Author Topic: My First 88 LT500 Build (Read 38371 times)

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #100 on:** May 02, 2013, 06:59:39 pm »

Thanks Dez! More to come this weekend hopefully I'm at full roller status I know ill at least be front roller status. Depends on if I get the swinger polished or not.

Glamisrider · « **Reply #101 on:** May 02, 2013, 08:30:23 pm »

Looks nice, Rockstar #2

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #102 on:** May 03, 2013, 04:59:17 am »

Bret that bike puts mine to shame, plus mine will have a stock polished swinger and polished case covers and a way cooler seat.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #103 on:** May 04, 2013, 06:32:14 pm »

Got my American star racing tie rods and heim joints today. I'm clueless on how these get installed they're nowhere near as simple as a tie rod end from what I'm looking at. Oh and not installation instructions.

Dezsled · « **Reply #104 on:** May 04, 2013, 07:00:00 pm »

That looks like a nice set up. High mis-alignment spacers allow even more articulation if your running long travel suspension!

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #105 on:** May 04, 2013, 07:38:16 pm »

Dez that second sentence you wrote might as well be in Spanish my man!

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #106 on:** May 05, 2013, 06:25:41 pm »

Well still don't have a roller, polishing the swing arm was a lot of time I didn't account for. Front ball joints and spindles are on with Mitch's camber spacers (which might I add at full suspension drop make contact with the spindles and cause a bit of a bind).

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #107 on:** May 08, 2013, 04:08:44 pm »

Amateur at best looking but it looks better than it did here's the swinger. I could've done better just getting impatient at this point and it looks way better than it did before.

Rider414 · « **Reply #108 on:** May 08, 2013, 06:24:00 pm »

Keep polishing, your getting there. Takes a lot of time.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #109 on:** May 08, 2013, 06:26:41 pm »

It needs sanded down there's a lot of deep scratches from me air tool wire wheeling the oem coating off.

Rider414 · « **Reply #110 on:** May 09, 2013, 02:44:05 pm »

Quote from: Buckeye513 on May 08, 2013, 06:26:41 pm

It needs sanded down there's a lot of deep scratches from me air tool wire wheeling the oem coating off.

Aircraft paint remover will work on anodized coatings like the swingarm. I learned that trick when I did my frame on a GSXR 600 back in the day.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #111 on:** May 09, 2013, 05:52:11 pm »

Now you tell me!! I have 3 cans of that **** in my cabinet!

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #112 on:** May 16, 2013, 01:38:30 pm »

Well thanks to Jason being mr speedy with my parts order I should hopefully have a roller by Monday! Got a couple more passes to make of polishing on my swing arm might also have my rear axle hardware and rotor and sprocket mounts powder coated if I do that I'll have a full chassis minus rear axle and wheels come Monday.

GrkGuy · « **Reply #113 on:** May 16, 2013, 01:52:08 pm »

looks like you be better off doing a brush look on that swinger,

Q2W · « **Reply #114 on:** May 16, 2013, 02:42:52 pm »

paint it jet black.

There is way too many imperfections in the stock swinger to make it look good unless you want to spend months prepping it. Then another month polishing it to a mirror finish.

Motoman991 · « **Reply #115 on:** May 16, 2013, 04:27:26 pm »

I want to see this bike in person when it's finished. I can probably lend a hand assembling it also.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #116 on:** May 16, 2013, 05:37:51 pm »

I sanded my swinger down after taking that picture and started over on polishing its still not perfect or probably ever going to be show quality polished but it looks better and the bike isn't gonna be for show and it looks good to me. I'll post a picture tomorrow after I hit it with a few more passes on the polishing wheel.

Motoman you're more than welcome to come give me a hand whenever you are free. The bike is at my brothers shop off mt Carmel tobasco rd.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #117 on:** May 18, 2013, 05:23:23 am »

Well plans to get anything accomplished last night were squashed by work. Damn 16 hour days!

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #118 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:15:53 pm »

Well busy weekend derailed the full roller yet again! But I did put the finishing touches on polishing the swing arm and got the rear shock bearings and seals replaced and all the cushion lever bearings and seals replaced and swinger/shock/cushion all mounted! So I'm reassembling the rear axle and putting the carrier back in the swinger installing the steering stem and tie rods away from a full roller!

Here's some swinger shots.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #119 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:16:52 pm »

More pictures from tonight.

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #120 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:20:56 pm »

Still more pictures!!

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #121 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:25:21 pm »

And more pictures cause apparently my phone takes humongous file sized pictures!

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #122 on:** May 19, 2013, 10:27:05 pm »

Last but not least from tonight... Stay off my bum cart dang it!!!

Dezsled · « **Reply #123 on:** May 19, 2013, 11:08:40 pm »

Buck your almost there man! Takes time to resurrect one of these relics. Lots o pics

great job!

Buckeye513 · « **Reply #124 on:** May 20, 2013, 05:54:37 am »

Thanks Dez! Should have the carrier and rear axle mounted with the front and rear breaks in the next couple of days then its down off the bum cart and on its own 4 feet again.

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