Great pic that Jim
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I would have thought it would be a mix of something. It's like the exhausts headers...they are supposed to be Stainless steel.
Great pic that Jim
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If you look at the picture you can see the edge of the liner. It looks like a plain iron liner but how they get it in there is beyond me. That block is a work of art.
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Precision alignment and one heavy duty press I would guess. And maybe there is a bit of heat involved.but how they get it in there is beyond me
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No parts yet. I did get a message today that said they shipped. Wonderful!
Tomorrow the first group ride of the season happens. It is billed as our Polar Bear ride. The weather is supposed to be OK with only a 40% change of rain but freezing rain moves in on Sunday. I don't know why but I can't wait for the winter to end. I have not been able to stay warm all winter and the riding has been iffy at best. Usually we get some nice days but on the days the sun is out the wind has blown a gale.
Tomorrow the first group ride of the season happens. It is billed as our Polar Bear ride. The weather is supposed to be OK with only a 40% change of rain but freezing rain moves in on Sunday. I don't know why but I can't wait for the winter to end. I have not been able to stay warm all winter and the riding has been iffy at best. Usually we get some nice days but on the days the sun is out the wind has blown a gale.
Motorcycling is a tool with which you can accomplish something meaningful in your life. It is an art." Theresa Wallach
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Liner is cast iron for sure. Today I took closer look.Big_Jim59 wrote:If you look at the picture you can see the edge of the liner. It looks like a plain iron liner but how they get it in there is beyond me. That block is a work of art.
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There HERE! The rod bearings arrived today and now it's back to work. Of course it promises to be some of the coldest days of the year but I don't care. It's back together it goes.
Motorcycling is a tool with which you can accomplish something meaningful in your life. It is an art." Theresa Wallach
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Woo hooo 
See you in a few days when you reappear back out of the garage.
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Great now get on with it :-)
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thats some work your doing Jim. keep the info comming 
the older i get,the faster i was 
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I have my parts and I would have run out to the shop, first thing this morning but it has turned out to be a bitter cold day. Yes, it does snow occasionally in North Texas.
I did get one more part in. I ordered this only three days ago and, in spite of the weather and the fact that it came from Bozeman Montana, it gets to me in three days. This is in contrast to my OEM parts that take ten days or more. I am not bitter. I ordered a Gold Plug magnetic drain plug. Every bike should have one of these and every bike, that circulated a lot of trash should doubly have one of these. I guess manufactures don't use them because they freak owners up when they pull the drain plug and find it looking like it grew a head of hair. Any bike that shares the engine oil with the transmission with have steel shavings floating around. Transmissions are notoriously dirty.
I did get one more part in. I ordered this only three days ago and, in spite of the weather and the fact that it came from Bozeman Montana, it gets to me in three days. This is in contrast to my OEM parts that take ten days or more. I am not bitter. I ordered a Gold Plug magnetic drain plug. Every bike should have one of these and every bike, that circulated a lot of trash should doubly have one of these. I guess manufactures don't use them because they freak owners up when they pull the drain plug and find it looking like it grew a head of hair. Any bike that shares the engine oil with the transmission with have steel shavings floating around. Transmissions are notoriously dirty.
Motorcycling is a tool with which you can accomplish something meaningful in your life. It is an art." Theresa Wallach
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I made good use of my Saturday even if it was freezing in the shop. I started the day by putting on many layers of clothing and that made it seem OK. My wife keeps after me to buy a heater for the shop but they all seem like an ignition source to me so I have resisted the temptation to be comfortable.
I knew that today was the big day. I fit the new rode bearings and check the clearance with plastigage. (They are within spec.) I then fit the rods to the pistons and installed the rings, staggered the ring gaps and popped them into their respective holes. I wrapped the big end with a shop towel to keep it from banging into the cylinder wall or anything else. I had to disassemble and re-assembe the shift mechanism from the old case to the new one. That done I spread Yamabond (Sorry, no Hondabond on hand) on the sealing surfaces and installed the bottom case. This was my biggest concern, getting the shifting forks to align but I shouldn't have worried. It went back together perfectly. Once I got all the bolts in and everything torqued down I checked the transmission and it shifted through all the gear and the crank can be turned by a strong hand. I used an assembly lube with graphite on all the bearing surfaces. I finished off the day by mounting the brackets that hold the rear suspension linkage on the rear of the now assembled engine. I would keep going but I am tired and I don't want to rush things.
It's getting there.
I knew that today was the big day. I fit the new rode bearings and check the clearance with plastigage. (They are within spec.) I then fit the rods to the pistons and installed the rings, staggered the ring gaps and popped them into their respective holes. I wrapped the big end with a shop towel to keep it from banging into the cylinder wall or anything else. I had to disassemble and re-assembe the shift mechanism from the old case to the new one. That done I spread Yamabond (Sorry, no Hondabond on hand) on the sealing surfaces and installed the bottom case. This was my biggest concern, getting the shifting forks to align but I shouldn't have worried. It went back together perfectly. Once I got all the bolts in and everything torqued down I checked the transmission and it shifted through all the gear and the crank can be turned by a strong hand. I used an assembly lube with graphite on all the bearing surfaces. I finished off the day by mounting the brackets that hold the rear suspension linkage on the rear of the now assembled engine. I would keep going but I am tired and I don't want to rush things.
It's getting there.
Motorcycling is a tool with which you can accomplish something meaningful in your life. It is an art." Theresa Wallach
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Won't be long now
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The rest is just putting stuff back on.lloydie wrote:Won't be long now
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That's a good days work Jim.
I think you should get a heater in there. It's not as if you have anything highly flammable, it's only petrol
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I think you should get a heater in there. It's not as if you have anything highly flammable, it's only petrol
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