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let the games begin - R69s engine rebuild
- malmac
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let the games begin - R69s engine rebuild
As you all know working on the bikes is often made a lot more pleasant by having the right tool.
So here is tool number one that I built today. A piston pin pusher. Yes I could have bought one at the auto store for $10 but I like to make stuff.
So next step is to pop the engine out.
I see Jtaylor is also working on his R69s, so I will be checking out his thread as I poke along with my rebuild.
Mal
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Suggest using some heat
'78 R100/7 '69 R69S '52 R25/2
Fast. Neat. Average. Friendly. Good. Good.
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Thank you for the suggestion
Thank you for the suggestion.
The pins came out OK but the heat would have made it easier.
Thank you.
Mal
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out with the clutch
Also checked the big ends as an initial check.
I believe there is slight perceptable movement in the right big end and no obvious movement in the left bigend.
But it will need a rebuild for that right bigend anyway.
I have not measured up the pistons but I have new ones to go in anyway, so that part can wait.
Good to start this project and have not found anything unexpected at this point in the disassembly.
Mal
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Day three, measuring the flywheel runout
Dial gauge on right of pic below.
Finger gauge will measure the axial runout when it is set up.
Tomorrow I should be ready to measure the axial runout.
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Some days are diamons, some days are stone
However it seems pretty obvious this is a flywheel which has spun in the past. Here is a couple of photos which show the way the flywheel had to be relieved on the front face (flywheel on left) and a second photo that shows how the crankshaft has less gap to the flywheel.
Well the really unpleasant news came when I put the puller on the front gear cover and it just fell off once the sealant on the gasket let go.
So the front nose bearing has been spinning in the gear cover......... mmmmm now there is a problem for a young man.
The pins in the breather plate dont seem to be lose, but I do have a new breather plate to fit.
So I suspect lots more surprises to come. So far Crank repair, front gear cover repair, rebore........ I can see the dollars adding up.
Mal
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Pulling that front bearing from the crankshaft.
mmmmm well what is next?
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after a lot of measuring
Have decided to order the same as the crankcase is stamped with.
All the tools I have built to disassemble the engine worked flawlessly, so happy about that.
The crank came out today, what a drama.
The previous owner had tried to stop the rear bearing rotating on the rear journal by using some bearing mounting liquid (maybe loctite but maybe not).
The stresses are way to great and it failed.
However if he used the same liquid on the screws that hold on the oil slingers, well man that worked.
He had also used the countersunk screws with the hex for a 4mm allan key. Well tried the MAPP gas and those babies were not budging.
Eventually I destroyed the front oil slinger so I could get the crank out.
Then tried more mapp gas, but no go.
Eventually I braised the allan key into place and the concentrated heat from the TIG was really what sorted out the problem.
But because I had so badly stressed the screw heads I was obliged to braise the keys into place to get the critters out.
Experience.......
Mal
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Building a crankshaft trueing stand
Today I started to build a crankshaft trueing stand.
Step one was machining off the base that will hold the arms etc. Lots of decisions to make as I want to build this out of materials I have on site. Partly because of the travel restrictions with the virus and partly for economic reasons.
I would be interested in seeing any of your designs as my design is still quite flexible.
For instance to use or not to use roller bearing at the top?????
Mal
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so I have to wait for some stuff
Will it make a difference, well probably not but it feels good to renovate things and breathe new life into old parts, rather than just throwing them away and replacing the parts with a reproduction part/s.
I think the picture pretty much say it all.
Mal
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