Well, it's all apart and will definitely need new needle roller bearings and the sleeves for the dog bones. The bush in the linkage is very rusty but doesn't seem to have any play. Just as well as I suspect it would be a whotsit to get out without a hydraulic press.
Time to phone Uncle Bob and see just what he can supply.
Now for a sanity check. I had the usual struggle getting the rear 'axle' nut off (the one that has a split pin). Last had it off ten years ago to change the sprocket but I thought I ought to give the bearing in the eccentric carrier a check. It took much plusgas, the fire wrench, a rattle gun and then breaker bar. It went with a crack but luckily just the rust giving way. Freed up the not very movable eccentric, but the axle won't come out of the bearing. Fortunately the bearing seems OK, but a plusgas soak and tentative tap isn't shifting it. Am I missing something or is it just rusted in? Probably best to leave it be I think as the bearing spins smoothly with no play.
The rear brake pads are very won as the advisory noted, particularly one of them. The good news is I seem to have got both pistons moving again OK. Just bas well, as once again no part number for just the pistons but there is one for a 'rubber set'.
What fun
Still I can have a break from old Gilera fettling for a bit as the KTM250EXC is now back to road legal endure trim (from hill climb/supermoto) and I'm going to try and get it an MoT.
"Do not adjust your mind, there is a fault in the reality"
1957 175 Sport