Project One

[Silent_Echo]

Well, when you move you bike to bedroom, you will be quickly on wifes black list. When you spend more time in heated garage, you will be soon on wifes black list. So there is a difference in time only




Btw, here is finally another small progress.. I have no time to go to garage more

Anyway, i had problem with disconnecting turbo from exhaust, so i use two options,
1.drill the bolt and touch bolt head with hammer from side
2. cut bolt head
Result: drilling is more clean, so i do not damage, cut or whatever anything, cuting head was too messy. What i need is just drill slowly straight down.
Still need to get rest of bolts out, but main part is done





and here is my clutch
I wonder what Kawasaki must have been thinking when they installed those rubber blocks under the non-screw-on joints.

[Charlie @ Evergreen]

Good work! Can not believe how many of those bolts fixed in last 9 years! Patients and get it right when drill them works good for you!

Your clutch basket again shows why the issues with tearing up turbochargers and times the engine ! Be curious about what oil was used if you know? Amazing some of the clutch baskets are more shrunk and cracked then some are in pieces totally destroyed like yours. Wondering if certain oils cause them to break down differently.

[Silent_Echo]

Have no idea what kind of oil it was, sorry. But i am pretty sure, that previous owner fill it to level with new oil, because it looked "clean" while the oil was being drained out.

I will also try to do research for some kind of industrial rivets, because even those new bolts for clutch basket will for sure works great, but i am not comfortable with that at this moment and do not belive it does not unscrew out. Hope you will forgive me for this insolent act )

[Charlie @ Evergreen]

Believe me there is not a rivet that matches the Big K basket. IF there was Roger would have found them years ago. He machines them up to match the basket. Part of why when he does the basket you get high quality Delrin dampers, custom machined press pin rivets.

FYI...careful on the basket those bosses are known to crack easily drilling, pushing them out without a fixture hold it true.