15 September 2013
Here I am back in Cyprus and have finally made a bit of time to start the final build.
Whilst I was in UK I called in at Cambridge Lambretta, (along with my son Jamie), to get a new speedo. A very helpful guy called Ian sorted out an SX style speedo for me, and Jamie decided to buy it for my birthday. Very nice thanks Jamie.
This left me some spare cash so I decided I would go the extra mile and get a new kickstart shaft as the splines on mine are badly worn.
Not a great photo but take it from me the splines are badly worn. I'm certain if I don't fix this now it will come back to haunt me later.
The chaincase came off with very little effort.
The tangled lumps of metal used to be the upper chain guide. Luckily they didn't get caught in the gears which if they did, could have jammed the works well and proper.
Another poor photo I'm afraid but the damaged bolt is one of the chain guide retaining bolts. The bit it's resting on is the knackered upper chain guide. Without the guide, the chain has been sagging and wearing the bolt away. As far as I can tell, the chain is OK, it obviously must be made of harder steel than the bolt.
I have since learned that the original chain guides were not up to the task and uprated nylon ones are now available.
On inspection, the kickstart piston is a bit worse for wear and the return spring has a crack in it. There is some burring to the return guide block also. Looks like all the kickstart components need to be replaced
All the new parts are now on order and hopefully will be here in a week or so.
There's plenty to be doing in the mean time so I fitted the voltage regulator and CDI unit today.
The regulator was originally attached to the rear footboard support strut but now is on the rearmost upper frame tube opposite the CDI unit where it should be. This meant drilling new holes in the frame and tapping them out to M6 and fitting new mounting bolts. All done now so the wiring harness can be fitted next.
Looking Forward to the Grand opening/revealing. You must have some kind of ceremony, Maybe Sheena could cut a Ribbon placed around the Lambretta.
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