T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Retro, Wild, Cafe, etc. The stuff only your imagination can come up with.

Moderators: oldjapanesebikes, H2RICK, Suzsmokeyallan

Post Reply
dgoodsy
On the main road
Posts: 119
Joined: Wed May 11, 2016 9:44 am
Country: Canada
Suzuki 2-Strokes: '72 gt750
Location: Saskatchewan

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by dgoodsy »

You guys with your workspaces and welders and skills make me envious!

Looks hood Johnu, looking forward to more updates!
'72 GT750
User avatar
johnu
On the main road
Posts: 156
Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:53 pm
Country: United States
Suzuki 2-Strokes: T500

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by johnu »

Suspensionking wrote:Hello Nice build.
I like your foot rests I have seen on your picture of the swing arm mods. Are they one off or would you have a link as to where I could buy those?

Thanks

Eamonn
The actual footrests (the gold part) I bought on ebay, there are lots to choose from on there. The complete rearset parts are from a Triumph Daytona that I had laying around on the shelf.
User avatar
johnu
On the main road
Posts: 156
Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:53 pm
Country: United States
Suzuki 2-Strokes: T500

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by johnu »

dgoodsy wrote:You guys with your workspaces and welders and skills make me envious!

Looks hood Johnu, looking forward to more updates!
My work area is the back half of our 4 car tandem Garage!
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
dgoodsy
On the main road
Posts: 119
Joined: Wed May 11, 2016 9:44 am
Country: Canada
Suzuki 2-Strokes: '72 gt750
Location: Saskatchewan

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by dgoodsy »

That's not bad at all! My work area is a small unheated single car detached garage which I have to move the wife's car out of to actually have any room to work. I had to park a motorcycle outside for the winter so she could even get a car in. I guess it's better than no indoor space at all though!
'72 GT750
User avatar
johnu
On the main road
Posts: 156
Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:53 pm
Country: United States
Suzuki 2-Strokes: T500

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by johnu »

Crank assembly is on it's way back from Bill Bune :up: Can't wait to start building this thing back up!
User avatar
Jimroid
To the on ramp
Posts: 309
Joined: Sun Feb 21, 2016 8:32 pm
Country: USA
Suzuki 2-Strokes: GT500 T500 GT750
Location: Pisgah Forest, N.C. USA

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by Jimroid »

I look forward to your progress!
User avatar
johnu
On the main road
Posts: 156
Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:53 pm
Country: United States
Suzuki 2-Strokes: T500

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by johnu »

All ready for reassembly :up:
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
Zunspec4
Expert racer
Posts: 1087
Joined: Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:37 am
Country: UK
Suzuki 2-Strokes: T500R, SV1000S, TS125, Seeley T500
Location: Trowbridge UK

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by Zunspec4 »

Looking good :up:
dgoodsy
On the main road
Posts: 119
Joined: Wed May 11, 2016 9:44 am
Country: Canada
Suzuki 2-Strokes: '72 gt750
Location: Saskatchewan

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by dgoodsy »

Nice, it all looks to clean and new! Looking forward to progress.
'72 GT750
User avatar
johnu
On the main road
Posts: 156
Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:53 pm
Country: United States
Suzuki 2-Strokes: T500

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by johnu »

Ok well my excitement has turned to frustration as I started to reassemble the engine I noticed the thread on the end of the crankshaft is severely damaged. I suspect it happened in shipping. Not sure what I'm going to do as it looks way too bad to just clean it up
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
Jimroid
To the on ramp
Posts: 309
Joined: Sun Feb 21, 2016 8:32 pm
Country: USA
Suzuki 2-Strokes: GT500 T500 GT750
Location: Pisgah Forest, N.C. USA

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by Jimroid »

That is horrible.
User avatar
johnu
On the main road
Posts: 156
Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:53 pm
Country: United States
Suzuki 2-Strokes: T500

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by johnu »

Well I've dodged a bullet here, had to put on my old craftsmans hat to fix this one :mrgreen: Hacksaw and needle files did the trick! In the pic with the rotor and nut on the shaft there is no lock washer under the nut so it will probably end up right about flush if I just use a shakeproof washer.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
User avatar
Jimroid
To the on ramp
Posts: 309
Joined: Sun Feb 21, 2016 8:32 pm
Country: USA
Suzuki 2-Strokes: GT500 T500 GT750
Location: Pisgah Forest, N.C. USA

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by Jimroid »

Very nice save!
dgoodsy
On the main road
Posts: 119
Joined: Wed May 11, 2016 9:44 am
Country: Canada
Suzuki 2-Strokes: '72 gt750
Location: Saskatchewan

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by dgoodsy »

Very nice work! My heart kind of sank when I saw the pic of the bent thread, glad you got it to work out.
'72 GT750
User avatar
johnu
On the main road
Posts: 156
Joined: Thu Sep 29, 2016 4:53 pm
Country: United States
Suzuki 2-Strokes: T500

Re: T500 Special Engine (Ported) Rebuild

Post by johnu »

dgoodsy wrote:Very nice work! My heart kind of sank when I saw the pic of the bent thread, glad you got it to work out.
Me too, didn't think it was salvagable!
Post Reply