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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #30 - 12/12/10 at 12:52:12 It's either the tab for the belt adjustment tool (yeah it has a place to put it) Or the tab for bolting on the belt cover that been bent down.
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groupus Senior Member Offline Maintenance is as much art as it is science. Posts: 296 PA Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #31 - 12/12/10 at 12:57:40 that little tab is where you're supposed to put the belt tension measuring plunger thingy. its the gold colored spring-loaded thing that comes in the stock tool kit. if you don't have that tool, might as well hack it off.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #32 - 12/12/10 at 13:32:30 Thanks. I'm converting to a chain, so adios to that tab.
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #33 - 12/16/10 at 18:03:58 More parts in. Carb rebuild bits along with fork caps and stem nut that aren't as scratched and rusty as the ones I had. Anyone have some decent stock clutch and brake levers?
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #34 - 12/17/10 at 10:30:16 De-greased but not de-oxidized. Before After
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #35 - 12/17/10 at 10:52:45 Looks like the dishwasher to me..... You must have a very nice wife.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: The project begins Reply #36 - 12/17/10 at 11:19:35 Theres a chance shes not home,,,
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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #37 - 12/17/10 at 11:50:17 No wife.
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Reply #38 - 12/17/10 at 12:07:02

Granite countertops are good for more than looking cool and increasing home values. They're probably the flattest thing in the house and therefore good for checking whether a rotor is true. After scraping crud from the center, put the rotor in several places, turn it to several positions, check for wobble.

It felt and sounded a little warped when I rolled the bike off the truck and into the garage. Shoof... shoof... shoof... Sure enough.

If the rotor had been true, the sound could mean the wheel isn't true. Of course, that still might be the case.

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #39 - 12/18/10 at 13:34:23 Adventures in welding land today. My first time with a welder, thanks to my buddy at the custom bike shop. Someone with experience and skill could have filled the holes without making more along the way. Gotta learn somehow. I still have a lot of smoothing to do. Then it's off to blasting and powdercoat.
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SavRon Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 118 Ohio Gender:	Re: The project begins Reply #40 - 12/18/10 at 14:35:18 Man ,you have a serious project in the works. Its gonna be a totally new bike when finished. Can't wait to see it completed. ...and, I commend you on your workshop,,,granite worktops, dishwasher/degreaser, and NO wife to interfere with the cash flow...Kudos to you Bro.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: The project begins Reply #41 - 12/18/10 at 20:12:54 If youre trying to jump a gap, you can lay a light piece in the gap & use that. Also, joining from gusset to frame tube, recommend focusing on the gusset & build to the frame tubing, dont want the tube to suffer too much.
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Reply #42 - 12/19/10 at 08:24:42

Well, there's always something to interrupt you in the middle of working on something. This time it was not having a 1/2" to 3/8" adapter for the torque wrench. I have a 3/8" to 1/2" converter, but that's not what I needed.

So I figured I'd remove the cam chain tensioner so I could send it off to Verslagen for modding. Many were the times I've managed to get a C-clip off with some kind of pointed object, but it wasn't working this time. I'd need the proper tool, which I also didn't have.

So off to the closest seller of sockets, pliers and such, AutoZone. Adapter? Yes. C-clip pliers? No. But I got a bucket of carb soak while I was at it.

Then off to Lowe's to see if they had C-clip pliers. Yes, but only one choice -- some pricey Vise Grip ones in a pack with 90º, 45º and straight tips. Sheesh, whatever.

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MotoBuddha Serious Thumper Offline Let's roll! Posts: 1416 Charlotte, NC	Re: The project begins Reply #43 - 12/19/10 at 09:39:59 Yum. The joys of a bike that has been sitting a couple of years. At least the seller claimed it was only two years. Does anyone ever confess to longer?
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Edgar Senior Member Offline Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light? Posts: 353 San Diego	Re: The project begins Reply #44 - 12/19/10 at 11:42:41 My goodness!!! That's far worse than my carb which was allegedly sitting for 3years!!! Why's it green?
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