23-02-20, 08:39 PM | #1611 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
Treating the SV to braided lines so removed the calipers this morning fully stripped, cleaned and rebuilt with new seals and titanium bleed nipple. Just the master cylinder rebuild to do then I can start putting it all back together
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28-02-20, 03:03 PM | #1612 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
Coolant change on the big Tracer, I'm assuming the stuff in it was from new.
Not far off oil change too so that's the last maintenance job for a while. Brake lines getting changed this winter |
28-02-20, 05:36 PM | #1613 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
If it's anything like the XSR, you'll need a filter wrench if you're planning to change the oil filter, or find a child with tiny hands and a grip of steel.
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28-02-20, 06:00 PM | #1614 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
Not sure, I have no trouble with a rubber strap type wrench.
The Spark plugs however are a proper PITA, but I think that's common on most inline engines these days Last edited by Chris_SVS; 28-02-20 at 06:08 PM. |
28-02-20, 06:43 PM | #1615 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
If you've a strap wrench, you'll be OK. I had to go out and buy one to remove mine.
It's a fairly small filter recessed into the bottom of the engine block. |
28-02-20, 07:24 PM | #1616 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
I've had a busy day..... Brakes front and rear on my Landcruiser, plus new rear discs (with an internal drum brake for the handbrake, proper PITA) and then for good measure changed all the brake fluid.... then as I was on a roll put new pads and discs on the front of the wife's Skoda and did her fluid as well! I did finally make it into the garage where I swopped a couple of rear tyres around between my Hornet and VFR, and to top off the evening I changed the tyres on the SV....... Spring is in the air!
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29-02-20, 09:33 AM | #1617 | |
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You have to find the correct size and number of flats - but here is example. The filter on my AL7 is 66.5mm A/F the Honda car ones are 65mm Looks like this stepped socket would do both https://lasertools.co.uk/product/4990
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29-02-20, 10:22 AM | #1618 | |
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I changed the cam belt on my son's Clio recently, it was easier in the end to drop the entire front subframe (four bolts) engine, gearbox suspension and all, than to go in through the wheel arch! |
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29-02-20, 10:26 AM | #1619 |
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^Yamaha must have used their Piano dept to design the CP3 heads
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29-02-20, 10:37 AM | #1620 | |
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Not a new thing though, a bloke i used to work with years ago had a reliant 3 wheeler, he decided to change the oil and when he came to remove the filter there was not enough clearance to unscrew the existing ( factory fitted before engine and body were mated ) 'long' filter so a big effort later he got filter off, they made newer filters shorter so that they could be fitted and removed with engine 'in-situ'... happy days
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