1980 WR 390 Rescue...

Here are a few pics of the speedo cable with the heat shrink sheath... came our pretty damn nice!

good job

Yep... previous repair... good eye! It works so I'm not touching it if I can help it!
It is also an SAE Bolt... I would think that at one point someone tried to remove the OEM nut in reverse (CCW) and snapped off the end of the crank where the nut would thread on. I don't know why but it works so I am not going there!

A bit of a snag...
Powder Coater says everything looks good but he is not happy with the swingarm and is going to strip and recoat it because he would not be happy with putting it out.
The pics have a gold/yellow tint due to the lighting but everything else is done... Likely I would have never noticed the swingarm but my guy is a fanatic just as my painter is.

Someone told me they didn't care for powder coat because it is too thick and hides the welds... Sorry but I am not seeing that in this work...

thats not gonna work is it?? its left handed for a reason

i might have that crank snout

Had many bikes through the years that had RH thread on the crank nut, never had a problem although this is the first with a bolt. It has a key so chances of it coming loose due to inertia of the flywheel are slim.

i bought a bike from my friend someone had drilled/tapped a 1/4" bolt in the end of the crank. holds fine, altho metric would have been a better touch.

I usually like to let sleeping dogs lie... If it ain't broke no need to fix it until it is. This one is a 9/16 head so 5/16 bolt... yeah would have been nice to have a 10.9 grade metric bolt in there but it is what it is for the time being.

yea but was it on the left side???

9/16 head is usually a 3/8 bolt in your normal grade 5 or grade 8 bulk fasteners...1/2 head on a 5/16 bolt, 7/16 on a 1/4 bolt.
when my friend bought his swede with the crank end "mod" we pulled the flywheel and key, lapped it, and reinstalled. always held fine as the taper does the long term work, all the bolt has to do is press it on. that little grade 5 1/4" bolt has worked fine, even if it is rh thread. actually, once the flywheel is pressed on sufficiently you could likely ride it with no bolt..

Oh yeah duh! I've only been wrenching for 50+ years brain fart on my part. 3/8 bolt...

lol, impressive the fellow got a 3/8 in there for a repair. i dont think youll have any issue getting that to press the mag on.

I don't know... I could be mistaken... now I have to go down and fit a socket on just to satisfy my own curiosity... Sucks getting old things I used to do without glasses now require glasses and a measurement to comfirm!

Just for my own sanityI had to go down to the shop and stick a socket on the bolt head...

Powder Coater sent me a finished photo... I'll go pick everything up tomorrow afternoon...

Is that powdercoat on your bars? Everything looks great.

Yes... The guy is a magician.
I was told by some that I don't want Powder because it is so thick it will hide the welds, etc. I think there are way too many commercial powder coaters out there that lay it on real heavy and cause problems. This dude has it down to a science. I would have him do my tank if I could.