Winter is our slowest period for service work so my boss Richard has brought his Harley Davison SX 175 in for some work. We’re going to keep the patina, going for a rustoration. I’ve already cleaned upthe clutch side components. It doesn’t want to shift gears (unsurprising as the transmission only had water in it instead of oil) so next steps will be to fill the transmission with diesel and try and free it up. The crankshaft and cylinder and piston seem ok 😀
I managed to score this used lift for a bargain price on Trademe. I should’ve got one years ago.
It wasn’t getting used so it’s gone to a new home. Now I have more garage space ?
I put this lovely old think back together over the last couple of days. Fortunately I had all the bits that were missing in my parts hoard including a freshly rebuilt engine. Runs great. Really needs a complete strip down and frame paint and new wheels, mudguards and muffler but I can’t be arsed to do another one so I’ve offered it for sale as is.
After countless hours trying to get all the electrics to work I’ve given up. It’s now up for sale.
Managed to lace the front wheel today unsupervised ? Got it to within 0.4mm runout ?
I bought a rebuild kit for the starter motor. Glad I did. The end cap bush was oval. I found the reason it stopped working. Someone had over tightened the terminal post and torn the main internal connector off at it rotated. Replaced bothe bushes, brushes, lubed bearing and soldered the internal conductor back to the terminal post. Took we 4 attempts to reassemble, adjusting end float, until it spun freely with a bench test. Re-installed it and the bike fired right up, instantly ?
Surprisingly, this still works. I think I will be replacing it shortly.
New shiny things arrived today ?
Got a few bits and bobs sorted this weekend.