well i'v given the tj an early birthday (mot in a couple weeks) so i thought i'd go the hole Hog

very nearly stripped her down over the last couple of days, the only thing i didn't take out was the engine although iv'e had the top off and did the valve clearances today, not bad at all 13 out of 16 within tolerance and the 3 that were out were all intake, (so nice and easy) 1 a strait swap, so only had to by 2 shims (£3.00 each exchanged, result).

had the clutch apart, as i'd had some issues end of last summer (clutch was slipping but only above 60mph+ and only in 6th, if i wound her up ) iv'e checked all the friction and clutch plates which were well within tolerance and the baskets in good shape, so i put some new EBC clutch spring in, (the oem springs measured up pretty good as well ).
so after some head scratching (and having the sprocket casing off anyway), i gave the other side a paraffin bath and bloody good scrub off, now the clutch is smoooooth, (MR Yam blew it on that mechanism, it was full of chain lube, grit and road kill)

anyway the other job's in no particular order
headstock checked & greased
wheel bearings checked & greased
chain and sprockets are good so a soak and lube did the job
brakes cleaned and bled (new EBC hh pads end of last summer)
rad off and cleaned new fluid in (recruited my nipper and a trimmed lolly stick to straiten the fins, he charged me £10, they bleed you dry )
new NGK plugs
another 2mm off the fork spacers (as it was still a bit harsh)

now i just gotta put the cockpit and indicators on the front, and a quick trip down my mates for some carbi balancing
then it's elbow grease time with the cut -n- polish and a good wax
and once she's dressed i'd take her anywhere

Sounds like you've been busy - and 10 out of 10 for corrupting your kid

Well done, must admit I cheated. Sent my race bike to Slick's and let them give her the once over and dyno. But fantastic no loss off power and back to me as sweet as she could have. Only thing was when they loobed the chain they forgot to tighten on of the nuts on the chain adjuster! I spotted it so no harm. Am doing a track day tomorow even though I know it is only going to be 6c. I figure I will be able to sort out my lines before the season starts and I just want to get back riding.

well a very productive day today, been down my mate's (with the vacuum gauges) and it's now running better than it ever has, i thought it was pretty good last summer, but having done the shims and now the carbie balancing it's like a new moto,
so a good bath & polish tomorrow and up for an mot in the afternoon

Pics ...

sailed through the mot with 2 advisory's

1 left grip moves, so i said so does the fu*king right one, i'd taken the lock-wire off and not replaced it and having just washed and polished the bike water had got in there, but never mind an easy fix

2 wheels were slightly out of line, having not used my steel rule but the marks on the swingarm when i adjusted it, wont be doing that again, but another easy fix

anyway here's the pics





i'll try and get a vid up cos it sounds so sweet it'd be rude not to

edit: here's the video hopefully, off my mobile so iffy


ok so that never worked anyone know how to add video from photobucket

Yes ... type in the name of the website instead of the asterix [*][/*]

well i managed a link to the vid after about 6 edits i'll figure the embed thing another day
here's the link

http://s753.photobucket.com/albums/xx17 ... V00002.mp4

Cool - sounds fruity

It's different with photobuck