Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: It's started
Whats on
My wifes son has A XS750 1T5 from 1977
It used to belong to his father , but the man died some 15 years ago
By that time the XS was already broken to parts because they where going to restore it
by then it had been outside and not driven for 7 years or so
so it was in A real sorry state.
I've been looking at this mess for about 10 years
and finally I found the money to start the project up again
and I bought this 1978 XS
When I came home whit It I found it in A to good shape to use as A donor bike .
And because last year I've sold my 1987 Honda 700 Shadow (still got the nickname) I was in need of a bike too
So the quest for A other XS went on
and I ran in to this one
It has A minor oil leak on the left side cover gasked
But the real good thing is that it has A 3 in 2 exhaust
This will be the donor bike
THE START :
first thing to do strip the old frame and get it sandblasted
and powdercoated
the rotten thing though was the Righthand side bolt witch holds the swingarm in place
W'eve tried to get it loose for A few monts now without any thing happening
Lots of WD40 Heating it up and so on
Finaly I wanted to try it for the last time white A viseplier and a hammer
Or it would be drilling out
To my suprise the d***ned thin went loose without any kind of violence
Now this is the first foto of the rebuild and there are more fotos to come
It will going to be A long time project but I'll keep updating when something happens
Greetings Han "The shadowman"
Scuzzi when there are some typing errors
i'm dutch And it was 25 years ago that I used english on a daly base
Last edited by shadowman on Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:43 pm; edited 2 times in total
Han, you have 2 good platforms for restoration. I am sure that with a little effort they will be up and running. Have fun with them, they will be worth every hour you invest. Doug
The red one has A worn clutch so the simple thing to do is put in A new one
orderd the clutch plates new springs and new gaskeds
so far so good.
removing the parts to get acces to the generator cover , no problem
removing the cover , no problem
removing the rotor PROBLEM > the bold went out smootly
the rotor however doesn't .
what ever I've tried it's still in it's place
tried it with A pooler tried it with A press bold tried heating it with A gas burner
still no movement
what am I doing wrong here
heres the pic of the situation
the rotten dents on the rotor show that someones been at it before me
The easiest way by far is to hold the engine, use a rotor drawing bolt on the centre screw.
All you do is screw in an M16x1.5 (metric) bolt of 70mm length, and knock it with a spanner and rubber hammer in a clockwise direction, an d it'll fall off.
I went through the same thing myself.
If you're lucky, some of the bolts on the puller you have might fit. I used the centre bolt from a spring compressor I had for my car.
Worked a treat.
:) _________________ Warren
---XS750e 1978
(Nickname 750e Bucket)
---FJ1200 1990 for winter riding and fun!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh it's fast.
And I got out the clutchplates and they where realy worn off
Then I found out that There was something wrong
there was a piece off steelwire mingeled up in the clutch inner housing
And the place where it belonged was not hard to find
It should have been in place in front of the last metal clutch plate
and now I'm trying to get it back in place .
And find it A tricky job to do with the clutch drum in place
so I'm Going to remove the whole clutch drum and put it on the workbench
its easier that way , than sitting on my knees in front of the bike.
And even that problem is nearly solved because the bikelift table is almost ready and then I can work standing or sitting
Thats it for now updates will follow in A few days
First I have a funeral tomorrow of A 81 year old motorfreak
He rode his bike untill a few monts ago
And just became special member of the motorclub for vintage bikers
grtx Han the shadowman
P.S. And yes I know that the kickstarterspring isn't hooking up at the right spot
I solved that one already
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