I stopped at Jeg's last night on the way home from work and today I went to my favorite Kawasaki shop. I've got a bunch of stuff to do!



Today's projects:









I'll be busy today. Installing the lock up clutch spacer, heat shield for the scavenge pump line, chain guard, FPR & mounting bracket, radiator (it's currently temp installed), oil cooler and quite a few other things! Yaaaaaay!

 

Here's a summary of yesterday's progress.


Oil cooler is permanently installed.









The scavenge line is permanently installed with the thermal shield installed.





FPR is installed. I put rubber between it and the bracket it sets on for anti-vibration purposes.





I also did alot of minor maintenance stuff on the bike and I went around it checking torques on everything from engine mount bolts to engine covers, etc....

 

Ahhhhh, the saga continues. Nice pics. This is becoming my favorite thread. I enjoy seeing projects like this.... Thanks for the post(s), Mike.

 

You're welcome Jeff. Even though it's sometimes a very trying process I enjoy doing projects like this. Unfortunately I had two setbacks today and I'll post more on them later.

 

The expected issue is with the turbo piping. I had a different opinion of how to route it but was talked into the way it was routed. Now that I have the front fender on you can clearly see the issue.





















I've already selected the parts I need to correct this. Now I wait for the UPS guy.



I'm going to rotate the turbo like it is in the photo and reroute the tubing.

 

As for the other issue, I'll start tearing into it tomorrow and see where I get with it.

 

Good plan on the reroute of the tubing. Wouldn't want to see a fall over at speed because of the front wheel getting stuck on the turbo piping.
Get some stainless fasteners to help out on your Rust issues. McMaster-Carr is my friend.

 

I figured out the shifter issue. It turns out it wasn't anything more than a simple oversight by me. And yes, I feel stupid. The clutch cover is the positive stop for the shifter shaft to keep it from sliding to the right. It has a circlip and washer that prevents it from sliding to the left. When you add the lock up clutch you need the spacer for the clutch cover to enable clearance for everything inside the cover. MTC also makes a spacer for the shifter shaft. It was in my box of parts but I forgot it when digging out the cover spacer. I'm sure I would've found it later but I just wasn't thinking about it last night. That's one of the problems with letting a project sit for long periods of time. I forget stuff.

Here's pictures without and with the spacer:





Everything's together and life is good. I was able to go ahead and finish the air shifter installation today as well:

 

That's my thinking too.

I will, but not until I'm all done with fabbing because I'm a cheap b@$t%^d and don't want to buy unnecessary hardware.

 

I am not as frugal apparently, I prefer to do it once and move on to the next. Of course, I do not have a turbo'd ride either.