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    On the early 1st gen where the drive shaft comes out of the coupling when you remove the differential, it only takes me about 2 seconds to put the drive shaft back in the universal joint. What I do is to take a pair of Vise Grips and clamp them over the lip on the outside of the drive shaft where the coupling teeth are, just tight enough to be able to hold up the front of the shaft. I then stick the shaft in to the hole and wiggle it around enough to be able to pick up the end of the universal joint. I have never had to work at more than just a couple of seconds to get the drive shaft to slide in. You should be able to do the same thing on the later style drive shafts that have the seal at the differential coupling. But you do have to pull it out of the differential coupling first. RandyA
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    First of all, I would like to say that I am happy for you that your efforts worked out as well as they did. It is just a shame that it seems so typical in many crash investigations that either the officer doesn't now or doesn't care to get the important details down. I just can not understand how so many of us can be involved in a crash that is not our fault and the attitude just seems to be "oh well". Thanks for posting this as it should be an inspiration to all of us. RandyA
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    A couple of years ago on my 83 Std, I started to have a problem with a slow leak on my rear shock and figured after 23 years it probably deserved to leak. But, when I checked the valve stem, I found the leak. New valve stem and leak has not come back. RandyA
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    Not a Goldwing either, it's a 1st gen!!! RandyA
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    Nope, it's not Redneck, it's even better. RandyA
  6. Venturous Randy
    Hey, what will you take for that 87 that don't run good. RandyA
  7. Venturous Randy
    Boy, would this be a good time to make a comment about these great 1st gens, but I won't. RandyA
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    Yep, he has gone back to the "light" side. I know, because I seen him on it today. In fact, I have ridden it also. And, I promised not to tell because he is so proud of doing this and he wants to share this life changing event. He he he.... RandyA
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    I don't remember anything more than a sense of relief. RandyA
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    Time to paint her pink!!!! RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    Once you have put a lot more pressure on the puller than you wanted to and it still has not moved, take a dull punch and reach in and smack the center sleeve on the flywheel. This will cause a very slight instantaneous expansion and the flywheel will pop off. And like squeeze said, it comes off quick and have something for it to fall on. RandyA
  12. Venturous Randy
    Dan, It is obvious why you are having 2nd gear problems, as you know. You do have a bit of a "rounded off" leading edge on the dogs. Given the amount of obvious wear, I will take back my earlier comment that you may be able to get back in good shape with just replaceing the thrust washer to the newer ones. I also suspect you will have a bent fork. Did you try putting the gear set in the lower half of the case that has the forks and see if the spacing was the same at the top as the bottom of the forks? If you want, I will be glad to help you in grinding the dogs, or I could trade out with you and give you my undercut gears, since I went to the 86 gearset. I just need to take it apart and see how it looks. Also, if fixit wants to jump in on doing the dog grinding, he knows what he is doing. RandyA
  13. Venturous Randy
    I want to second squidley on the air in the rear shock. Another thing to take a good look at is the condition of the frame around the center stand / rear shock mount. If this bike is harder to get on the center stand than normal, it may indicate you have some weld/crack problems in this area. 83's are known to have this problem. Another thing that makes it easier to get on the center stand is to shorten it about a 1/2 inch. I did that to mine several years ago and it helps a bunch. RandyA
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    In my opinion as best I can tell by the pictures near the center stand, there may have been some more bracing put in because that appears to be better than stock welding. I would still consider doing some bracing as I have done to keep the twist from happening. I will try to add some pics. RandyA Hey, there are some neat articles about 65 Corvairs in this month's Popular Hot Rodding.
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    Dan, a suggestion on checking the forks is to assemble the gearset in the bottom half of the case. This way you can see if there is any difference in the spacing on each side of the gear slot from the tip to the bottom of the forks. On mine, it was obvious that the forks were bent due to the tips being scored on the tips on one side and at the base on the other side. Also, how do the leading edges of the dogs on 2nd gear look and the female side slots on the matching gear? Does it look like that edge is rounded off very much? It looks like you have a good setup to work on this thing and everything sure does look clean. Oh, one other question. when you look at the oil manifold below the crank, can you see that the orange o-ring near the filter is in place? RandyA
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    I have been a user of Valvoline oil for forty years and for 12 years in my 83 Venture. I did go to Amsoil for one change. At about 70,000 miles I started to get into some slight clutch slipage and put in new springs and discs. For a lot of the last 40,000 plus miles I have pulled a 450 pound camper and I also routinely do WOT pulls up thru the gears with no slipage. In my opinion, car Valvoline oil has nothing to do with clutch slip. RandyA
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    Kit, I envy you going to the outer banks. I was down that way for several years in the Air Force and my son was born in New Bern, NC. That is a really neat place when you get away from all the tourist areas. Thanks for posting the pics. RandyA
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    If you want to have a very intimate relationship with your bike and get to know it inside out, do the fix. Yes, it is a lot of work, but it looks like you have a good place to do it. As Kurt noted, there is a lot of good information on here and a lot of folks willing to help you. I have been into mine twice, the first time doing the undercut on 2nd gear and then 60,000 miles later I replaced the gear set from an 86. If I had known to replace the thrust washer with a newer one instead of just turning it over, I would probably still be running on the under cut set just fine. But, that was about ten years ago that I did it and I did not know they were now made harder. Even at 60,000 miles on the under cut set, it was not jumping any under hard pull, and I was pulling a 450 pound camper thru the mountains. I was just beginning to get some rattle at idle on the side stand. Anyway, if you are game to do it, we can walk you thru it and you can probably fix it for under $100 or with all new parts, closer to $500. RandyA
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    Seven eighteen year old girls to Panama City for spring break. That's just too hard to come back with a good answer. Congrats on your new bike and we need pictures....of the bike. RandyA
  20. Venturous Randy
    I suspect a clutch rod seal. RandyA
  21. Venturous Randy
    It appears to me that the plane does not have enough thrust to accellerate vertically in afterburner mode. On several occassions when it went vertical, it began to slow down with the afterburners glowing. I have seen many of old F-4 Phantom lift off the runway and pull up vertically and accellerate vertically like a rocket. Now, I can admire the amazing manverability at slow speeds, but I still don't get it on going straight up. RandyA
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    I ran across it on the discussion section of an adult education site. Which church do you go to? RandyA
  23. Venturous Randy
    Thought some of you may find this interesting: This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see for the rest of our lives. And only if you are 95 or older have you ever seen it this early before. Easter can only occur one day earlier than it will this year, but that is very rare. The next time Easter will be as early as it is this year (March 23) is in the year 2228, or 220 years from now! The last time it was this early was 1913. The next time Easter will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in 2285, or 277 years from now! The last time it was that early was in 1818. The formula for the date of Easter is the first Sunday, after the first full moon, after the first day of Spring. This year, the first day of Spring is on Thursday and the full moon is on Friday and then Sunday is Easter. I was trying to post this earlier, but it took a little while to figure all this up. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    My mind went down a different road when I first read the post. My thought was being the guy that finally got it worked out meeting his internet idol in a motel in the middle of nowhere and end up having a room next door to some guy banging on a guitar. So frustrating that nothing works right. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    If you are coming down toward the south east US, consider a ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway. And if you do, give me a call and maybe we can meet and eat together. RandyA
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