Clutch Slave Levers - I'm making them again
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killernoodle
Making stuff
I got started on the levers today. I mostly made jigs and tooling to help me build them faster. I'll update with pics tonight.
karlj000
Junior Member
Payment sent for two sets today... Parts for two bikes will go out express mail tomorrow. I understand I'm a little late to this party and I don't want you to have to wait for me. Thanks a lot, Killernoodle!
Dresnewtoy
Junior Member
Payment sent for a set today. I also ordered the parts from ronayers.com, which is in Greenville, N.C., so you should get them pretty quickly.
Thanks
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killernoodle
Making stuff
Here are some of the jigs and tools I made for the job. It made doing this a whole lot faster and easier on me.
I built a little rivet tool to hammer the rivets out of the stock levers. Then I built one to hold the levers in my band saw, then I built one to hold the splined shafts on my lathe to clean up what the band saw left behind. Next I've got to build one to bend the levers at just the right angle and another to hold them in place while welding. Progress was pretty good... until...
I built a little rivet tool to hammer the rivets out of the stock levers. Then I built one to hold the levers in my band saw, then I built one to hold the splined shafts on my lathe to clean up what the band saw left behind. Next I've got to build one to bend the levers at just the right angle and another to hold them in place while welding. Progress was pretty good... until...
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killernoodle
Making stuff
... I watched the tree in my front yard fall on my car while I was in the shop working 
Dresnewtoy
Junior Member
That stinks. Hope it didn't do much damage to your car.
mayassa
Junior Member
What the heck, how did that happen?
pookamatic
Junior Member
Look at the bright side... at least it wasn't a nice car... oh, wait...
Sorry to hear. Is it lowered or is that from the weight of the tree?
I watched in horror a few years ago when my Mazda was raped by grape-sized hail. At the time, it was the end of the world. I think back on that night and laugh. Wife and I still went to see Wilco in the newly golf-balled car. Insurance took care of the $4,000 bill. I realize now that it's not worth stressing over crap like this but I still have a lingering fear of frozen rain.
Sorry to hear. Is it lowered or is that from the weight of the tree?
I watched in horror a few years ago when my Mazda was raped by grape-sized hail. At the time, it was the end of the world. I think back on that night and laugh. Wife and I still went to see Wilco in the newly golf-balled car. Insurance took care of the $4,000 bill. I realize now that it's not worth stressing over crap like this but I still have a lingering fear of frozen rain.
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killernoodle
Making stuff
The V is on lowering springs, but is aided by the extra couple hundred pounds of wood sitting on the trunk lol
... I watched the tree in my front yard fall on my car while I was in the shop working
That sucks, man. Nature has no respect for engineering. Insurance usually does, though. Hope that works out.
CdnMedic
Junior Member
Just saw the thread, I've wanted this for a long time... Only issue is I'm in the bush until Thursday, and my credit card was hacked so I can't order anything until Friday... Can I still get in on the deal? This is the #1 thing I want to fix on my bike.
dpaul007
Junior Member
Hopefully you've been too busy working on the levers to throw an update on here, KN. :BLAA: I just want to make sure I will have them by next week so I can really enjoy memorial weekend!
pookamatic
Junior Member
He updated us two days ago, when a tree fell on his car.
crownline99
Junior Member
Looking to order these as well. My left arm was aching after a 6 hour ride last weekend. Is it too late?
Popeye70
Junior Member
If I remember correctly, Killernoodle asked for newcomers to wait until he has finished the current batch. When those who have levers in order for this batch receive their new and improved ones and replace their originals, Killernoodle will get some cores in return. At that time, he will be ready for a new round, I think he said.
Anyone - please correct me if I'm wrong. :spank:
crownline99
Junior Member
Thanks for the heads up Popeye..I don't want to miss out on this opportunity. I will be going on some long rides this summer (including a ride from NY state to Tennessee) and the clutch is killing my arm keeping up with my buddy on his Hayabusa.
killernoodle
Making stuff
I'm making progress guys, but you must all realize that welding these things is VERY tricky. If I get too much heat on the splined part, It'll burn through and melt the splines. I've got about 10 levers welded, 1 got messed up on the splines and I'll have to fix it. It takes me about 10 minutes to get each lever in a jig, everything straightened, tacked, removed from the jig, then fully welded. I still need to do the hangers too, glass blast everything, then powder coat everything. It might take me a week or two to finish this first batch of levers, but I promise I'm working on them in all of my limited free time.
For those of you who haven't ordered yet and still want to get a lever, wait until I finish this first batch. I'll let everyone know when I start getting cores back from the first rounders and how many, that way I don't end up with more cores than I have lever blanks. I have 49 lever blanks, so I'll be making 49 levers maximum. When I get the first batch finished, we shouldn't need anyone else to order cores, so I'll let everyone know when they can order round 2.
For those of you who haven't ordered yet and still want to get a lever, wait until I finish this first batch. I'll let everyone know when I start getting cores back from the first rounders and how many, that way I don't end up with more cores than I have lever blanks. I have 49 lever blanks, so I'll be making 49 levers maximum. When I get the first batch finished, we shouldn't need anyone else to order cores, so I'll let everyone know when they can order round 2.
dpaul007
Junior Member
F-beans!! I should have waited for the 2nd round. Sounds like I'll be skipping my memorial weekend ride. Oh well. I'll have to enjoy my other favorite thing that starts with a 'b'. BEER!!
I do appreciate you doing this and keeping us updated, though.
Thanks for the update KN! Thats a really neat jig for the welding process.
