Marty's 1981 Goldwing resto

[Ansimp]

Nice :good:

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

So this is the second carburator that had this going on. I can see why the previous owner had some performance problems.

 

[slabghost]

OOps ungood install on that for sure! Yep that would "splain some running issues for sure.

 

[zman]

Mad Dog Tannen » Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:43 am[/url]":2qopc2rx]
So this is the second carburator that had this going on. I can see why the previous owner had some performance problems.

If the rubber is still good it might reseal, darn things are too expensive.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

zman » Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:19 pm[/url]":x2i79qxd]

Mad Dog Tannen » Sat Mar 14, 2015 11:43 am[/url]":x2i79qxd]
So this is the second carburator that had this going on. I can see why the previous owner had some performance problems.

If the rubber is still good it might reseal, darn things are too expensive.

I did a master rebuild. So I had new ones anyways. The diaphragm was see through, so it needed replacing.

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Photo dump

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Weekend fun video and photo dump...

https://youtu.be/868iPaS4Wqg

[video]https://youtu.be/868iPaS4Wqg[/video]

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Mid-terms this week. No bike building until school is done!

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

I finally got back to my wing after a couple of weeks of midterms and being sick.

Today I decided to get into rebuilding the shocks and getting the last piston out of the last caliper.

So while I was letting the shocks drain and for air hose access. I took one hour getting the last piston out of the last brake caliper. I had been letting it soak in brake fluid for three weeks and after a lot of banging, punching, pulling, clamping, hammering I devised this method of removal...



I got into some super fun shock popping...

https://youtu.be/sepLUo9Tcr8

[video]https://youtu.be/sepLUo9Tcr8[/video]
I ran into a snag with a stuck shock bolt. That took about a 45 minutes to remove.



And a meme that basically describes my life...

 

[joedrum]

nice work

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

joedrum » Sun Apr 12, 2015 4:29 am[/url]":3qbhj86m]
nice work

 

[chargincharlie]

great work !

 

[Denver]

When they come into my shop they are in a similar shape, often rounded out by wrong allen bit. :crying: That's the way I do it when all else fails. :good: Locktite is your friend, I always use it here, impact with RIGHT BIT takes it out easily when need be in the future!!! :salute:

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Denver » Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:19 am[/url]":1eh11u3q]
When they come into my shop they are in a similar shape, often rounded out by wrong allen bit. :crying: That's the way I do it when all else fails. :good: Locktite is your friend, I always use it here, impact with RIGHT BIT takes it out easily when need be in the future!!! :salute:

The previous owner had already mostly stripped out the allen head. We tried hammering a slightly larger allen socket standard size up in there, but that stripped out too.

After working on east coast cars that rusted out bolts badly. I like to leave them lubed instead of licktited, I maintain them enough that they won't have time to loosen and it's not a load bearing bolt like engine mount or brake caliper bolt, so it's low risk. I haven't had one back out on me yet and I usually grease or anti-seize bolts like that.

 

[Ansimp]

I am a fan of anti seize. That said on the Forester Diesel I locktighted the belt tensioner bolts when I changed it :yes:

 

[Denver]

Easy out only if head is stripped so allan won't grab, 1'2" impact gun gets them every time, impact gun to take out only. :good: Thread sealer keeps oil in forks by keeping bolt from backing out, if bolt backs out till it hits axil it might leak fork oil?? :headscratch: Gun breaks the thread sealer with no problems :yes:

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

I am shifting to body work and slowing my pace. I am a full time student and currently have a cash flow issue. I have exhausted almost all of my previously bought parts, so all I can spend now is elbo grease. But I like making it look more like a bike so body work is good!

 

[Omega Man]

I've been be wondering if and how you're going to do a rear fender since you're going with a non traditional seat?

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Omega Man » Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:19 pm[/url]":1gabmfdj]
I've been be wondering if and how you're going to do a rear fender since you're going with a non traditional seat?

What rear fender? lol

I am going to try and get another tire hugger, I seem to have misplaced mine over 2 years of storage. I may also put some kind of plastic to protect the back of the gas tank and transmission from chips, but there will be no fender coming out of the back of the seat, so to speak.

And yes I know I will get a brown line up the center of my back when I ride in wet stuff, I don't care. :BigGrin:

 

[Mad Dog Tannen]

Just an update...

I have fianls next week so I am super busy and broke. If/when I get a student loan for the summer I may be able to finish her up.

All that is left is the body work, gauges and lights.