Scooter update
The back wheel is now on and sorted, I had a problem refitting it the first time. As I didn’t have a new valve, I fitted an innertube with an angled valve inside the newly painted wheel, but the tyre was so difficult to get on that I scuffed all the new paint (should have waited 48 hours), and I also pinched the inner tube. So my dad came over to help me out, I then patched the tube, and we got the tyre on together and it’s held its pressure for over 12 hours, so I think it will be fine. I’ll just have to touch up the paintwork.
I have taken the handlebars, instruments and panels all off the front end in preparation for cleaning and repacking the steering head bearings with grease, when I noticed that in the accident this bike had, the steering must have forcefully been jammed from neutral (straight ahead) to the right hand side, because the collar that sets the steering limits had been bashed and had flared out causing the grinding and squeaking, I filed this to the correct shape, applied rust remedy and it is now perfect.
I have also tried to rejuvenate the rear brake cable with the funnel of blu-tack and thin oil trick. This is underway at the moment, and may work fine, but I also noticed a while ago that a section of the rear brake cable had been caught in between the back wheel and the transmission
casing. I have inspected this further today and noticed that it’s ripped the outer sheath off and has mangled and rusted the steel coil inside slightyl. I am about to research prices for new cables, but I still have hope for this one. It’s a shame, the inner seems fine, just a little rust-stained.
My new transmission rollers arrived a couple of days ago, so I am almost ready to fit those, after these couple of jobs.