Triumphrat

Webby · 09-07-2009, 01:04 PM

Hi All,
I've been lurking around on this site for a while now, and a few of you have been asking for pics of my rebuild, so here goes, I hope they are of some use to someone

First up there are a few pics of my carbs, one before they were dismantled, one once I tore them to pieces, as you can see old fuel had been left sitting in them for a few years, thankfully the carbs had been stored on their sides so they were quite easy to clean, so they've been bead blasted, soaked in a hot tricol tank and then finished in an ultrasonic cleaner (see pic 3). Of course, they were reassembled with new jets, needles and gaskets.

Webby · 09-07-2009, 01:40 PM

A few pics of my outer gearbox casing, before, during once most of the damage had been ground out and after once it had a good polish.

PS Sorry for the pdf files, it seems to be the only way I can reduce the size of the photos

Webby · 09-07-2009, 01:58 PM

Here's a few pics of my bike, the day I got it from Baxter Cycle in the US (very good to deal with) The frame and most of the metal bits had already been powder coated which saved a lot of time and money.
What I didn't count on was the import tax which was a bit of a shock!

shrugger · 09-07-2009, 06:30 PM

Search for Gimp 2.0 it's free and almost as good as photo shop.
Or just take smaller Pix.

Looks like things are moving along. What did you do to make your carbs so shiny?
And what the heck Is that powdery stuff?? Had it in mine as well.

Webby · 09-07-2009, 07:02 PM

Hi Shrugger,

Thanks for the info, I'll have a look, the problem is I've already taken several hundred photos (many just for reference) so something to downsize them would be perfect.
The white stuff in the carbs is some sort of residue from the fuel being mixed with water, almost like calcium, I'm sure someone out there will be able to give a scientific explanation, all I know is it's a bitch to remove! Also I've been told it is worse with US fuels than European Fuels (the additives maybe?)
I finished the carbs off with a wire brush on a drill to polish them up.

Thanks

Webby

shrugger · 09-07-2009, 07:57 PM

OL' Bender to the left there got shrunk to an avatar.

I bet that CLR stuff I see on TV all the time would work to clean
that crap out of the carbs.

Plewsy · 09-07-2009, 08:27 PM

You're doin a good job there Webby,
its scary

sanding casings the first time.
Your carb where a right mess and I see they where also glued together, I bet it was a nasty stuff called "Foliac" thread sealer, it is petrol proof though.
A T150 I bought was stuck together with the stuff including the oil pump gasket,
guess what happened to it

ps. have you tried Photobucket:-
http://photobucket.com
or Imageshack
http://www.imageshack.us

you can resize the all and store them,
I always keep a hard copy as well.

Webby · 09-08-2009, 09:04 AM

Heres a few more photos, I still need to organise them a bit better.

http://s863.photobucket.com/albums/a...albumview=grid

Thanks for the photobucket link Plewsy, it seems to work OK.
Shrugger, I tried Gimp 2.0 but it did not work on Mac OS X, but thanks for the suggestion.

Webby

shrugger · 09-08-2009, 09:21 AM

Doh! Didn't realise you were on a Mac

Webby · 09-08-2009, 10:00 AM

No worries Shrugger,

I got there in the end

I figure I'll just leave the photos as they are, a lot were just taken for reference before I pulled stuff apart, hopefully they will of some use to someone out there.

Webby