And then wash day arrives after every good strip down. Out with the table, parts cleaner, various brushes and tools and into it. Start with a good feeling by washing the panels and paint, and give yourself the chance to admire the lovely look of the thing.. and gee they were filthy with oil grime and track splatter providing a patina of black spots and streaks all over her..tank especially needed a bath to get rid of the slurry from a leaking fuel cap.. I think we're on top of that now, but did find that there is a rubber insert that goes inside the filler lip, so once I get one of those things can only improve...
Engine parts and all bolts/nuts are next, and all through the parts washer they go, followed by a good compressed air blow to make sure galleries are clear, and no muck hanging about. Good gasket scrape all round during the process and we're done..
Not much to report here, although at the start it did occur to me if I'd been in the hills 'pannin' for alloy' I woulda struck it rich at this seam...result of the previously described clutch-rubber cover plate failure, and the evidence is obvious as to where the alloy came from as the bolt heads rotated and collided with the case moulding.. sure could have been a lot worse, and I can't help but feel that this failure was in action for some time, not just as the bike finished in the first race.. hard to know, and from the side of the track I couldn't hear anything obvious, but perhaps on the bike there may have been some indicators.. clatter, vibration etc... but I'll have to ask young D about that..
Perhaps he had his mind on other things...
In any case, we're now ready to receive incoming parts and get her back together..(note to self, "fit the gearshaft locating pin this time dickhead..") and once again... "GET READY TO RUUUUMMMMBBBLLLLE..!!!"
Gotta Love Ya Racing..Gotta Love Ya Lav..
