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Please get it finished and take it for a ride before you sell her... You may just fall in love all over again..lol

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well here we go again, does any one know an effective way of removing wear from case hardened splines, metal treatment? before i pull the engine apart again. or does any one have a couple of good cranks with good damper splines, its a piece of metal its not gonna beat me, i just can not live with the noise, its gotta be right or not at all :D
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Use your hammer, it's obviously not electrical...re. your sig! :D
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=D> very good :lol:
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Doug,
the loctite product I tried here in Australia was Loctite 660. It certainly made a difference but I suspected the noise may have been coming back after a few 100ks. However I think if it is applied correctly and allowed to cure for correct time (I seem to remember I didnt go full cure time!) it might do the trick. Certainly worth a try and not a difficult job to do to an in situ engine.
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pm sent :D
1984 Kawasaki KR250A
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Every 2 in 1 poeple are schizophrenic
If you can not fix it with a hammer it must be electrical
2 Smokey and they bandit
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well still here, next step is strip again and a touch of loctite 660 (thanks nigb) on the crank splines as previously suggested, should have listened :oops: and just hope that cures the noise, still in love with her and not sold her little cow will be sorted, after a 4 year affair haw could i let her go :D
1984 Kawasaki KR250A
no projects, OOPS!1987 Kawasaki AR125B4
Every 2 in 1 poeple are schizophrenic
If you can not fix it with a hammer it must be electrical
2 Smokey and they bandit
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well the dejevue feeling again, yes we have wear houston, in the front damper splines, click, click, #-o but i have a nice tube of loctite 660 to squirt on it. kick start mech re checked for set up and ok, crank mains solid no play, clutch ok and nothing fouling anywere. so this must be causing the noise. I hope [-o<
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1984 Kawasaki KR250A
no projects, OOPS!1987 Kawasaki AR125B4
Every 2 in 1 poeple are schizophrenic
If you can not fix it with a hammer it must be electrical
2 Smokey and they bandit
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well for the soul fans out ther roberta flack and donny hathaway old girl is back together again, just need to make the time to test her. feeling a bit reluctant just in case..... maybe next weekend. bought my old h.....a vfr400z back after 2 years. now having a clean and play, a factory produced street fighter, my god for a 400cc bike it goes like s**t off a shovel, i was the 2nd and now the 4th owner, all original and unmessed 31klms LOVELY.
1984 Kawasaki KR250A
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If you can not fix it with a hammer it must be electrical
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just bought a set of these for the old girl to get rid of the nasty over sized rubber ones ebay item no.190837309508 had an old rear one of my z and it fits new ones arrived and look a good fit.
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Every 2 in 1 poeple are schizophrenic
If you can not fix it with a hammer it must be electrical
2 Smokey and they bandit
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air box in :? oh so slow its cold
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If you can not fix it with a hammer it must be electrical
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oh! the foot rests fit perfect, non standard but a cosmetic improvement,but gives her the modern look Imagestill not tested the engine, other projects keep getting in the way. eyeing up a nice nsr400 on fley bay at the mo 3k looks a bargain to me!
1984 Kawasaki KR250A
no projects, OOPS!1987 Kawasaki AR125B4
Every 2 in 1 poeple are schizophrenic
If you can not fix it with a hammer it must be electrical
2 Smokey and they bandit
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work in progress panels off to the painters tomorrow dry run fitting Image
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no projects, OOPS!1987 Kawasaki AR125B4
Every 2 in 1 poeple are schizophrenic
If you can not fix it with a hammer it must be electrical
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Looking forward to seeing the freshly painted bodywork Doug. Is it going to be standard and have you got the decals sorted ? Also, I like the footpegs, definitely gives it the modern touch and for me looks in keeping with the bike.. Like the pegs off a KR250B/C :D
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well the colours gonna be silver, the guy thats doing the paint is not the fastest in the world, but an A1 job, will look like new. as for the decals i have had them for about 2 years now. not putting them under the laquer just in case they bubble. [-X
1984 Kawasaki KR250A
no projects, OOPS!1987 Kawasaki AR125B4
Every 2 in 1 poeple are schizophrenic
If you can not fix it with a hammer it must be electrical
2 Smokey and they bandit
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