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once again you have justified my mantra,

"it sucked for that.
but,
it made a badassed one of these."

great job sir,
i would expect no less from a skinflint such as you .

leon

I love the clutch actuater,but does it drive anybody else nuts that the of the pmfr plate sits on a totally different plane than the rest of the motor?

zed1015 wrote: In a rare fit of extravagance i bought a PMFR clutch release mount (it was cheap) as the offset sprocket and chain fouled the original sprocket cover and i didn't want to cut it about as it's a 72 jobbie without the 1n2345 cast in to it.

Trouble was the zx10r clutch cable wasn't long enough to go the normal route under the alt cover but would easily reach under the carbs to here.

A chance to redeem myself for my frivolous spending saw this collection of alloy offcuts and bits from the scrap bin heading for a new life.
Along with the ally, an old exhaust valve , a guide, 10mm stainless bolt, ball bearing and a bit of brass bar were attacked with the lathe for a couple of days

To produce these
The short lump of ally combined with the old valve guide forms the main body.
The bar stock and brass offcut create the arm with pivot bush.
The turned down valve serves as a hardened pusher and the modified bolt with ball bearing pressed in the end provides the adjuster.

A bit of offset turning creates the arm mounting and the 7mm valve guide bore just happens to match the size of the clutch push rod.

Modded valve slides in here

And adjustment screw here

Then the arm slots on to the mount.
Ball bearing runs on the hardened valve pad for a smooth action.
The valve stem was trimmed down to meet the clutch pushrod midway in the guide with a ball bearing between them

And viola. One fulcrum arm clutch actuator

Just got to finish off with the outer cable mount and job done.

Zed....ya done it again....impressed me with your common sense approach to a problem without spending big bucks. That is just plain slick!!

531blackbanshee wrote: once again you have justified my mantra,

"it sucked for that.
but,
it made a badassed one of these."

great job sir,
i would expect no less from a skinflint such as you .

leon

Yes his skills are amazing and inspiring. When he used that road sign is what really blew me away. When I was looking to solve my swing arm issue his use of the stop sign made me think of using the R1 steering stem (since I wasnt using it) as the metal for the pivot bold insert for my R1 swing arm and it worked like a charm.

He should rename himself to macguyver.

Necessity is the mother of invention and all that.

Anyhow here's a pic of the finished item with cable mount.

nice work.....

wireman wrote:

Totally Awesome Work !!!!!

I know you from somewhere Rob! lol

Made some progress on modding the carbs today.
Started by making this jig .



That bolts to the carb


Which allows it to be securely mounted central in the lathe chuck


After quite a few carefull light cuts and a high speed finish


I had one 26mm carb bored out to 29.5mm


Repeat three more times and i have a full set.


Next job is to make a cutter to re-seat the slides in the bottom of the slide bore

Are you boring them to 29 or 31s,what motor are you using them on?