Diamond in the Rough: My 75 Goldwing

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Re: Diamond in the Rough: My 75 Goldwing

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Heat and a freezer are always good for installing bearings and races also.

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Patriccio wrote:Ok Ok Ok Ok Ok, I have two windows open on my laptop, a Toshiba Satellite, 6 years old, but it's still working well.
Dude! I'm a mess. Those pics are of the innards of my brake calipers; you, sir, are right. I apologize for wasting your time. Pics of the bearing assembly are posts #32 & beyond. And as I recall, I had trouble seating the lower bearings. Now I recall (a little bit better). I had to cut off the lower races in order for the new bearing assembly to fit properly. Other members jumped to my aid when I wasn't sure what to remove. I slipped a larger diameter pipe over the stem & seated the bearing w/ a hammer, the beeeeest tool.
Exactly what I was looking for!

I knew I wasn't crazy! Well maybe...
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robin1731 wrote:Heat and a freezer are always good for installing bearings and races also.

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Definitely a trick that has helped me out in the past! Will be sure to employ it when installing these bearings, thanks.
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Ok! Started my GL1200 clutch conversion today. Got the old parts out, change your oil kids! Put the new parts in! Am I correct is saying the GL1200 clutch has no springs???

This is as far as I got. Yes I swapped in the 1200 oil pump gear. I guess I'm confused how the 1200 clutch works without any springs. Also I did not change any clutch plates does anyone know if thats necessary?
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Re: Diamond in the Rough: My 75 Goldwing

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The 1200 clutch has one spring....one BIG spring. Old Fogey did a write up on it just in case you missed it. It is located in this post.

Hope that helps a little. anim-cheers1
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wingrider wrote:The 1200 clutch has one spring....one BIG spring. Old Fogey did a write up on it just in case you missed it. It is located in this post.

Hope that helps a little. anim-cheers1
Thanks for that link, still unsure of the one big spring you speak of but i'm sure my clutch is installed correctly.

However, I did come across this
All the plate thickness measured up OK but I had to use the hated 'B' plate as I didn't have spare plain ones.
NO idea why anyone would need to modify the GL1200 clutch plates when putting it in the GL1000.

Hopefully someone smarter can come along and clear that up...
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It's a diaphragm spring, i'm an idiot!
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The b-plate is for early models, not the 1200. You're making good progress.
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ericheath wrote:The b-plate is for early models, not the 1200. You're making good progress.
Good to know, thank you for the motivation, it is much appreciated.
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Searching Craigslist this morning I found a 1982 GL1100 for sale as parts only. Thinking about offering him $150 and recouping some of my money while keeping the parts I want.

Can I just hook up a battery to the starter to check compression?

http://allentown.craigslist.org/mcy/5938200672.html
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Re: Diamond in the Rough: My 75 Goldwing

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You should be able to just hook up a good battery for a compression test, as long as you can get decent connections. WOT, and several revolutions per cylinder... If it's been sitting for quite some time, I wouldn't crank it much as there's likely very little oil protecting the rings and cylinder walls.
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Track T 2411 wrote:You should be able to just hook up a good battery for a compression test, as long as you can get decent connections. WOT, and several revolutions per cylinder... If it's been sitting for quite some time, I wouldn't crank it much as there's likely very little oil protecting the rings and cylinder walls.
Maybe Ill shoot some fogging oil in the cylinders first to lube them up.
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Assuming the 1100 engine is in good shape (compression, etc.) I was toying with the idea of swapping that into my 1975 GL1000. I would use the heads and cams and carbs off my 75 so I would have the most power out of the combo of the 2, also that should allow me to keep things relatively simple considering the ignition and frame clearance.

I have a few questions;

1. Am I a fool for even thinking this will work? From what I have read this should not be a problem, but I'd like some opinions from someone who has more experience than me.

2. I just put a GL1200 clutch in my GL1000, I am assuming I can just transplant parts into the GL1100.

3. Which head gasket would you use? I believe you are supposed to match headgasket to head not to block, correct?

4. I would use the GL1000 carbs then I assume? Since they are from a 75 they should push a little more fuel which should make things smoother.

Thank you all for the advice, and I appreciate the answers to my 1,000,000 questions.

-Brian
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Re: Diamond in the Rough: My 75 Goldwing

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On my way to look at this 1100 donor now.
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Bought the wing! $50 and it was mine. Got it home, started stripping it to remove the engine and found a cracked block....

Oh well.

Time to start selling off the parts.
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Solid rotors suck! I have the PDF for the rotor drilling template, PM me if you would like a copy.
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