Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Triumph Bonneville

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I've almost got the cases spilt, but one last bolt won't come undone. I can't find a lot of my imperial sockets etc, I assume they've been lost in a house move at some point. Which is rather damned annoying as it appears I'm going to have to buy another 3/8" drive selection & some combination spanners. Surprisingly I did find the special puller I bought last time for the crank sprocket though.

It's come apart ok with the wrong tools in places, but I want the right ones to putting it back together.
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Tools ordered, I should be able to split the cases later this week.
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My replacement AF sockets appeared today so I finished taking the engine apart after work. I need to sort out a box and packaging stuff to send the bits off now.

I've failed to get the sludge trap out so far, but it's surprisingly clean as I couldn't get it out last time either. However I scraped as much as I could out last time and it seems using modern oil washed a load more through. I will get the bugger out this time, I'm just not sure how yet. The screw cap is out buy the tube inside remains. I know it's a common issue so I'll do some googling and reading later.
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Re: Stroppy Old Tart, or the story of a Triumph Bonneville

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Oh yeah, despite what the factory manual says you can split the cases without removing the gearbox internals.
They'll come out when I clean the cases and replace the seals but leaving them in makes it easier to keep them altogether and not had to sod about working out which cog is which.
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Small update.

I cleaned up some more parts at the weekend & today I've paid the bill for the repairs on the engine parts. That's £950 I won't see again, but worth it to sort the problems properly.

I really must start putting some bits together hadn't I?
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Is it done yet?
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brandersnatch wrote: Wed Nov 18, 2020 3:39 pm Is it done yet?
Not quite*
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Come on. Chop chop!
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brandersnatch wrote: Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:18 pm Come on. Chop chop!
No chop chop
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Right ya whining sods, I've started the rebuild.

I put the forks together this afternoon with new O-rings in the two places they need them and obviously new seals. I forgot to order dust seals ages ago when I got the new stanchions so I'll have to remember to order them when I get an engine gasket kit.

The engineering place have started work on the head etc, I paid out £950 for that this week so feel rather poor.
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