Am I On A Roll Or What?
Am I On A Roll Or What?
Tonight, I got home from work to find the new taper bearings for my Z750 twins’ yokes had arrived. So all enthusiastic like I ran out and knocked out the old ball bearing races. Not as easy as it sounds in writing, I had to use a lot of brute force and even snapped one race in two getting it out.
I drifted the new bearing shells into the headstock and the bottom race onto the bottom yoke shaft. Packed them all with grease and fitted the replacement yokes into the headstock. Looked nice, so I adjusted the bearings and fitted the top yoke and handlebars.
I then trial fitted the forks, and with the first one in the second slid nicely and squarely into its own holes. So much easier then the first time I fitted forks to this Z750 as that time they had to be forced into position.
I then slid the forks out and cleaned up the chrome surrounds which hold the headlight and indicators. I placed them in the yokes and went to refit the forks. The left hand fork no longer slid nicely in place. I removed the surrounds and cleaned the insides with emery cloth and pushed them over the forks off the bike. I then greased the insides and refitted them to the bike. This time all slid into place with minimal force.
I retightened the lower yoke clamps on the forks and called that it for the day. I am spending some time cleaning and painting the parts which are inaccessible when it’s all together or rather my wife is doing it for me. Once they are painted and dry I will refit the rest of the front end and see how it all looks then.
All in all though another great evenings work.