Subject: Re: Stainless kit review
Author: Greg Barratt
Date: Oct 28, 2004, 9:05 AM
Post ID: 1717780894
thanks for the kind words. we sent an "expansion kit" out to all
customers who bought the eldo kit before we had all the bolts. included
in expansion were:
intake manifold, tranny back cover, and some other little parts - did
the kit you installed have the "expansion kit"?
we used hex nuts for swing arm and tranny housing. i don't think it
would be too tough for us to substitute acorn nuts.....
dang how did i miss the neutral light switch. i'll add that to future kits.
i hadn't researched stainless metric banjo bolts yet..
we used the nuts and washers for the sidestand in case someone was using
aftermarket sidestand or a re-welded mount..extra free parts!
we hope the price is right, there's quite a bit of labor in these kits,
and we're still learning....we priced other peoples kits (for example
theboltguy.com (does bmw airheads), and others) and found we could do
them polished for a lot less than they were doing the kits unpolished..
we're still trying to improve the kit, and offer it at a good price.
what we are including with the kit now is:
A: valve cover - 16 socket allen
B: generator cover - 4 hex head
C:timing cover - 3 socket allen + 3 flat washers
D: timing chest (lower) - 4 socket allen + 4 flat washers, timing chest
(upper) - 10 socket allen + 10 flat washers
E: oil pan bolts - 14 socket allen + 14 flat washers
F: front brake pinch bolts - 2 socket allen
G: front fender stay to fork lower - 4 hex head + 4 flat washers
H: front fender chrome trim to fork lower - 4 hex head + 4 flat washers
+ 4 lock washers + 4 nuts
I: front fender to chrome trim - 4 hex head + 4 flat washers
J: front fork pinch bolt - 2 hex head + 2 nuts
K: headlight bucket trim ring - 1 socket allen
L: headlight bucket - 2 - hex head + lock washers + 2 flat washers
M: instrument panel - 4 - socket allen
N: police sidestand - 4 - hex head + 4 lock washers + nuts
O: battery tray - 6 hex head + 6 flat washers
P: top crashbar mounts - 2 hex head + 2 flat washers, lower crashbar
mounts - 2 hex head + 2 flat washers
Q: tank bolts - 2 hex head + 4 flat washers + 2 nuts
R:shock mount nuts - 4 nuts + 4 flat washers
S:rear brake lever pinch bolt - 1 socket allen
T: bellhousing nuts - 6 nuts + flat washers
U:Rear transmission cover - 11 socket Allen
V: Rear fender to frame (loop) - 2 hex head + 2 lock washers + 2 nuts
W: Shift Pinch Bolt -1 Socket Allen
X: Rear/front drum brake pin nut - 3 Nuts
Y: Intake Manifold Bolts - 6 Socket Allen + Flat washers
Z: Starter Bolts - 2 Socket Allen, washers, nuts
AA:Axle Pinch (front and rear) - 3 Hex, 3 washers
BB:Clutch Hand lever pinch - 1 allen head
CC:Front brake lever pinch - 1 allen head, washer, nut
Greg Field wrote:
| Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Neighbors will envy your Garden when you get 100 bulbs on us http://click.topica.com/caacNoJb1dfltb4UYEsa/PermissionData ------------------------------------------------------------------- I put most of one of the loop stainless kits on a customer's Eldo last night. Very, very nice, especially for the money charged. I buy stainless in bulk, and that would be fairly close to what I get them for, unpolished. I think the guy who put together the kit is on this list, so here's a few comments and suggestions based on what bolts my customers like to see replaced so the bolts don't grow beards in rainy Seattle: 1) The police sidestand mount is threaded, so you do not need to provide nuts and two sets of washers. 2) Consider expanding the kit to include the socket-head cap screws for the intake manifolds and tranny back cover. 3) Consider expanding the kit to include acorn nuts and washers to clamp the rear drive to the swingarm and the tranny to the bellhousing. 4) Consider expanding the kit to include the two cap screws for the neutral-light switch. 5) Consider expanding the kit to include the axle nuts and washers 6) Consider expanding the kit to include stainless banjos for the oil lines at the cylinder heads. GF Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Get 4 Free low-fat, low-carb recipes http://click.topica.com/caacNoLb1dfltb4UYEsf/PermissionData ------------------------------------------------------------------- |