Tin Worm: the '83 aero rebuild

[fightingplankton]

hooray for progress!
so, after a long day, a trip to the ace hardware store, and new(not Chinese) tools (my chinese ones stripped out)...and some liquid wrench.



and i'm sure my girlfriend will love seeing this when she gets home

[martynkim]

Oooohh act like your sleeping or else your gonna get your butt kicked!

[fightingplankton]

you kidding? she'll just beat me in my sleep.
best bet is to run away and give her time to cool down.

[martynkim]

you kidding? she'll just beat me in my sleep.
best bet is to run away and give her time to cool down.

You seen the Green Mile? Dead man walking

[fightingplankton]

got a bit of the rust off using a wire brush. short of a grinder, anyone have a good way to remove rust? there's a bit on the head and parts of the transmission.
also, the nut holding on the rear wheel is huge, even the tire iron from my volvo isnt big enough to get it off.

[bradthreee]

[Fishman43]

Not on the hard wood floor!!!

[fightingplankton]

i cleaned up today, good as new. and some more good news, our land lord is opening up one of the storage units behind our apartments for us to use. big enough to fit at least a baker's dozen sprees in.

[fightingplankton]

got some more crap off the bike, nothing major. waiting for my brother to bring me a bigger wrench to get that wheel off.
will update when something major happens.

[fightingplankton]

finally got that d*** clutch cover off. there is an extra rod next to the kicker that was rusted to the cover.
i opened it to find....
this


i hope none of you ever have to go through this.

[fightingplankton]

well, i got the front pulley off(mostly) and had my first look at a variator. i opened it up and saw this
D D D D D D <--those are roller weights.

sweet eh?

i'm still having trouble w/ some other stuff, but i got the wheel spinning and a good deal of rust removed. all thats left to do is get the rusty cogged gear off(its rusted on) and then electrolytically remove all that rust.

[fightingplankton]

now i feel like a jack@$$


i spent a half hour trying to get that * off. maybe i should read the instructions FIRST next time.

[mustangwagz]

now i feel like a jack@$$


i spent a half hour trying to get that * off. maybe i should read the instructions FIRST next time.

lol, ya but main thing there is, motor with the puller attached to it is WAY to clean in order for it to work on your motor! i'd say you did ok! lol

On another note, as far as tools, Good call on buying some non china tools.. buy yourself some GOOD 6 point sockets. When it comes to rusted up bolts/nuts, never use a 12 point socket..you'll end up rounding that puppy off and then you'll have to buy a diff set of sockets called extractors. NOT cheap! i paid almost 200 bucks for a set of 6 that cover bolt/nut sizes 8mm to 15mm. Not to mention, once you use an extractor on a nut/bolt, their typically not re-usable

but anyhow, good job! Keep goin! Tell the ole lady to back off, maybe buy her some shoes or a purse!! lol

[fightingplankton]

but anyhow, good job! Keep goin! Tell the ole lady to back off, maybe buy her some shoes or a purse!! lol

were' cool now, i got a storage shed behind our apartments to work in today. its only $25 a month and big enough to comfortably fit 9 scoots( i only have 5 in there now, but i have plenty of work space).

[fightingplankton]

so, anyone know of any other way to get that off, since i dont have that tool, or anything like it.
i know i can "rent-a-tool" but, i doubt they'll have that specific one.