spdygon wrote: Well beside needing a 5/8" front sprocket not much else.
Have to much work and it's a little to cold for me in the shed.
Let me know what u find

As soon as I can figure out how to get the pivot bearings out of the swing arm to replace them I will be able to get my sprocket alignment figured out.

GSX 750 1990 swingarm with a 5'5 rim and a 180 tyre.
Oring 530 chain and 5/8 offset sprocket and rear flipped.
No frame altercations and chain runs within less than a combined 5mm gap from frame and tyre. No damage other than taking the paint off the frame. 11000 k's

When you pull the rear tire if you unbolt the shocks at the swingarm, grasp the ends of the swingarm, and try to twist it you may be able to detect if there is any play in the swingarm bearings. When my swingarm bushings needed to be replaced I could feel play there when I tried to twist it; after replacing the bushings there was no twist. Ed

Thanks for the replies. Will replace the bearings and at least check the swing arm bearing when I change the rear tire.

Lazyman06 wrote: Now onto the next step; replacing swingarm bearings

On the plus side, I'm pretty sure you can't put those in backwards. :laugh:

As for removal, I had good luck with a slide hammer I borrowed from Autozone the one time I pulled swingarm bearings. I believe it was called a "blind hole puller"

I'm sure there's a weed joke in there somewhere i'm just missing it lol.
Got the race out by way of dremel and carbide cutting wheel (took only 1 wheel at that) frickin cut it like a hot knife through butter. Now onto the next step; replacing swingarm bearings

HAFROD wrote: Anyone got pics of bikes that are too far gone, in major need of help, current state of project, or just sitting and waiting to be helped?

Here is my '80 LTD. I found a guy on craigslist with some KZ parts. He said he only had bits and pieces left. When I found it it was sitting outside (in MA), and all that was left was the frame (no swinger or back wheel), engine (no pipe, no carbs), and front end. He said I could take what I wanted. I wanted it all, but I could only fit the engine and front end in my car.

A few days later I called him back to ask if he still had the frame. He said it was in a friend's pickup truck on the way to the scrap yard. I asked him to call his friend and ask him to bring it back. You can't get any more "RIP" than a frame in a scrap yard.

On my second trip I took the frame and we searched his garage for parts. We came up with the back wheel and brake, meters, and a few other bits. In the end I gave him $50 on the first trip, and $50 on the second. Oh, and I also got a clear title for the frame.

It sat outside for some time with no pipe or carbs, and then someone came along and kicked it over. So one exhaust valve head was snapped off, and several were very sticky. Although once I opened it up, I found a Wiseco 1075 piston kit!

Later I saw the same guy post a full Tracy body kit and Calfab swingarm, which I assume were once on this bike. If so it was pretty tricked out at one point.

For a while I was actually working on it. I fixed the valves, but found the cylinder walls were too pitted from ring rust to reuse. I found a neato swingarm and put the back wheel and stuff on to make it a roll (with super cheapo struts in place of shocks). The seat pan and pipe were parts I had sitting around. Then I got stuck, so I tossed the head and cylinders back on to keep the parts in one place (no pistons in there). It's been sitting for 3+ years.

I figure that since the frame was already sent off to the scrap yard, I can pretty much do anything I want to it. Normally I wouldn't be able to bring myself to hack up a vintage machine, but this is my free pass. I just need to find the time. Just as soon as I finish the Z1-R that I've broken down into nuts and bolts... and then clean up my other two Z1-Rs... and get that '95 GPZ1100 back together. So it's going to be a long while before the LTD gets any attention.

steell wrote: I'd check the rear wheel bearings, and then replace them anyway cause they are cheap. Unless you go with ceramic bearings, then they are around $350 or so :ohmy:

might as well check the swingarm while your at it

Anyone else ever been more happy than upset to get laid off? *lol* I figured I would have most of the last month to do odd jobs and get ahead on the bike project, but instead wound up finding some work for a few weeks, and doing 12 hour shifts outdoors in the lovely Canadian winter. Nice to have work, and not be completely broke during the holiday, but there are points when I wondered why I didn't just take the EI, sit inside drinking hot chocolate and work on the bike for three weeks..... Well, damn work ethic I suppose. Ah well. Anyway, there has been some progress nonetheless!

Woo! Goodies!





Some odds and ends from Z1, and CWS in Ohio. SS Rear brake lines, some new wiring goodies, and an assortment of grommets, seals and other bits which were either really grotty and beyond restoration of just fell apart when removed.

The big one tho...







Frame and swingy back from the powdercoaters. And what a nice job they did as well! Very professional, and a very reasonable price as well. I am going to bring a few more things in to get done as well, now that I've seen what their work is like. Bringing the whole things in all prepped made a huge difference in price, and I figure the battery box, engine mounts, case protectors and triple tree arms would look nice with matched colour, so I will see about getting those done as well.

All in all, I am once again (mainly) unemployed, and strangely happy about it at the moment. :woohoo:

Jon

Looking good! My brother used to polish for a living, was in a few different magazines. He said nothing polishes better than Japanese aluminum. I will find out which roush polish he recommends.