Slow day in the garage...

Academia caught up with me today. After spending the morning getting new tires installed on Karen's car, I spent a significant portion of the day doing homework. Exciting, eh?


But I did sneak out to the garage for a little bit.


I began working on the front end today! First step...take it all apart and inspect everything. I pulled the forks, triple clamp, front brakes and wheel bearings out. So far, so good. With the addition of the new brake shoes and a small dab of high-temp grease on the pinion, they were done.


The wheel bearings and speedo drive unit looked great too. No excessive play detected.


The next step will be to take apart the forks. I can tell they need a rebuilding already as the fork wipers are leaving a thin film of oil. The springs were clean though, with no rust or distortion.


Attached are a couple pics of the process.

Luckily there was not a shortage of screwdrivers on hand.

The engine stand was fabricated from scrap 2x4's. Cheap and it works.

Tomorrow after the homework is done, I will be getting into the forks.