Z900 (Z1) Gasket Maintenance, Carburettor Maintenance, and More

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We’ll continue working on the Z1.

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The owner requested that we check the master as well. It makes sense—the owner was picking up on something off about it.

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It turns out it’s been changed to one that works with dual calipers, so we’ve already arranged for it. We’ll do the air bleeding and so on later.

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We’ll replace the rear wheel bearing.

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We need to check the distance collar carefully.

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It’s extended quite sharply. It looks like it was tack-welded and then machined, so the surface came out fine.

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We chose a steel sprocket. Since this is from that era, it uses lock washers, so we’ll lock-nut it.
The seal is NOK.

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I’m jumping ahead a bit, but we also replaced the swingarm bearing. The stepped collar for insertion lets us seat it properly.

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That’s all for today.

 

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