Morini Kanguro Rebuild

Stripped to the bone

Two evenings ago I had help to lift the engine out of the frame, that was literally a 10 minute job. I suppose one person could manage it but it would be tough. Now I've spent another evening on the stripdown and am left with a frame and swing arm. A few aspects are worth mentioning:

The upper steering bearing came off the stem readliy with the application of a puller, with pressure onto a steel palte on the top of the stem. The previous strip down of this obviously helped.

The alloy bearing carriers came out of the frame fairly easily with use of a drift inside the headstock.

The swingarm pin has a 22mm WAF nut on the right and a welded-on head on the left. The nut came off surprisingly easily after a few days of penetrating oil.

The pin itself seemed stiff in the frame and swing arm. I'd been warned that it might be stuck and need cutting out as surface rust causes it to expand.

The pin was not able to the unscrewed. I applied a bearing puller to the pin on the right with the arms under the frame boss. By a combination of 'unscrewing' the pin and tightening the puller whenever it went loose the pin was extracted.

Unlike on the road bikes, the pin did not seem to have been threaded into the frame. (NB In the entry of 20/12 I note that the frame should be threaded so always use an unscrewing action.)

Check for metal shims between frame and swingarm and note where they are so you can reassemble it the same. I had one washer on the left only. (NB The parts diagram shows a shim on both sides.)

Now I've just a few small items to remove before sending the parts off for powder coating. I've decided to leave the steering lock in the frame, even though it doesn't work, as removal looks like a big job.