Monday, December 1, 2008

Busy Busy Week

Over Thanksgiving week I accomplished quite a lot of work. I finished up the barn workshop enough to start working on the scooter.

Last Saturday, I removed the engine and starting taking it apart. Got to the clutch, but the clutch nut tool I bought was made of cheap metal and broke with the slightest pressure. So I called First Kick in San Francisco and they had the proper tool. So I went to SF to get it and picked up some gaskets. By the time I got back it was after 3 pm so I decided to continue work on Sunday.

Sunday I got the clutch off and finished disassembling the engine. Total time was about 4.5 hours for both days to completely take it apart. 

Most of the engine looked ok, but there was some definite blow-by on the piston. 

piston composite photo

I measured the cylinder, it is 57.3 mm, so it is one size over bored. I haven't decided to take it to the second overbore or just buy a new cylinder and piston.

All the parts I put in baggies and are labeled so I can remember what they are for.

I took lots of pictures, you can view them below


Or here is a slide show of all the pictures:




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