{"id":411,"date":"2021-04-22T14:25:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T14:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/?p=411"},"modified":"2022-01-15T13:54:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T13:54:37","slug":"bracketry-complete-or-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/04\/22\/bracketry-complete-or-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Bracketry complete (Or is it. Frame is the wrong shape!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After spending so much time filing, sawing, and drilling rusted bolts out of their sockets, I decided not to prioritise originality over expediency, and invested in some stainless steel equivalents.<br>Finding the original bolt sizes was surprisingly easy, as the thread diameter and length are baked into the original yamaha part numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/yamaha-enduros.com\/index.php\/workshop\/decoding-yamaha-part-numbers\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/yamaha-enduros.com\/index.php\/workshop\/decoding-yamaha-part-numbers\" target=\"_blank\">Decoding Yamaha Part numbers.<\/a><br>For example&#8230;<br>97306-08016 = 8mm thread, 16mm long<br>92502-06016 = 6mm thread, 16mm long<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li 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sizes=\"(max-width: 2848px) 100vw, 2848px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Much more cleaning, de-rusting, and painting and then bolting stuff to the rolling chassis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So a couple of quick observations on the photos above.<br>1. that horn is clearly too big for the mount and placement. <br>when attempting to put the headlamp shell in place, it was clear that there would be insufficient clearance to tilt it down to shine on the road.<br>A little research showed it, at 100mm diameter, to be too big even for one of a 350 pairing, (which are apparently 90mm).<br>It is hard to find exactly what a 250 horn should look like or what size it should be, so I have purchased a little 70mm generic horn, which will hopefully sit happily behind the headlamp shell. <br><br>2. that nice clean coil has had its connector butchered and replaced with spade connectors.<br>It&#8217;s time for another visit to the Parts-Box, where I am sure I have seen another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now its time to fit the rear subframe, and&#8230; DISASTER!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2484-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2484-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"405\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2484-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/img_2484\/\" class=\"wp-image-405\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The rear sub-frame is too wide!<br>On further investigation, and after comparing to my running everyday LC, it appears that rather, it is the other way around, and the rear frame rails are too narrow.<br>Somewhere, at some time, the back of the frame has been clamped and squeezed together by a couple of centimeters.<br>I can only imagine that this happened when the frame was off for repair, as I dont have any tooling which could do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question now than, is how do I reverse the squeezing, and return the frame rails to  their correct placement.<br>First, all the stuff I had already bolted on had to be removed, then this&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2485-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2848\" height=\"3797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2485-2848x3797.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"406\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2485-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/img_2485\/\" class=\"wp-image-406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2485-2848x3797.jpg 2848w, https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2485-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2485-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2485-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2485-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_2485-1600x2133.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2848px) 100vw, 2848px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes. 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