Slow Monster rebuild

350TSS · 07-09-2018, 08:35 PM

I used 6mm aluminium plate cut with my trusty Milwaukee jig saw. I simply drew around the old rubber cover and drilled through it for the two retaining bolts. The camshaft boss was cut with a nearly right sized holesaw and filed to fit. The original rubber cam belt inner cover is about 12mm thick so i needed a spacer between the head and the new plate. My lathe had something in it mid job which I did not want to disturb so I found my smallest hole saw and cut holes in some off cut the 6mm plate and used the washer made by the hole saw as a 6mm spacer.
This will allow a flat pattern for the CF cam belt covers I will make.Two added bonuses are 1) that with the spacers they are 125g lighter than the rubber and 2) being spacers off the head there is mor room for circulation of air around the head, the original covers actually mask some fins.

07-09-2018, 08:35 PM	#11
350TSS Too much time on my hands member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Shipbourne Bike: M900 Posts: 1,420	I used 6mm aluminium plate cut with my trusty Milwaukee jig saw. I simply drew around the old rubber cover and drilled through it for the two retaining bolts. The camshaft boss was cut with a nearly right sized holesaw and filed to fit. The original rubber cam belt inner cover is about 12mm thick so i needed a spacer between the head and the new plate. My lathe had something in it mid job which I did not want to disturb so I found my smallest hole saw and cut holes in some off cut the 6mm plate and used the washer made by the hole saw as a 6mm spacer. This will allow a flat pattern for the CF cam belt covers I will make.Two added bonuses are 1) that with the spacers they are 125g lighter than the rubber and 2) being spacers off the head there is mor room for circulation of air around the head, the original covers actually mask some fins.