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Pistons

I got the xs1100 pistons I order in the mail this weekend. And they have much better way of wiping oil, they have 2 sets of oil drainage holes. And as for the rings the xs1100/850 ring are bigger than the xs750 rings. I was concerned about the xs1100 pistons using different rings than the xs850 because I had already purchased some 850 rings but I messed them and they take the same rings. Now my biggest consern is that the xs1100 pistons are taller than the Xs 750 pistons. I guess I'll jus have dubble check that very closely during assembly. Maby the 850 jug is a touch taller making the piston just right. Now all I'm weighting on is the gasket set and the Delrin plastic. Yet again can't post pictures this post because I'm posting this on my iPhone.

Primary chain tensioner, and final drive

I opened up the case enough to check out the primary chain or (hy-vo chain) and it has quite a-bit of slack in it, enough that the chain was slapping on the top of the case where the dipstice is on the case. So I decided to research primary chain tentioners, and then homemade ones found lots of good ideas. I'm still searching for plastic I think I'm going to use Delrin But I was also looking at some harley tentioners and I might be able to adapt one of those. But that is still to come , and when I get started on it I'll post some pictures.
I also decided to remove the swing-arm and disasemble the final drive/rearend. The swing arm bearings where compleatly seized , so I ordered a set off eBay, some all-balls came with the bearings and seals and 2 little o-rings. For 32$. And they just arrived today. As for the rest of the swing arm assembly everything looked great!

I also this week ordered a full gasket set for an xs850 and there wasn't any xs850 pistons on eBay so i got some xs1100 standard pistons, after hours of Internet research found out that they work in the xs850 and have the same piston rings. I sure hope so because I already found someone on a forum that was selling three piston ring sets for 150.00$ which is a good deal considering how hard they are to find period! I posted this with my iPhone so I'll have to post some progress pictures when I get a chance

removed the motor !!

i have been debating whether i should make my bike a 900cc bike , i found that samurai pistons are the right size and so is the wrist pins, but the amount of machining involved in that was going to cost to much, and the only company that makes aftermarket pistons is wisco for the xs1100, but yet again cause to much, DARN Recession!!!  so i decided to do xs850 jugs, and the 750 head, and i think that while i got it apart im going to go threw everything, and check it all out and replace what i can.

             the motor is sorta hard to get out but that isent the worst part the worst part is that it is so heavy, way heavier than i thought it was and i ended up hurting my back so tareble that the next day was shot, and the days after that where unpleasant, but got the motor out, and then started taring it down a cupple days later, and got a little help to get it up on the table to do the tare down and rebuild. today i had some trubble with the rotor, i need a bolt to thred into it to "pull it off" so i went everywhere that sold bolts to try to find one and that turrned out to be a bust.

hydraulic clutch conversion

i bought a fzr 1000 clutch slave cylinder off eBay and then made brackets for it, and had to grind a little bit of the lip off of the slave cylinder as seen in the picture below. then bought a gsx steal braided hydraulic  line and i cant remember what bike the master cylinder came off of. ill have to post that the next time i post.
    i got it put together the first time and the 1989 slave cylinder i got off ebay was leaking and needed to be rebuilt, so i rebuilt it and then i realized that even though it seemed secured, the brackets i made kept moving when i  pushed in the clutch. so it had to be modified further, eventually i got it working good. Now that its done i think that only thing i gained was that i don't have to worry about my cable binding, because of my clip on bars. it takes about the same amount of pressure to engage the clutch and i think i actuality added more weight to the bike. hear are some pictures of the first mounting hardware. ill post some more pictures of the modified mounting brackets.