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Friday, July 02, 2004

Put all the bits back

Over the last few days I've been cleaning up the left side cover - getting the old sealant off the faces and wiping muck from depressions in the casting. The cam shaft seal was replaced easily, although I can't see it being easy with the cover in place. I smeared blue Hylomar on the cover face, stuck the gasket on there and then smeared that too. Also a little on the gear shaft.

The problem was fitting the kick start mechanism. It's a bit like getting a jack-in-the-box back home. To make it harder you are supposed to be fitting the cover carefully so as not to damage the seals. Was it a mistake not to repalce the clutch seals.

When the cover was on I packed silicone gasket material into the splines inside the spacer and removed excess.

At frist the kick start didn't work properly as the quadrant was in the srong position. Anyway, after turining it clockwise half a turn it felt correct.

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