1972 Norton 750 Commando Rebuild Page 2
This is the frame with its new powder coat. The frame has pieces of pipe insulation on it to help protect it from clumsy mechanics.
These are some of the parts laid out for re-assembly.
These are the parts that make up the front rubber mount for the engine/transmission sub-assembly. This assembly gets shimmed to .010 or less using the large washer looking rings on the upper left. The black engine mount already has four special rubber doughnuts pressed into it.
This is the new drive cog for the trannny. For those of you that don't know, this is called a pre-unit bike because the tranny and primary drive are separator from the engine case just like old Harleys. This is a four speed box.
I have the engine mounted in a vise to get the pistons installed and to get the cylinders on the beast.
Using a fine honing stone and my trusty parts washer I cleaned everything and got the top of the cylinders ready for the head gasket.
I installed the pistons using new circlips.
Installed the new lifters. It's not brain surgery but cleanliness and attention to detail matter.
I got all the needed hardware together needed to install the cylinders and the head and checked all the threaded fasteners. Two studs and three nuts seemed to have some bad threads and will need to be chased or replaced.
Hopefully I will get the engine together by the weekend and can start on the frame sub assembly and get the transmission installed.
Before the cylinders get installed the keepers for the new lifters get safety wired. Sometimes Locktight just isn't enough.
