install"
rear drum
Tc bros...
1978 xs 650 hardtailed with tc bros setup
Runs great small oil leak on left cylinder head"needs retorqued" no front brake "have everything besides master cylinder for front brake install" rear drum
Tc bros bootlegger handlbars
Tc bros rear fender and sissy bar "needs redone "
Pamco ignition with...
Ok pictures of the rear wheel internals
Grabbing lunch I'll post my current spacing setup rear fender and sissy are crooked as shit now so don't judge off that
Axle still spins with a screwdriver
I'll double check the axle spacers again and redo all the hardware the axle was cocked when all this happened, thanks again for the insight
The cam washer is installed I've cleaned and redone that drum 3 times now.
I'll increase the size of the the brake stay arm and figure a strong mounting...
Ok I'll try and do this correctly
The brake stay rod pulled out of the drum
Where part 42 is allowing the drum to roll pulling my brake pivot off the tack welds "p.o installed" the more I look at it the hardware failed at #42 but why was my break still acting weird I'm going to pull everything...
I'm not sure what let lose on it to be honest I would assume the brake stay rod pulled out then it ripped the brake pivot off, I wasn't harmed thank you for showing concern. The hardware I used was recycled from what the po had on there originally
Adding a before picture.
The brake stay tab was relocated to the end of the axle plate red marks angle of the brake stay rod and brake pivot are marked in yellow
Crude drawings on iPhone but they where straight
so this basket case project of mine keeps biting my butt
Thought I had my rear brake issue figured out took it for a shake down ride tonight and we'll I'll let the pictures speak for the rest
Had an issue with the brake stay tab bending in the location the po had it so I moved it down and re...
Like i said I'm new to the xs650 just offering advice based off my experience, that being said on the factory carb rubber boots there might be a vacuum barb that if uncapped would completely kill a cylinder from firing
New myself to the xs650 but I went through the same issues, dead left cylinder then hard starts
Carbs where not cleaned properly was my left cylinder issue after triple checking valves and cam chain
As for your hard start I would look into timing my advance plate was destroyed putting my timing...
working on a tc bros hard tail setup the po had swapped to a tx500 wheel previously
Just wanted some input on the way I have this mocked up and measured the chain looks good to me but I'm blind as a bat with one leg shorter then the other
9mm spaced out on the sprocket
Drive side is 3 1/2...