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« Reply #105 on: August 29, 2020, 08:04:58 AM »
Side note: you can (if wishing to run injection), swap in a high pressure pump to the older tanks.
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« Reply #106 on: August 29, 2020, 08:05:30 AM »
The fuel in my lines won't be waiting long I can tell you that Evil
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« Reply #107 on: August 29, 2020, 08:06:12 AM »
Quote from: Duck-Stew on August 29, 2020, 08:04:58 AM
Side note: you can (if wishing to run injection), swap in a high pressure pump to the older tanks.

I'm leaving it carb.

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« Reply #108 on: August 29, 2020, 12:11:43 PM »
Nate nailed it. 
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« Reply #109 on: August 29, 2020, 03:11:41 PM »
Fuel pump day. The Airtex pump is a very close match to the Ducati pump. Both pumps .375 outlet, same can diameter, but the new pump is about .25 longer.

The filter was in rough shape. Only 13,000 miles on it.


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« Reply #110 on: August 29, 2020, 03:14:30 PM »
Also- I have the tank full of Evaporust. A full 5 gallon bucket filled the 4.6 gallon tank and there was still a little room for more.

I used a 1-1/16 rubber stopper to plug off the level sender hole and that worked great.
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« Reply #111 on: August 29, 2020, 04:39:25 PM »
I would use the new pump.  Airtex has a good rep and they are an OEM supplier.
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« Reply #112 on: August 29, 2020, 05:27:28 PM »
Quote from: howie on August 29, 2020, 04:39:25 PM
I would use the new pump.  Airtex has a good rep and they are an OEM supplier.

That is the plan!
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« Reply #113 on: August 29, 2020, 07:48:17 PM »
What are the odds I can pull the forks with the bike on a front stand?  Pin in the triple obviously.
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« Reply #114 on: August 29, 2020, 09:06:40 PM »
Good.  Undo the fork caps first.  The triples make a good vice. 
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« Reply #115 on: August 30, 2020, 04:07:29 AM »
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« Reply #116 on: August 30, 2020, 11:00:23 AM »
Some progress today and also a good level of frustration.  today was the day for stripping fasteners I guess.

Evaporust is absolutely amazing. I don't know what else to say. I filled the tank and let it soak for 20 hours.

As I was draining it I didn't think it had worked and was disappointed. The rust looked the same. Reaching in and giving the still submerged rust a quick scrub had it loosen up and suspend in the fluid.  I continued agitating everything with my hand as it drained.

I rinsed it all out with the garden hose a couple of times and dried what I could get at with a hand towel. I then used Mrs Monsterlover's hair dryer to put some hot air into the tank and continue the drying process.

The hair dryer had all the metal of the tank fairly warm to the touch. So I think it did a pretty good job. No moisture that I could find. Here is the result.



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One of the bolts on the crank cover decided to strip out for me. No amount of destruction could get it to budge. Since the bolt on the right came right out, I got the bright idea of just twisting the entire cover counterclockwise. That worked quite well.


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Unrelated to stripping fasteners, is this monster. I use this big boy to break the fork caps loose. It does not care if something is tight. I've never had it not loosen a fastener.  Nothing says no to this thing so far.


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as I'm working on pulling the forks, of course I have to pull the front wheel and the brakes. I suspect these pads have been oiled.


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I had a rough time working on the forks. One of the bolts holding the carbon front fender decided to strip and it's recessed so I have all like zero access to it. I ended up drilling the head off of it. The threads remain still in the fork. They are in there very well. I think I'll have that to the shop to drill it out from the back side on the Bridgeport.

Once that was off I started working on the front wheel. I am not able to get the front axle loose with tools that I have here. I'm going to try buying a 14 mm by half drive hex socket. If that does not work I don't know what I'm going to do.

I have the pinch bolts still tight on the right side. if I loosen them very much at all then the whole sleeve spins as well and the axle does not unthread.

This is not my favorite axle design.

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« Reply #117 on: August 30, 2020, 03:24:48 PM »
I got out the pipe and gave the axle some brutality. It's out. Forks are off.


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I dumped out a sizeable amount of purple oil. I thought these were dry but they definite aren't.

Some scoring in the chrome. One fork it seems to be all visual. The other I *think* I can feel the scoring with my nail but I'm not sure.

I'm not sure of the camera makes this look way worse than it is or if it's showing me things my eyes can't see.

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Was it leaking?
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« Reply #119 on: August 30, 2020, 05:52:02 PM »
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Was it leaking?

Both were. I don't know if it was because of the scoring on the legs or both seals had something caught up in there.
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