Bonnie's Facelift

B06Tang

B06Tang

Cafe Racer
Started out on the front brake today and ran into some issues beginning with that damn cover screw on the brake housing wanting to strip out! That fucker has to be the least liked screw on the bike for me! Anyways...I decided to make the brake video into several parts as it seems to be something a lot people have questions with. This one is getting that screw off without stripping it and then cleaning your pads up when you go to inspect them and become pleasantly surprised that they still have some more life to them...

I hope you guys get something out of it...:cheers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXzytt0j074
 
B06Tang

B06Tang

Cafe Racer
I got the new black cam cover in from Pinwalls...not only did I get a perfectly fine cover for $40 but it came with the new style gasket, bolts and four seals in it. Can't beat that for the price I had to shell out! :playin: This bike might just get on the road after all...more videos to come soon!
 
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strokerlmt

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B06Tang said:
I got the new black cam cover in from Pinwalls...not only did I get a perfectly fine cover for $40 but it came with the new style gasket, bolts and four seals in it. Can't beat that for the price I had to shell out! :playin: This bike might just get on the road after all...more videos to come soon!
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I have had nothing but great service from PINWALLS
LMT
 
bluesforchallah

bluesforchallah

Rocker
Like Matt, When I went to upgrade my springs to the 'green' springs, I found my idler gear and shaft had jumped and rotated out of position. So I put the bike into 3rd gear (not sure if this helped or not), pulled the spark plugs to release compression. This allowed me to rotate the motor by hand and allowing the idler gear to rotate back into position where it would line up with the hole that the shaft was supposed to slide into. However, once I got the gear lined up, the shaft still didn't want to go in. I then felt it was needed to pull the starter gear as Matt described in his video. Only I didn't have a flywheel tool to keep the clutch basket from spinning while loosening the two bolts holding the starter gear. With some raw material, I proceeded to make my own. Now with the starter gear off, I went to work on trying to get the idler gear shaft back into it's retaining hole. Only it didn't want to go. It was like either the hole was out of round or the shaft was flared to the point where it wouldn't slide back in to his housing. After about 30 minutes of panic and a few choice 4 letter words, I regained my composure and went back to work trying to weigh my options. I decided to give it one last ditch effort. Not wanting to tap the shaft back in out of fear of cracking the case, I just put pressure on the shaft with my hand and wiggled it. While doing this, I noticed the shaft was sliding back in just a fraction with every wiggle. I kept this going until I had wiggled the shaft completely back into it's housing. SUCCESS!!!!!! After letting out a deep breath and doing a little happy dance, I finished up putting the idler gear, starter gear and wavy washer back in place and finished centralizing the clutch spring retaining plate and put the clutch cover back on.

Springs:

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Gears out of alignment:

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Home made flywheel tool: This was needed to secure the clutch basket and keep it from spinning while loosening the bolts on the starter gear.

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Son of a bitch!!!

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Success :D

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All buttoned up :rocks:

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B06Tang

B06Tang

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That is some good shit right there Chris! I am glad it worked out for you. I find it pretty amazing how there is an EXACT fit on everything inside that cover and how little it takes to knock the gearing out. Attention to detail is an understatement when inside that side of the bike! I bet it feels good going down the road knowing that Bonnie is humming and purring because of what you did to her though! :cheers:
 
bluesforchallah

bluesforchallah

Rocker
B06Tang said:
That is some good shit right there Chris! I am glad it worked out for you. I find it pretty amazing how there is an EXACT fit on everything inside that cover and how little it takes to knock the gearing out. Attention to detail is an understatement when inside that side of the bike! I bet it feels good going down the road knowing that Bonnie is humming and purring because of what you did to her though! :cheers:
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Oh it does. The thing about it is, if I hadn't forgotten to torque down the clutch springs, the issue with the gears being out of alignment would have gone un-noticed. At least until I went to start the bike. You see, after buttoning her up the first time, while standing in the shower, I realized I had forgotten to torque down the clutch springs. So when I got into the cover the second time to torque the clutch springs, this is when I noticed things weren't quite right. I hate to imagine what may happened if I had started that bike up. And it's funny how much easier that cover goes on when everything lines up as it should. Who's the idiot? This guy.
 
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B06Tang

B06Tang

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bluesforchallah said:
Oh it does. The thing about it is, if I hadn't forgotten to torque down the clutch springs, the issue with the gears being out of alignment would have gone un-noticed. At least until I went to start the bike. You see, after buttoning her up the first time, while standing in the shower, I realized I had forgotten to torque down the clutch springs. So when I got into the cover the second time to torque the clutch springs, this is when I noticed things weren't quite right. I hate to imagine what may happened if I had started that bike up. And it's funny how much easier that cover goes on when everything lines up as it should. Who's the idiot? This guy.
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I was reviewing the clutch video on my youtube page when I discovered I had missed the way washer and then discovered the bigger problem once inside it...it was humbling to say the least and a reminder for me to pay attention to what the hell I am doing. At least it was caught though and lesson learned without any major incidents.

