It's your lucky day. I can fix that for you. It's one of the things I do in my shop. The photo below shows a few other tools I use. #2 is a home made tool for removing and installing the clutch springs. If you have the tool kits with the bikes you should have tool #1. It is a tire tool and also a clutch spring tool on the other end. #3 is a homemade tool for removing the screwed plug that holds the sludge tube in. If you make one, make sure it fits the screwdriver slot tightly and use an impact driver to remove it. #4 is a 9/16 X 18 tap used to remove the sludge tube. I drop a short piece of rod(#5) into the sludge tube (#6) and run the tap down the tube. The rod bottoms out and draws the sludge tube out of the crank. Be sure to drill out the center punch on the screwed plug and heat the crank before trying to remove the plug. That other tap that I posted in the last tool pic is a 1/2 X 14 NPT used to draw out the camshaft bushings on the L/S case. Are we having fun yet???Not a great day!
Started cleaning it up for disassembly...
I discovered a case repair on the primary side. Looks like the primary chain must have slapped/snapped or something?? It doesn't look to be from wear (loose chain), there was def. impact of some kind. Broke a piece of the casting inside by what appears to be an oil outlet just above the clutch (hole is still there and appears unaffected.
From the outside I noticed the piece welded in due to the difference in surface texture. Inside the bead is obvious. Looks like they did a good job, but...
So then, I'm looking over everything closely, and I find a hairline crack in the case above the drive sprocket. I'll attach pics of each. Since it's near the other damage, I guess it could be from the same problem, but no idea.
I cleaned and went over the frame today as well... didn't find anything, but will go over it in more detail tomorrow.
I'll go ahead and assume this will kill collectible value. The question is, should I continue with the rebuild or just check / replace the trap and put it back together?
That sure took the wind out of my sails!
Pic #1 . welds / inside casing damage
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Pic #2 Hairline crack above drive sprocket.
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Pic #3 location of crack for ref.
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Sweet... I'll get that casting off to you asap.It's your lucky day. I can fix that for you. It's one of the things I do in my shop.
What did this begin life as?#3 is a homemade tool for removing the screwed plug that holds the sludge tube in
So the sludge tube has no bottom? I'm not getting how it backs-out otherwise ... the tap pushes the rod, and pulls the tube as it's cutting threads/screwing in, but unless the rod is against the crank itself (ie; hole in the bottom of the sludge tube) I don't get how it's pushing the tube out?... looks like my noobness is showing. I'll cross that bridge when I get there.#4 is a 9/16 X 18 tap used to remove the sludge tube.
It's not the end of the world by any stretch, I just don't know the history of the bike like I thought I did.
Yeah, he calls it "Part Timers" ie; not quite full blown Alzheimer's .Sounds not so much as history as it is HIS-story :)
Of course I had too much stuff come up today and the cases aren't in a condition (spotless) to ship, so.. yeah. There goes two weeks. Such is life!If I don't get this stuff out the door I'll lose another couple of weeks getting them shipped.
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