Author Topic: 1989 K75 reanimation  (Read 31406 times)

Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #125 on: November 23, 2020, 04:52:10 AM »
new cap and old, with accumulated dirt inside.
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #126 on: November 23, 2020, 05:02:05 AM »
look at that seal ring on that bolt. same for another fork. :nono2:

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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #127 on: November 23, 2020, 05:03:48 AM »
some dirt inside
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #128 on: November 23, 2020, 05:05:33 AM »
disassembled
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #129 on: November 23, 2020, 08:17:54 AM »
Apart from sealing rings on bolts, gasket ring on the valve was damaged.
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #130 on: November 23, 2020, 08:19:42 AM »
tubes received some treatment
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #131 on: November 23, 2020, 08:22:56 AM »
To install piston with guide ring is not easy, ring is too loose.
Hayness recommends to fabricate a guide, so i took a brass foil, hard enough.
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #132 on: November 23, 2020, 08:24:49 AM »
O-rings installed, ready to assemble
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #133 on: November 23, 2020, 08:25:51 AM »
after 280 ml filled into each fork, assembly is finished.
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #134 on: December 07, 2020, 01:10:30 PM »
Result of Black Friday:

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Offline Rcgreaves

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #135 on: December 07, 2020, 02:30:48 PM »
Soooo, just curious:


My recollection is you are ON the lsle of Cyprus correct?  So do they have Harbor Freight there? (Maybe that's not a HF branded lift? (Very nice btw!)  Or, maybe you bop around the world and these black Friday pics are in the USA?

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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #136 on: December 08, 2020, 01:33:39 AM »
Huh, i thought i am alone here  :laughing4-giggles:

We do not have Harbour Freight here, AFAIK.
I took it from the local bikers shop. It is not a HF branded lift.


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Offline Past-my-Prime

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #137 on: December 09, 2020, 08:11:36 PM »
Huh, i thought i am alone here  :laughing4-giggles:


You are most assuredly NOT alone here. Enjoying the photos and the time and dedication you are putting into your rebuild.  :1thumbup
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #138 on: January 15, 2021, 11:46:55 AM »
conrod bolts still did not arrive, so basically nothing to post.  boohoo
meantime assembled frame with electrics.

but i have a HELP request to the society.  177381

i have found in workshop snap ring as shown on photo.
several days silly me tried to identify from which part of bike it was coming, could not find any reference and it is missed on all photos i took. 177381

can anybody point me where this ring should be installed?
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #139 on: January 15, 2021, 02:44:27 PM »
Judging from the size, my first guess is that it came out of one of the fork tubes.
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Offline daveson

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #140 on: January 15, 2021, 05:22:42 PM »
Another vote for the forks.
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #141 on: January 16, 2021, 03:07:35 AM »
my thoughts were same.
on photo all parts from one fork, there is no this snap ring.


I opened another fork, which has extra parts, and regretfully also did not find suitable place for possible missing snapring. Also did not find it on the drawing of the forks. Required snap ring is installed.
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Offline Martin

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #142 on: January 16, 2021, 03:25:57 AM »

* Forks internal.JPG (23.9 kB . 431x190 - viewed 452 times)
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #143 on: January 16, 2021, 04:55:50 AM »
no, wrong type. And if not installed - will not hold springs inside.
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Offline Laitch

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #144 on: January 16, 2021, 08:14:37 AM »
can anybody point me where this ring should be installed?
Did you reinstall this?
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #145 on: January 16, 2021, 12:12:03 PM »
Did you reinstall this?

yes I did . that is kind of "wire" spring. mine is "plate" type.
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Offline daveson

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #146 on: January 16, 2021, 07:55:57 PM »
I spose you already checked this, but I'd be looking to see if both forks are identical.
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #147 on: January 17, 2021, 02:45:26 AM »
I spose you already checked this, but I'd be looking to see if both forks are identical.

brembo sport are not identical by construction.
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Offline koshak

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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #148 on: May 27, 2021, 09:59:57 AM »
On page 3 i showed condition of the cylinders cooling space.


that also caused aluminum corrosion. Further test and closer inspection revealed hole in the housing resulting in water leakage. So welding was required.
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Re: 1989 K75 reanimation
« Reply #149 on: May 27, 2021, 10:12:22 AM »
Take that green stuff to the lab for analysis. There might be a cure for something in it.  :laughing4-giggles:

These are excellent photos, koshak and provide cautionary examples for anyone undertaking to rehabilitate a neglected moto.
  • Along the Ridley in Vermont.
  • 1995 K75 89,000 miles
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