Well, due to me dying of the dreaded lurgy, I haven't done much this week. However, in the interests of curiosity (and keeping you picky bastards happy!
), I had another proper crack at offering up the VFR arm.
As before, I found the VFR arm didn't *quite* fit. Oh well. But then I noticed something on the left side - a spacer?
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VFR arm |
It was! I pulled it out, and found it was a cap that sat inside the needle bearings:
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Cap |
I then offered it up again. And joy of joys, it was nearly perfect. Almost a precise fit, with the barest amount of wobble (which might even be due to the fact that the bearing ID is larger than the OD of the axle!)
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Arm offered |
The eagle eyed will spot the bolt isn't all the way through. The reason is I'd just taken it to bits again before realising I'd failed to take pics. So despite feeling like I'd been run over by a bus, I put it back together. And just couldn't be arsed to get the bolt home when it decided to play silly buggers. The things I do for you, eh?
Looking at the pic, the chain run may not need much modding, but I can't tell until I get the engine back in, but hopefully that should be soon: I only need to get the barrels, sump and head back on, then I get to have fun with the timing. Lucky me.
I now need to find a rear wheel for this arm. There weren't many on Ebay last time I checked, and all were dear. But as Deefer said, who ever heard of a bike crashing arse end first? (Me, actually. I did it on the ZX4...
Oops...)
More updates when I shake this 'orrible bug off!
