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19 May 2016 16:09 #727473 by Irish-Kawi
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WOW looking really really good there Cory holy cats!!! Thanks for sharing and this has been amazing to follow and read from the beginning!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

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20 May 2016 14:07 #727634 by Drooz
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Wicked progress Cory!! Lovin' what I see here!! :woohoo:
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20 May 2016 16:43 #727650 by NakedFun
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Quickie....

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Stole some time to mill my bearing cap at work. Got her right in spec for the APE cap reinforcement plate. Tomorrow, making covers for the cases and glass bead blasting.

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22 May 2016 18:26 #727960 by NakedFun
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So worked getting my engine buttoned up for glass / soda blasting. Took long enough, didn't get to actually blasting! Lol oh well next weekend I guess....

I also made my makeshift crankshaft measuring stand. Used parts of my wheel truing stand, some steel laying around, and a heavy duty ball bearing drawer slide.

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It also allows me to check the bend and twist in the rods. You can see strapping in the corners to help make it less touchy during measuement. I did say it was makeshift..... Lol

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That is it for now....

Cory
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26 May 2016 16:32 #728721 by NakedFun
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Hmmmm.....wonder what this could be......?

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Hehehe......

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More to come this weekend.....

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1976 Kawasaki KZ900

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26 May 2016 16:43 #728723 by SWest
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Purdy. B)
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26 May 2016 16:43 #728724 by larriken
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Nice, I would love one of those packages arriving at my place!

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26 May 2016 17:01 #728727 by NakedFun
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I am glass beading and polishing out the cylinder and cases this weekend. May get my engine covers powdercoated if all goes well and try out my new oven.

Not to sound cheap, but DAMN cam bearings are expensive! $136 plus shipping from Z1..... Mine appear to be good yet, but with 70k + on the clock, a complete engine build deserves it.

Cory
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26 May 2016 17:07 #728728 by SWest
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I finally did that in 13. Mine looked good too but I thought some of the noise in the top end could be the bearings. No big change but I felt better. B)
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26 May 2016 18:44 #728750 by kaw-a-holic
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NakedFun wrote:
Not to sound cheap, but DAMN cam bearings are expensive! $136 plus shipping from Z1..... Mine appear to be good yet, but with 70k + on the clock, a complete engine build deserves it.

Cory

LOL! When my box of cam bearings arrived in was really disappointed appointed in the lack of gold plating! :P
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26 May 2016 18:48 #728751 by SWest
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Hell, I thought they were cheap. :huh:
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26 May 2016 18:52 #728752 by NakedFun
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swest wrote: Hell, I thought they were cheap. :huh:
Steve


$8.50 for HALF a bearing for one journal is cheap?

My automotive years influence me too much I guess....lol

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