Subscribed from Australia! I'm 64 years young as of Jan 2023 and am finally getting to re acquire some of my old 70's motorcycles. Great videos. My 90 year old father also really enjoys watching your work as he used to be my race mechanic back in the good ole days! Cheers good sir.
@@garyspracticalworkshop357 Now watching Z1 with incorrect engine and about to launch into the transfer from the engine you have rebuilt. 5 45PM Saturday here in Australia right now. Cheers mate.
Here"s a trick . I use a car jack to spread that gap just a fraction.With new paint and all the spacers and chain it makes the job so much easier.When you torque the swingarm up everything will be fine.
There is a date code on the swing arm close to the grease nipple , it's three digits , first digit is the year and other two are the month , so for example 410 would be October 74 , lots of digits around a Z1 if you look close enough 👍
Hi Gary just watching your vids as doing a z900 rebuild shortly and noticed when you tightened the swing arm pivot bolt you backed it off so it appeared to be lightly torqued up to move easily. The Kawasaki workshop manual says the pivot bolt on the z900 should be done up to 58-87 ft-lbs are the earlier ones different or is this what you set it to? Thanks keep the vids coming!
Hi I backed it off because it seemed to pinch the swing are, I checked all the bits and all is correct, so to allow the are to move freely I did not torque it, however , I would recommend a lock nut on the end of the arm shaft, and check regularly. Cheers Gary
