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Since you have had it soaking in penetrating oil, it shouldn't be rusted worse. Try to get a small hole drilled in the center. Dremel a dimple for starting if necessary. Start pretty small, but use extreme caution not to break the bit! Inject penetrant through the hole to let it set for another week. Then try a larger left-hand bit. It should either drill through to permit an EZ out to be used, or back the screw out itself.
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use extreme caution not to break the bit!
That is one of my problems. At some point along the way in trying to remove that bolt it broke again about two threads down from the surface. In trying to remove that I managed to break the tip of a case-hardened extractor in the broken bolt making it a little more difficult to drill into again...
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Goldwingologist wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:31 pm
use extreme caution not to break the bit!
That is one of my problems. At some point along the way in trying to remove that bolt it broke again about two threads down from the surface. In trying to remove that I managed to break the tip of a case-hardened extractor in the broken bolt making it a little more difficult to drill into again...
That's why I do not use easy outs. LH drill bits are one of the best tools ever invented. ;)
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If you have to drill it out put a heli-coil in it the same size as the original bolt.
Another reason I have been putting off drilling and tapping is because I know I have an M8 1.25 heli-coil around somewhere and I have been waiting for that to turn up so that I have another option. In the meantime I felt like doing something to the cadaver to advance the project in some way. So I lubricated and freed up the old clutch cable. Even with a free moving cable, though, the clutch pull on this bike is tough. So I dug up an EZ pull clutch device and a matching one finger clutch lever that was left over from a pit bike project and I put it on the Goldwing. Now I have one finger clutch action -and it works, too (until it doesn't).

Ain't it cute??
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Now that I have the clutch all dialed in I can go ahead and install the driveshaft. Those circlips were a whole lot easier going back in than they were coming out.
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I have the rear wheel in place for mock-up but since the rear brake caliper and the bracket/wheel spacer are all one piece on this bike, I have to free up the stuck rear brake pistons before I can install the wheel. And the brake pistons are stuck beyond stuck...
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robin1731 wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 3:59 pm
Goldwingologist wrote: Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:31 pm
use extreme caution not to break the bit!
That is one of my problems. At some point along the way in trying to remove that bolt it broke again about two threads down from the surface. In trying to remove that I managed to break the tip of a case-hardened extractor in the broken bolt making it a little more difficult to drill into again...
That's why I do not use easy outs. LH drill bits are one of the best tools ever invented. ;)

yeah you CANNOT drill into a broken easy out
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Goldwingologist wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:04 pm So I dug up an EZ pull clutch device and a matching one finger clutch lever that was left over from a pit bike project and I put it on the Goldwing. Now I have one finger clutch action -and it works, too (until it doesn't).

Ain't it cute??
I tried one of these, yes it made the lever action lighter but it reduced the throw of the lever. I found after riding for some time it would start to get very difficult to select neutral and ultimately hard to change gear, took it off in the end
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Goldwingologist wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:17 pm I have the rear wheel in place for mock-up but since the rear brake caliper ad the bracket/wheel spacer are all one piece on this bike, I have to free up the stuck rear brake pistons before I can install the wheel. And the brake pistons are stuck beyond stuck...
Grease gun. It has to be cleaned up anyway.
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I have used compressed air, but make sure you wrap something around it as it will release with great alacrity
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yeah you CANNOT drill into a broken easy out
Not with THAT attitude, you can't!

It was a ridiculous amount of work freeing up the stuck pistons from the calipers. Compressed air eventually did the trick, and it was violent. The pads, rubber rings and dust boots are borderline re-useable, but I went ahead and spent fifty bucks on a rebuild kit and another twenty for new brake pads.
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heli_madken wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 6:45 pm
Goldwingologist wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:04 pm So I dug up an EZ pull clutch device and a matching one finger clutch lever that was left over from a pit bike project and I put it on the Goldwing. Now I have one finger clutch action -and it works, too (until it doesn't).

Ain't it cute??
I tried one of these, yes it made the lever action lighter but it reduced the throw of the lever. I found after riding for some time it would start to get very difficult to select neutral and ultimately hard to change gear, took it off in the end
I could very well have the same result...
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sorry about the attitude :IDTS: I will refrain from commenting as you are an expert.
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Well I guess that's what I get for putting myself out there on social media.

I am a student, not an expert. I don't know hardly anything, but I do know that when you decide you CANNOT do something then you will never do it. If I had decided those years ago that I could not pull this bike with a seized engine and wheels out of that giant rodents nest I would never have come this far. Looking back now if I had been any kind of an expert - heck if I even had any sense at all - I would not have even tried. An expert would know better than to pursue bringing a cadaver back to life! I'm just trying to keep a positive attitude on this journey while I share it with all of you.

Anyway I had a half a can of Very High Temperature brake caliper paint hanging around and I am still waiting on the pads and caliper rebuild kit. It was so much work freeing up the stuck pistons that while I'm waiting I might as well just go ahead and strip it down:
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And then paint it red:
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With the brake caliper done I can now attach the rear wheel.
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That helps me feel like I am making progress. Now all I need to do is attach the front wheel and I will have a roller!!
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Might just finally roll out of my living room...
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When I got home from work today I found this sitting in my back yard:
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Another cadaver to study! This one is a dead 1987 Aspencade. The bodies are just piling up around here. Just like with the 76 I will break it all down, clean it all up, bring it into the house one part at a time and reassemble the clean refurbished parts in my living room.

"Can't have no dirty dead
All the corpses here are clean"
-Misfits, London Dungeon

I have a strong suspicion of how the bike got there, but that will be another story for another thread.

In the meantime I have the front wheel on the 76.
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I feel like I am making progress even though I still have a broken bolt stuck in the jug and I still have a few stubborn screws preventing me from taking off the front plate and changing the water pump...
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