HRC_V4

These are the small hole exhaust, also come in the large hole version.

LOL, no trike... I knew diff wasn't right, but yes, the bevelbox. Thanks, I'll let it ride this way a while and keep an eye on the level. Not sure the whole story of the bike, but originally from Switzerland, then was in NY for a while, but I got it from a little machine shop south of Morgantown, NC.

Finally got a few miscellaneous parts and got it back together. Took her out for a test ride and she did great, just a quick ride around the neighborhood. The new shocks are nice, my front wheel seems good with the new spokes, she shifts smoothly and rides nice. I'm going to need the OEM style seat, this one has me a little too far forward. I changed the diff fluid, it was low, which probably explains the gear oil in the driveshaft housing. Any thoughts on what would cause that? I see a couple of orings in the parts diagram. Waiting on a new clutch cable, this one is adjusted all the way out. I'll post some good fall pictures in the coming months.

Parts came in yesterday, so back on the project. It took some effort to split the clutch discs from the intermediate plate, but they look really good, so spare parts. Installed the new clutch, new throttle cables, transmission seals, rear main seal, float valve, breather hoses, air filter, etc. The swingarm and the center stand were PITA, but they are on now. Hopefully more work tomorrow.

The two clutch discs are stuck to the intermediate plate. I have not tried to separate them, but a fair amount of rust. I'm sure it will all clean up.

Does anyone have instructions on the swingarm install? I measured mine before I took it off, they were not equal side to side, which I thought was the way to do it, but with the missing seal, someone might have been in here before.

Looks like I am missing the output shaft seal....

The California II has been crabbed! Not a bad job, it is giving me a reason to address a few things, I'm going to go ahead and replace the throttle cables, clean up some surface rust, deep clean a few hard to get places. I have the clutch upgrade kit on the way, the clutch job transmission seal kit, rear main engine seal and a couple of other things.

The next steps..

I wish I could find the picture of when I pulled the clutch off my Quota, super simple, had it done in an afternoon. Not in a big hurry on this project, I still have not order parts yet, so just working on it when time permits. Spent an hour or so on it today, pulled the starter, front wheel and fender, clutch cable and then strapped the engine to the stand. Only three major steps next, front crash bar, center stand and transmission top plate.

That is my next step, lucky the Harbor Freight lift has holes just in front of and behind the cylinders on each side of the engine, so I am going to run a strap around each cylinder to pull the engine down to secure it to the stand.

In the image below (from the link pressureangle provided) you can see the pivot point for the frame is the front engine mount, and you can see the fender is getting pretty close to the jack/engine and the rear of the frame doesn't look like it is high enough to pull the the transmission. This is probably a better picture of crabbing. From Pete Roper's instructions on this Old Tractor; Off with the footrests and the frame bolts, but NOT the long bolt going through the timing chest, that on some bikes is also attaching the side stand at the front of the engine. (Fig.1). The frame is later in the process being tilted up using this bolt as a ’hinge’, i.e. the bolt/nut should be loosened, not pulled out! .

Doc, I'm concerned about the clearance, if the engine stays still, and the frame pivots at the lower front edge of the engine, the front suspension is going lower and get closer to the jack. I'm would have to the the bike raised quite a bit if the front wheel is still on.

The crabbing has begun.... What needs to be removed from the front, wheel, fender, anything else? I really need more room.....

That was one complaint I had with my greenie, cold starts. On her last day (rest in peace), I killed the battery trying to start her, sort of like she knew... I had someone send me a new bin file for it, which ran great, but had the same cold start issue, which makes me think it could be something other than an ECU problem.