I rode GT380 back in the 70's and my father rode the GT750 and was the GT750 club President, Lemans America !!!!! Great to see there is a US interest and repair of these bikes. I have dreamt of a 380 once again!!!
Re: Woodruff keys, motorcycles mainly use 2 sizes, a small kit with 10 of each is cheap and will have you set up for life. The cone does the actual holding, the key is there for timing. If the cone loosens up a little the key shears off instantly, and having to wait for a key is a bummer. Re: Chrome, WD-40 and fine steel wool works best for rust coming through the chrome, other faster solutions are too agressive and damage the chrome. If there is pitting, a quick fix is silver rust converter, looks decent from far away if applied only to small pits. The real fix if there is pitting is replacing the exhaust, or sandblasting and rechroming. I also saw you have some frame rust, get some black rust converter and treat the spots, rust is easy to deal with today, but it leads to corrosion which can ruin a bike forever. Re: Oil change, add a roll of aluminium foil to your shop, you can use it to build channels/throughs in any shape you need. One minute building a through is much better than five minutes cleaning up. Re: Clutch, get a piece of glass (super flat), some fine sandpaper, and sand away. Usually you will be able to save them and can ride the bike with a little clutch adjustment to compensate for the worn down separators. While the ideal solution is replacing them, the aftermarket ones often are not as good as the originals which are not available anymore.
I have used steel wool and wd40 for rust as you mentioned with good results if its not to far gone . I tried the cola and aluminum foil it did ok but the foil wears fast and cola is messy. If crome is to far gone it maybe best to remove it and just paint the part there is some decent paint coatings out now. My dad showed me a hack years ago with sanding the steel clutch plates and just replacing the fiber ones best to be done on a flat surface in a figure 8 pattern sometimes every dollar saved counts.
I rode GT380 back in the 70's and my father rode the GT750 and was the GT750 club President, Lemans America !!!!! Great to see there is a US interest and repair of these bikes. I have dreamt of a 380 once again!!!
Re: Woodruff keys, motorcycles mainly use 2 sizes, a small kit with 10 of each is cheap and will have you set up for life. The cone does the actual holding, the key is there for timing. If the cone loosens up a little the key shears off instantly, and having to wait for a key is a bummer.
Re: Chrome, WD-40 and fine steel wool works best for rust coming through the chrome, other faster solutions are too agressive and damage the chrome. If there is pitting, a quick fix is silver rust converter, looks decent from far away if applied only to small pits. The real fix if there is pitting is replacing the exhaust, or sandblasting and rechroming. I also saw you have some frame rust, get some black rust converter and treat the spots, rust is easy to deal with today, but it leads to corrosion which can ruin a bike forever.
Re: Oil change, add a roll of aluminium foil to your shop, you can use it to build channels/throughs in any shape you need. One minute building a through is much better than five minutes cleaning up.
Re: Clutch, get a piece of glass (super flat), some fine sandpaper, and sand away. Usually you will be able to save them and can ride the bike with a little clutch adjustment to compensate for the worn down separators. While the ideal solution is replacing them, the aftermarket ones often are not as good as the originals which are not available anymore.
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I have used steel wool and wd40 for rust as you mentioned with good results if its not to far gone . I tried the cola and aluminum foil it did ok but the foil wears fast and cola is messy. If crome is to far gone it maybe best to remove it and just paint the part there is some decent paint coatings out now. My dad showed me a hack years ago with sanding the steel clutch plates and just replacing the fiber ones best to be done on a flat surface in a figure 8 pattern sometimes every dollar saved counts.
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