Bare Naked SFC1000

[Terry Dymond]

No.
The gap I'm refering to is between the engine cases and the bracket that bolts to the cases. That bar that the has the shaft going through it has a couple of short arms welded to it; the RHS one has (if memory serves) two mounting holes and the LHS has one. As thay are very short, any gap between the cases and bracket will place a side load on the bracket which may cause it to snap. The bracket is too short to allow the gap to be taken up by any spring in the steel.
As to the gap shown in the photo, not sure what's going on there but certainly needs investigating. HTH
Terry

 

[chrisk]

Looks like the black mount is located on the wrong side of the gold tab to me.

 

[racer]

rockitdoc, it looks like you have the rubber mount the wrong way round.


Andy

 

[chrisk]

rockitdoc, it looks like you have the rubber mount the wrong way round.


Andy

Ignore what I said ........ Andy has hit the nail on the head.

 

[Dellortoman]

Ignore what I said ........ Andy has hit the nail on the head.

Blimey, are these things held together with nails?

 

[Rockitdoc]

No.
The gap I'm refering to is between the engine cases and the bracket that bolts to the cases. That bar that the has the shaft going through it has a couple of short arms welded to it; the RHS one has (if memory serves) two mounting holes and the LHS has one. As thay are very short, any gap between the cases and bracket will place a side load on the bracket which may cause it to snap. The bracket is too short to allow the gap to be taken up by any spring in the steel.
As to the gap shown in the photo, not sure what's going on there but certainly needs investigating. HTH
Terry

On mine, there was no gap at all between the bracket and the cases.  It fit very snugly.  See photo below:

After I tightened down the rubber mounts to their respective brackets (two 8mm bolts and nuts/each) the gap shown in the photo above reduced to the width of one washer (about 1mm) as shown below:

 

The view from below shows the bracket attached to the bottom of the case with no gaps at either of the two locations where the bracket touches the case.

Thanks for all the tips.

And, if this still doesn't seem correct based on the new photos, I would appreciate any comments.  BTW, if anybody knows where I can find some stainless steel nails so I can finish this project I'd appreciate it. 

 

[Laverdalothar]

BTW, if anybody knows where I can find some stainless steel nails so I can finish this project I'd appreciate it. 

stainless steel nails wouldn't be original, take some zink plated ones...  :-*

but if you want stainless steel nails - guess who has a bucket full of them...? 

for sure your local hardware store has them: http://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Hardware-Hardware-Fasteners-Nails/Stainless-Steel/N-5yc1vZc2dxZ1z0yg27

on a more serious note: check if the rear-wheel aligns with the engine by checking if the chain runs straight... Everything else is just cosmetic, but this is important

 

[Rockitdoc]

on a more serious note: check if the rear-wheel aligns with the engine by checking if the chain runs straight... Everything else is just cosmetic, but this is important

That was my next step.  Thanks for verifying.

 

[Rockitdoc]

Assembling top and bottom yokes and ran into a question that the cartoons in the Green Book and the factory manual do not answer.

Here is a picture of the stack as I took it apart:

But, there is a recess about 28mm in diameter cut into the bottom of the top yoke and a recess of about 30 mm cut into the nut that holds the whole stack in the steering tube:

These look suspiciously like something goes in there, between the top yoke and the big retainer nut, like a bushing or something.

Also, what goes under the chrome nut at the top.  My bike had a big brass washer.  Is that correct? 

 

[chrisk]

I can't help you with your question, but I thing your fairing mount has an impotence issue.

 

[Rockitdoc]

I can't help you with your question, but I thing your fairing mount has an impotence issue.

Hasn't had it's Sildenafil, yet. 

 

[Dellortoman]

Doc's photos of 120? engine mounts earlier in this thread were a clue, but I'm not sure I've got them in exactly the right place. Can anyone see where I've gone wrong?

 

[Laverdalothar]

They are in the absolute right place - for mounting a V6...

 

[Rockitdoc]

Doc's photos of 120? engine mounts earlier in this thread were a clue, but I'm not sure I've got them in exactly the right place. Can anyone see where I've gone wrong?

Here's where mine ended up.  Not sure they couldn't be mounted other ways, but they seem to work in this arrangement.  Everything lines up, anyway.

Hope this helps.

 

[Dellortoman]

It's OK. I did manage to solve the puzzle.

Does yours have a spacer washer between the two front mounts? There was one on the through-bolt that came with my mounts (about 1.5 mm thick). I presume it goes between the two mounts, but there's no way I could squeeze it in there. It was hard enough just getting the mounts in between the frame lugs. I had to bash them in with a rubber mallet.

The bike came disassembled when I bought it. Never having a 120? before, I'm working it out as I go.

Sorry about the cloudy photo. There was crap on my phone camera lens. It's such a tiny little lens, it only needs a wee bit of dust to bugger it up.

 

[Terry Dymond]

Good question, well asked. When I put the yellow peril back together I noticed a bit of a gap between the front two mounts and thought that the gap would be taken up when the rod was tightened. I then realised that that wouldn't happen due to the cross member welded between the two down tubes and tightening up the rod would place an undue strain on the frame lugs. Measured up the gap between the two mounts and hunted up a washer that would take up the slack and slotted it in.
Don't know where the 1.5mm spacer came from, there wasn't one on the yellow peril (is now, but only about 0.5mm) but I reckon it's pretty important to make sure there isn't any gap between the mounts.
HTH

Terry

 

[Rockitdoc]

It's OK. I did manage to solve the puzzle.

Does yours have a spacer washer between the two front mounts? There was one on the through-bolt that came with my mounts (about 1.5 mm thick). I presume it goes between the two mounts, but there's no way I could squeeze it in there. It was hard enough just getting the mounts in between the frame lugs. I had to bash them in with a rubber mallet.

The bike came disassembled when I bought it. Never having a 120? before, I'm working it out as I go.

Sorry about the cloudy photo. There was crap on my phone camera lens. It's such a tiny little lens, it only needs a wee bit of dust to bugger it up.

No washer between the two front mounts on mine.  Could it be these machines are all slightly different?  Hand assembled, and all?

 

[Terry Dymond]

That's my guess.

 

[Dellortoman]

My 1.5mm was just a guess at the thickness because it's thicker than a normal flat washer for an 8mm bolt. I didn't measure it so it may have been thinner. I don't reckon it would be less than 1mm though. I'll try prising the mounts apart to see if I can poke it in. If not, then I'll just chuck it in my tin of assorted washers. I must have about 500 of the bloody things of all shapes sizes and materials.

 

[Terry Dymond]

That' what I did, hunted high and low until I found one of the correct thickness, still reckon it's pretty important to place those lugs under as little stress as possible.