[Beardo]

Thanks again to all that freely share their knowledge. The appreciation may not show through always. But rest assured, it's there...

[Arizoni]

Before grinding up any fullers earth it's a good idea to check it thoroughly.

If there are any unusual lumps in it that don't seem to want to be ground up but instead they squish out into dark colored pan cakes the cat probably got there first and left you a present.

[mattsz]

Anyhow, can you guys tell it's snowing here yet? If you got this far, it must be snowing there too.

How did you know?!? 

[Bilgemaster]

Before grinding up any fullers earth it's a good idea to check it thoroughly.

If there are any unusual lumps in it that don't seem to want to be ground up but instead they squish out into dark colored pan cakes the cat probably got there first and left you a present.

You'll want to reserve those "nuggets", set 'em aside to dry, then pop 'em back into that bean grinder with some good dark roasted arabica beans for some of that gourmet "Homemade Kopi Luwak Blend". Beats paying like $80 a cup, right? Why not treat your friends and family to the Taste of Sophistication  for mere pennies on the dollar!

Why does this coffee cup rim resemble a bus station toilet?
You know why...And yes, those are what you think on the saucer

[tooseevee]

KITTY LITTER...IT'S NOT JUST FOR BREAKFAST ANYMORE !!!

       Remember the Hustler magazine cartoon that came from?  Hint: It was back in the Anita Bryant days.

[tooseevee]

If any readers here even vaguely recognize the term "Fuller's Earth", they're either shepherds, or it may be from some old Haynes Service Manual,

        A lot of it also used in the movie industry for stuff like dust storms and making clean mud.

        Nope, not a shepherd.

[Bilgemaster]

       Remember the Hustler magazine cartoon that came from?  Hint: It was back in the Anita Bryant days.

I'm afraid that scroll crawled right out of my own lurid brainpan without Larry's assistance...

Pertinent obligatory well-worn breakfast-related meme

[Beardo]

Damn you Ace! You jinxed me! Haha

Called it like a sports book. Got some slight warping with the steel. AND, some of those frictions have seen better days.

Hell, probably the original clutch, the bike being what, 19 or 20 years old. Wrong fluid. Sat most of it's life. I don't know why I hoped for better.

So, time to pull the bandaid and order a clutch pack.

In the meantime, for giggles, I'm putting it back together to see how well the land mined litter did soaking oil.

[ace.cafe]

If you have to get new friction plates, get the Barnett ones. Much better. If they are not listed for Royal Enfield, they will be listed for Greaves. Same clutch.

[Beardo]

I do indeed need to get new frictions. But how about the steels? Better options? Does Barnett make an entire kit, or steel replacements?

[ace.cafe]

I do indeed need to get new frictions. But how about the steels? Better options? Does Barnett make an entire kit, or steel replacements?

I only know about the RE factory as a source for the steels. There may be others, but I don't know of them.
I do know that even new factory steels can be warped, so it might not be a bad idea to get 2 sets and put the best of them into the clutch pack.

[Beardo]

That's exactly why I asked. Thanks again Tom.

[Beardo]

Had a fairly successful day of adjusting and troubleshooting on the old IB. 

Got the handlebar and switches adjusted to keep from touching the tank. 

I have an SLA alarm battery on it now and finally got around to securing the terminals to the battery, so now hopefully they won't vibrate loose anymore.

And lastly, I finally figured out why I couldn't downshift, meaning I also couldn't even start off in first. The one linkage pin shifted sideways and would keep the shifter from moving downward. Just silly. Now that that is sorted, it shifts through the gears.

Last thing I need to get to is make a bracket for the carb, to keep it from moving around. 

It's been a bunch of little things that have needed sorted. But with some of the goings on with this bike, it explains why the milage is low for a bike almost twenty years old.

[hpwaco]

Clutch plates.   Several listings for both steel and friction plates on ebay under Royal Enfield Continental GT 535 for about $40 per set from India

[Beardo]

You speak out of turn. There was a physical impossibility keeping me from shifting. The clevis pin.

But yes, clutch plates are bad. Have Barrnet fibres on order...