With that said...I am going to make the shim replacement video a two part video. The first part is going to be a simple walk through/demonstration to show the overall concept of all the steps that has to be done and the order it has to be done in. The second part is going to be the actual wrench turning so that I don't have to talk as much and just do it. I figured it allows me to review the process, someone can use either video for whatever purpose they need the most and I can concentrate at the task at hand once I start taking things apart. Also...because I am a backyard operation...I am going to be doing one cam at a time and I have to button everything up and wait on the order so I will essentially be doing everything twice. If you think it is easy to whack something out on the clutch cover wait until you have to remove your cams to get to your shims...it isn't hard but there are very specific steps to follow and it is VERY important to follow each and every step!
 
B06Tang

B06Tang

Cafe Racer
I tried 2wheelspro for the first time and ordered two things from them...cover cover bolt seals and the T3880330 tool. After 5 weeks of waiting the order arrived and it was wrong. They are not off to a good start in my opinion...it took them one week to process the order before sending it out in the mail...remember, these are just two items. I inquired about that and was told that it is standard practice to have 4-6 days to process an order...if it is just one thing or a 100 things on the order. Fine...but get the fucker rght...count four seals and then count three tools in the set. At this rate it is better to spend the extra and go with a Triumph dealer five hours south of me.


Anyways...I made up a new video for shims:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX1bGUMUHx4
 
B06Tang

B06Tang

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Running Lights & Rear Brakes

I was able to get out to the bikes for a little bit today and threw a couple more videos together. The first one is making your directionals into running lights. I used posi-locks for the first time and freaking love these things! Buttery smooth and simple!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDk0T7o0O_c


Then on to the rear brakes to find out my pads are still good but a good tip if you should push your pistons back in if your housing is off the rotor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I98ldewNPkY
 
B06Tang

B06Tang

Cafe Racer
A lot going on today as I took off the rear wheel and changed tires. During the job though I found out that I had a hair line crack on my rotor where the bottom half of the crack when all the way through it! I ended up making several video sequences from this and how a simple tire change turned into an all day event. Fortunately the local Honda shop right out the base is really cool and got one on order for me but I have a two week wait! FUCK THAT! I ended up grabbing the rotor off the creamsicle for the time being and I made some videos showing the ridiculous amount of lock-tite Triumph uses on these rotors to the hubs that basically makes them weld together in time. Fucking stupid! So I showed what I did in these videos and why I use teflon tape on my rotors instead of lock-tite.

First video is removing rear wheel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9dXXPCP3tY


A video showing how to balance a wheel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi428a70QnQ


More videos to come that explains my rotor situations and what you will be looking at when/if you need to get yours off...
 
B06Tang

B06Tang

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Brake Rotors

Onto the rotor dilemma...

Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TdTeB6gb58


Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG8DBs8OlMc


I just found out that I got nailed with a short notice compliance inspection first thing in the morning!!! Here is the inspector that will be accompanying me tomorrow as it is his first day on the job doing this;)

I've been told by his mother that he speaks highly of me and I try like hell to live up to his expectations:)

 
bluesforchallah

bluesforchallah

Rocker
As always, great video, Matt.


Out of curiosity, you think it would be easier to crack those rotor bolts prior to removing the wheel from the bike? I mean, if you know that's one of the reasons the wheel is coming off in the first place, that might help with leverage and help reduce the risk of stripping those button head bolts. Just a thought. :c
 
B06Tang

B06Tang

Cafe Racer
bluesforchallah said:
As always, great video, Matt.


Out of curiosity, you think it would be easier to crack those rotor bolts prior to removing the wheel from the bike? I mean, if you know that's one of the reasons the wheel is coming off in the first place, that might help with leverage and help reduce the risk of stripping those button head bolts. Just a thought. :c
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That is a good thought and I tried that when I went to take the rotor off of the creamsicle to swap out. I think part of the problem is not only the ridiculous amount of lock-tite used but also...if you look at these style of bolts, you will seen that the space for the allen key to fight into is incredibly shallow so we are already starting off disadvantaged by how much our wrench will settle into the bolt head. I found that trying to break these bolts while still on the bike was even harder because the allen is a lot more likely to shift on me because of having to go into it sideways. That is when I decided to get the wheel off and go at the rotor from being straight on top of it so I could really concentrate on keeping my wrench straight up and down. No matter what though, regardless of the position, I would not have gotten these bolts off without the use of a mechanical impact wrench. My impact driver wouldn't/couldn't even work on this one because of the shallowness of the bolt head that is used IN ADDITION to using loc-tite on a rotor bolt that screws into the hub housing for it. Fucking stupid. I wanted to get it on the video because chances are, if you have to get your rotor off and it is the first time since coming from the factory, then this is what you will be looking at as it did it to me on two different Bonnies.

I never really used teflon tape until I came in the Air Force and started working around liquid oxygen. Of course loc-tite is a lot easier putting it on your bolt because it is a liquid and I even use loc-tite on a lot on my bike but on certain parts like my rotors and the cam housing bolts...I use teflon tape...always. You will get the same seat with teflon tape but just as important...the bolt isn't going to solderize on you when you go to remove them one day down the road.
 
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B06Tang

B06Tang

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Got to the front end today and thankfully no major headaches...just routine items to take care of.

Removing front wheel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qv-mz86JZs



Getting the front tire off the rim:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBzESrq30vA



Getting front tire on the rim:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxuVK6_utU



Front wheel balancing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3NmtWfNngA



Front wheel install:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBEeflsQNdY



Front end alignment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AssK-kPCMv8



Hope you guys are enjoying these
 
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