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Should the rear footboard hangers be welded to the outriggers?

And should engine mount cones be tight in the mounting hole?

Cheers

Left side footboard hanger is welded but kickstart side should be bolted in to help with side case removal , engine cones can be a very tight fit , try tapping out from the other side with a long drift or long screwdriver

drivera wrote:Left side footboard hanger is welded but kickstart side should be bolted in to help with side case removal , engine cones can be a very tight fit , try tapping out from the other side with a long drift or long screwdriver

Think both sides are welded, need to tip frame over to have a look.

I removed the engine last year and then did nothing withbthe frame. Yesterday as I was removing the wiring harness the left hand (rear hub side) just dropped out. Just hoping this isn’t a bad thing

The engine cones should be fitted with a good grease, as any cone IMHO, & I use Copalip as it stays the course.

A few times, I have carefully removed the LH dogleg & made it removeable as per the RH side. The strut should also be slotted as per the RH side. (BTW, captive rivet nuts on any dogleg is a timesaving improvement, saving fiddling about with nuts & washers on the back face)

This enables a great ‘cheat’ in alignment of the footboard/side-panel gapping, for which I am sure we are far more critical of than when our Italian shopping machines were conceived & built

Warkton Tornado No.1 wrote:The engine cones should be fitted with a good grease, as any cone IMHO, & I use Copalip as it stays the course.

A few times, I have carefully removed the LH dogleg & made it removeable as per the RH side. The strut should also be slotted as per the RH side. (BTW, captive rivet nuts on any dogleg is a timesaving improvement, saving fiddling about with nuts & washers on the back face)

This enables a great ‘cheat’ in alignment of the footboard/side-panel gapping, for which I am sure we are far more critical of than when our Italian shopping machines were conceived & built

Cheers for that, no rivnuts will be used on this build as it’s purely old school but great tip for the future.
I will be making them removable then having them chromed