Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Teardown Complete - February 2012

That's right, over the weekend I was able to complete the teardown process on my Cafe 350 project. I now have the bike broken down to it's basic parts, and ready for some up close and personal attention.  Here are some pics of the process, and I am sorry there are not more. I did take about 30 pictures, but most were blurry. Evidently my iPhone doesn't like my greasy fingers and this is its way of punishing me.

Top motor mount unbolted


Motor mounts, chain guard, chain and sprocket engine guard removed

Foot pegs, kick starter and brake pedal removed

Engine is out, the starter cable is still looped on the bike

Rear wheel before removal
Rear wheel and swing arm removed

Engine on workbench

Engine on workbench

Engine on workbench
Next up in the process is to tear down the engine and inspect it. It ran when I parked it, so I am hoping that it will just need to be cleaned up and reassembled with new gaskets and seals. I am also going to replace all the engine case bolts as they have a tendency to strip when removed. I do have an impact driver that will assist with this, but I doubt that I will get them all out unscathed.

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