Recent content by RePete

Clayton - It's already broken! You've got nothing to lose! Or, conversely, if you feel it's repairable have someone that's a known welder do it.

Thank you cjpayne & Old CT.... I appreciate your opinions. I guess it's safe to say that neither of you are fans of the universal air filter pods. And it's equally safe to say that I'm not interested in pulling the carburetor for the umpteenth time to start jetting trials and errors for...

Hello All - I have a question concerning the small clamp on universal Air Cleaner Pods. I want to make sure that I'm filtering the air when this bike is being run but I'm not yet ready to dive in to the project to the point of sourcing the proper stock OEM or quality replacement parts. Thus the...

Clunks up & down as it should? :LOL:

Final Update (pre weekend): Although I had anticipated not ride testing the little CT till the weekend, last night upon returning home I never made it past the garage. I did a final adjustment to the carburetor float and after reinstalling and some fine tuning adjustments while on the lift I...

Hi Fellas - My plan is to give it test ride out in a safe grassy area this coming weekend where speed is limited. The tires were not replaced whereas I did all of this for two reasons only. Reason 1: Down the road when it's time to start tearing the bike apart and investing in new /replacement...

Good Morning All. The new Clutch Friction Discs arrived last Friday and I dove into the replacement as soon as I was able during the weekend. A measured level of success accomplished! :) Old Ct & racerx... both of you were correct! Although the discs looked and measured fine they were 50yrs...

Thanks for the thoughts and support. racerx - Yes, my thinking was a bit hyper focused on the fact that it ran OK before I touched it, so therefore I believed there must've been something wrong with what I did. That's why I was so relentless on solving the issue this past weekend and going...

Good Morning All, It's great to be back at work this fine Monday morning b/c I needed to step away from the frustration (now spelled "CT70"). A silver lining to my cloud is that I'm now a CT70 Clutch removal, disassembly, reassembly & re installation expert! Not that I ever wanted to be. I'm...

Thanks kirrbby Here's where I'm at right now. I removed the case cover and examined my installation of the shift lever, etc. Theres no way it could've been backwards (my haunting thought through the night). All was good there. I drove to the motorcycle store and bought the conventional motor...

Thanks for the hints kirrbby & cjpayne. I want to be clear that these are not new friction discs. I had mentioned that they were in such good condition that they looked like new. However, there's no doubt in my mind that they're original. And, the clutch was working fine until I decided to...

Gary - I received an email with your post to this thread as I was standing in the automotive section at Walmart. I took your advice and was also fortunate to find the Walmart brand oil (Super Tech) at less than 1/2 the price of the name brands at the auto parts and motorcycle stores. If I have...

UPDATE: I) Intake Valve Cover was loose and the source of the leaking oil... the oil weight had nothing to do with it. 2) On a hunch, after ining the 20w-50 oil I wanted to flush it, so I added 800cc of good ol' Marvel Mystery Oil (yes, I'm a traditionalist). Started it up and after a...

Hello All! Friday Update: One battle won, and a new begins Here's where I'm at... The Clutch was removed last night and disassembled. It was surprisingly clean. In fact, it was nearly spotless! The only crud was around the edges of the oil spinner. Both Fiber Plates featured a full 360 degs...

A small win last night (lately I'll take them when I can get them). Rear wheel is back on featuring new brake shoes and sprocket. the new chain has been trimmed and installed and the aftermarket non-offset, no reference mark, POS chain tensioner's were shop enhanced with accurate reference...