Reassembly White RZ

[Kawtriplefreak]

Vitos crank and new seals resting comfortably in thier forever home. Cylinders in SC will be getting bored to 65MM and getting new Wossners fitted and a powevalve rebuild plus a coat of black paint courtesy of M in SC.  

[m in sc]

oh, I'm going pink powdercoat on them.

[85RZwade]

oh, I'm going pink powdercoat on them.

solid choice

[Kawtriplefreak]

  

[Kawtriplefreak]

My good friend Andy Fultz applying sealant to the case halves.

Assembled and torqued.

Top view

Back home safe and sound.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Back in the frame.


Only 1 snafu. The RH tie bar nutplate stripped when I started tightening it. I put a nut on top of it and all is well.
The kicker gear was a PITA until I figured out that you have to press in on the phenolic spacer when ops checking it like the side cover does or the shit just falls apart.
The cylinders are winging their way here from the House of Haase and are due to arrive on Tuesday with new Wossner pistons on a fresh bore and rebuilt power valve assemblies. Thanks Mark!!

[1976RD400C]

Looking good. I just got my RZ engine out and on the bench after years of neglect. Looks like it just needs new pistons. The crank looks ok, looks like it was rebuilt sometime before I bought it. I'm just going to replace the outer bearings. Power valve was cruddy and stuck. I still have the stock carbs and never was able to get a slight rich spot as it passes through about 5000 rpm to go away. The rest of my bike needs a full refurbish too, forks, brakes, and a new shock.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Stator and rotor done and hooked up.The woodruff key fought me but I won.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Used my newly acquired Yambits inner clutch hub holder. Works like a champ. Apologies for out of sequence photo.

[Kawtriplefreak]

Clutch done. Cable lubed with dry slide and preliminary adjustment completed. Side cover water pipe installed. O-ring will be put on just before side cover installation.

[Kawtriplefreak]

New Vitos intake disassembled to discover that the o-rings included in the box were not in fact installed in the intake. (I assumed they were spares)Not bashing Vitos thier products look to be top notch but no instructions?

[Kawtriplefreak]

Thanks 1976rd400c for the kind words. I went with a new Vitos crank because the big end of the rod seized due to a bad crank seal.

[m in sc]

looking good timmy.  wait till those hot pink cylinders show up.

[Kawtriplefreak]

  

[Kawtriplefreak]

Thermostat housing, water pipe and windowed clutch cover baked at 200 for 30 minutes in the shop oven. Then a quick acetone rinse, blow dry and tack cloth. 3 coats of Duplicolor Ceramic 500 degree Caliper paint and back in the oven at 170 for an hour.