Found out why the UJ on the drive shaft was tight, due to having no rear suspension attached the swing arm was too low meaning the UJ was at a tight angle, lifted the swing arm and all is fine and dandy, what's more the clutch is free.
Reassembled the throttle bodies and refitted along with the air box, had a look round to make sure I'd refitted the important bits. All fine till I notice the 2 coolant hoses tucked behind the frame. You guessed it they fit to the bottom of the throttle bodies for the cold start, undo, fit hoses, refit.
Rebuilt the tank and dropped that on, one of the pump connectors wouldn't fit properly, so a little squirt of WD40 round the seal (not on the connectors as they don't like it) and on it slipped.
Next popped the headers on easy fit and the studs held out with a bit of adjustment.
Then onto the radiator and hoses.
Popped the rad on and find I have a hose missing from the oil cooler to the rad, no probs got some hose, new bit fitted. Rest of hoses fitted, I'm leaving the expansion tank off for the time being.
First is fill the system check for leaks then drain to remove as much crap as possible.
Filled the system half way before the first drip appears from the new hose, push on and tight the clip, sorted. Carried on filling and notice a puddle about 6 inches from the bike.
Oops there seems to be a pin hole in the steel connection pipe to the pump.Ok easy temp fix, bit of hose cut and wrapped round with a jubilee clip to hold it. As I tighten the clip the leak gets worse. It seems the are 2 larger holes further up.
So from this,
To this, quick bit of copper work and....
a new pipe is born.
Bit late to refit the rad so I thought I'd give it a clean up, oops the aluminium worm has been at work.
I'll do a repair with some chemical metal for the time being, if the budget holds out a new rad is only £100.
Thus ends today's efforts.
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