1972 Norton 750 Commando Rebuild Page 7
These are the parts that I have to figure out the exact spots they each belong to. I have a manual but it gets a little sketchy about what goes where.
The clutch basket and the alternator are mounted along with the primary chain. It is endless so everything has to go on at the same time as the chain cannot be added later.
The clutch basket nut gets locked with a special fitting as over the years it was discovered that the nut would back off and cause havoc. The rod sticking out of the center is the clutch operating rod.
The rear brake has to be installed along with the final drive chain so that I can lock the assembly with the brake in order to torque the bolts on the clutch and engine drive cog.
This is the lock on the clutch basket bolt.
The blue gadget is one of the few special tools I have had to buy. It compresses the clutch spring, it's a diaphram spring like on a car, so that it can be installed. Once you get some tension on it you can put it in and then the circular keeper ring spirals into a groove on the clutch basket.
This shows both the primary and final drive chains.
I thought that this might happen. The new final drive cog was so much bigger that I am a link short on my final drive chain. I will have to get a new chain.
That's it for the weekend. Lawns to mow, chores to do. It's coming together but it sure is slow. Stay tuned for more.
These are the steering yokes assembled in the head bearing. The shiny red thing is my new identification plate. The old one had to go when the frame went for powder coating. The yokes were also powder coated.
A friend loaned me a professional buffing machine. I'm just starting to get a handle on how many shiny bits this thing has that needs to be polished. The gadget really takes the work out of it.
