New LC project.... Restoration... I know, I know...

[JonW]

haha, you guys have made my day. no haters on here :)

[JonW]

Thinking about it I might find a glass cabinet for my garage (there is a council clear up this weekend so you never know what people might put out LOL - last year a mate her found a whole LC! but I digress..) and display some grails for my visitors... I think this wheel will go in there with an LC tool tray, 350cyls, 4L0-01 carbs and '0' stamped pipes.... and maybe a LC Gully seat... for the F1 I could put in the plastic loom plates, F1 wiring loom, top fairing and the 'dashboard top panel', N1 dash and bracket, an OEM single seat conversion and a '57V' screen if i ever find one LOL!

I could probably charge a '$1 a look' and maybe fund some new pieces for the 'Grail Museum' LOL!

[aaronmvrider]

i have a brand new factory rz500 wiring loom for that display

[JonW]

haha, cool. between us we would have quite a museum i think :)

[OldTZracer]

Another Canuck still with you...
Interesting that Yamaha would use a different wheel for the 250. Was it the same for all years or just 1980?

[JonW]

Same for all years of the LC; totally different setup for the sprocket, friction fit silentbloc bushes into the wheel rim vs removable cush rubbers and seperate sprocket carrier with bearing.

[JonW]

Here we go again... LOL

[JonW]

OK... My fingers are officially raw and im over polishing, but the good news is that the 350 wheel is now done... just needs a little tidy up on the cush drum edge, which i missed before taking this pic, ooops.



So, remember this...



well that now looks like this:



and not forgetting the extra bit of the 350 wheel, the cush drive.



What is interesting to see is the wear in the cush drum on the wheel, this is from the rubber rubbing on the alloy, not helped as there was some dust and oil / grease in this chamber, hmm... Im thinking someone oiled it at some point, maybe to stop it squeaking! LOL

Just new cush rubbers, bearings and seals / o ring and this is done :)

[Yellow and Black RZ]

Those cleaned up a lot nicer than it looked like they would.
Nothing like A LOT of elbow grease.

[JonW]

Thanks, yes thats pretty much all you need, and lots of time.... :)

[L.B]

Wow that looks nice....think mine going to be alot more work tho lol.
But im not complaining,thanks to Jon i now have my own 350 rear rim woop woooop

[JonW]

LOL, dont get me wrong, this was a lot of work... my fingers are killing me!

[hondaror]

The price we pay.

[two-stroke-brit]

The price we pay.

its like women in high heels .
look great but hurt like hell

if you know what i mean

[hondaror]

I always convince my women to be practical. In it for the long haul.