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	While I've got the stuff completely off the bike I take a few minutes to hit the buffing wheel. A machinist in the shop next door bought one of those cheap little Taiwan bandsaws. He over-tightened all the adjustments (without even using meth-amphetamines) and it soon was junk. He blamed Taiwan. In a rage he threw the whole bandsaw into the dumpster. No electrical engineer worth his salt would fail to notice the perfectly good 3/4 HP motor still attached to the bandsaw. You can still just see the pulley sheaves in the back. I just ran some self tapping screws through the buffing wheel and into the pulley flange. Instant buffer. It's worked great for 10 years.
	Mind as well do the primary cover too. Wam's funeral is only an hour away at this point but he would understand me wanting to have my bike look good as well as not leaking oil all over the church parking lot. I use the "Stainless" compound which is made for -- surprise-- stainless steel. It cuts fast and leaves a decent polish. Not as shiny as rouge or finer compounds but still pretty good.
	OK, assembly is essentially the reverse of disassembly. Ha ha. Just kidding. We try to be a little more helpful then the factory manual, which is not saying much. Back in goes the tensioner. Note the hollow part is out like when we took it apart. If yours is in the other way put it back together the other way, As long as it's the same. It's nice working on clean dry stuff. No oil to trap dirt and get your hands messy. That's why you clean all the parts. That professional thang again.

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