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I've put all new cables on my Z1. The clutch cable has been well oiled and I've traced the sticky problem to the Outer Clutch Release/Inner Clutch Release mechanism.. Maybe. Can anyone help?

How much of a drama is it going to be if I remove the front chain cover and oil pump to get some grease into this mechanism.

I'm not really a wrencher and have a dread of the whole setup going "sproing" ah-la Neddy Bloodnock and winding up with a big eff-up on my hands. Comments please??

hi tc dead easy mate, if you can fit a clutch cable then you can clean and re grease the spiral operating mechanism. there are no springs or any other surprises.

there is on the later Z1000 ones - took me ages to put one back together !!

One on the 73 also on the end of the cable,, but it's so simple to do.

Thanks guys, it's sorted. I pulled the chain cover and poked around in there referring to my parts manual and shop manual as well. I greased the rod that goes through to the clutch too and it's now working good, but not as smooth as I would like. In hindsight, a pretty simple exercise.

Like I said, I'm not a wrencher but the more I do, the more confident I am that I can do the next job and pull it off too, so to speak.

On a separate note, my bike is coming along really great. Had it's first public outing yesterday on a big run with some guys I know. Sadly, most of them ride HD's or British bikes and there were only about two or three guys out of a hundred or so bikers who knew what the big Zed was all about. Not many Jappers on the run or guys who appreciate the old Japanese bikes.

Is it them, or is it me? I think it's them.














It's been bloody hot down here. My daughter is in Melbourne coping with 45 Degrees Celcius and we're due for a 35 degree day tomorrow in Christchurch, New Zealand while you guys are covered in snow. My turn comes in about six months. Cheers.. TC

Grease the worm drive that Al Marshall suggested in an earlier post !

Yep, I cleaned the whole casting out and washed all the worm drive parts in turpentine then dried and cleaned and greased everything that moved.

hi there bike looks real nice and the weather is defo .looking at the pic of your bike you may just want to move the kick start round on the splines a bit more so its more over the carbs than the plastic cover .and that is where it should sit ,it will also save your cover from getting cracked from it .

Thanks for the advise ade, I'll do that. I always check arcancemans reference pics for restoration and I missed that, but will put it right tomorrow...cheers...TC

lucky man toycollector, i spent 2 months surfing in NZ, loved it, riding down that east coast road on south island must be great. i was living with 3 blokes in a toyota hiace bought from Auckland back packers but loved it anyway. enjoy

Hi Mick,
Yeah, I was based in Blenheim for 17 years as an Air Traffic Controller. Made many a trip to Robin Hood Bay in Port Underwood for a surf and also down to Mangamanu, Iron Gate and Meat Works and other surf breaks on the Kaikoura Coast. Three foot and glassy was my ideal, I didn't like getting pounded in the white water trying to get out beyond the break...Lots of seals breeding down there now...What feeds on seals?? Yes, Great Whites...God bless them!!

Great stuff Toy.... Keep up the good work & photo's...

Hi Pigford,

Yep, those needles you posted out to me worked a treat, thanks again. It was just that the mechanic I was paying megabucks to didn't know WTF he was doing with them.

So I pulled the bike off him and got it around to the guy who fettled my CB750 and he soon had it sorted. And as the guy I was talking to on the weekend said, "These bikes go like shit off a shovel" He was right!

I'm off to Akaroa with some of my crew tomorrow for a special sandwich, the fish caught fresh out of he harbour that day. Like I said, the met-service is going for a forecast of 35 degrees centigrade so I'll probably wear my Spool lightweight jacket instead of the leathers..

Cheers, TC

Looks fabulous TC.


















And the bike as well

Oh you do have my sympathies, 35c and off for a barbie! Check the clutch hub splines as well as they will affect release.