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Haha... no worries. Yeah, that would cost much less. But every time I get on the freeway or want to pass..... 😄 😄

There is definitely an art to getting the bearings just right. I'm finding them too tight or too loose. Definitely don't want them too loose; slightly too loose makes the bull I'm riding angrily shake its head! Working on small ring nut turns.

Yes on the pick set. It was just what I needed to clean the gasket seats! I've already ordered a rear caliper rebuild kit and will look at stainless lines for the back also. The Galfer front lines are dope. No regrets there!

Tightened. 45mph head shake gone. Testing 10mph faster increments now...

Calipers rebuilt. Stainless lines installed. All 4 pistons were essentially gunked up or stuck. There was a lot of solid varnished up crud under the rubber seals.... Gotta order a rebuild kit for the rear, now. It's too nice having brakes that actually work!

Alright... it's back together finally. Test ride reveals super smooth steering but... too loose. Shimmy shake on decel at around 45. Gotta tighten er up and test again.

That 500 would be a fun bike to ride! I currently have a 74 Suzuki 125 smoke stroke that has the hi/low gear selector. It also has an oil tank and an oil injection pump.

Medic, those are gorgeous bikes. I love seeing the various engineering involved in the brake designs...

Alright... however for my next trick, Okie2ee gets all the credit for the idea... After getting one piston out easily, the other was stuck, and I needed an easy way to get it out with one piston already out. The only way I could think to do it was to find a way to block grease from flowing...

So you installed this sheet rock screw into the banjo bolt to block grease? Cool! I noticed that the bolts that hold the calipers onto the forks are also m10x1.25 -- same as the banjo bolts -- so I used a caliper mounting bolt in place of the banjo bolt to block the grease from emerging...

I found the grease gun method on the bleeder screw side to be astoundingly simple and effective at releasing one piston. I will have to clean the pistons up to evaluate their condition. I used an m8 zerk fitting from Harbor Freight. Plus a Harbor Freight grease gun. I also ordered an...

Spotted a local vmax and had to stop and chat of course. I got to see in person the various mods people do to create more stability. Check this out. There are a few random bling items on there that you'll see but he said it was super stable with that replaced front-end, frame braces...

In post #84, you can see that these forks have what looks like progressively wound springs of some type. What is the correct spring orientation? Tighter windings at the bottom of the fork or at the top?

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Got the replacement triple tree lower yesterday, although the bearing puller tool hasn't arrived yet. Couldn't stand to just sit there and stare at parts and wait for the mail truck. So after having screwed up on the previous bearing removal, I learned enough to do a better job this time. So...

Ordered one of the MotionPro tools. Hopefully it works slick. Reassembling forks using a homemade damper rod holder. 3ft rod with 4 nuts of approximately 24mm od. Also ordered some braided brake lines and already have pads. Hopefully I can button everything back up by next weekend if the...

Just posting a couple of links to various tools for anyone who might take on this project in the future. Over the past 20 years, there really have emerged some great specialized tools for jobs like this. 1. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K3BNLHA/ - Motion Pro 08-0558 - steering stem...

I couldn't differentiate between bearing race steel and shaft steel during grinding and marred the triple tree shaft up enough that I don't want to use it. So... off to eBay or elsewhere to get a replacement. I realized too late that once you cut off the bearing cage, the bearing race has a...

Does anyone here still sell these? Dingy hasn't been around in awhile. If not, which 3rd party tool is the one to get?

A few more pics... If someone has any great advice on how to get the triple tree shaft bearings and seat off, I'm all ears. I'm thinking of a grinder and cutting wheel again since I don't have a welder...