02-04-16, 10:23 PM | #761 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
Changed all my engine bolts with a chewy ss kit and replaced a few other random bolts with ss ones.
Cleaned and lubed everything around my rear brake pedal as it was sticking down after use, moves nice and smoothly now. Sent from my XT1580 using Tapatalk |
03-04-16, 07:32 AM | #762 |
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03-04-16, 10:05 AM | #763 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
Dropped the oil, Cleaned and rebuilt the starter motor and removed the rear brake master cylinder for a rebuild.
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03-04-16, 02:47 PM | #764 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
Just removed my tax disk holder and ordering some proper cleaning kit to do a proper deep clean
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03-04-16, 03:35 PM | #765 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
Good call. Never neglect the chain. I've just seen some photos on the VFR forum of a damaged engine caused by a broken chain. I had a chain break on my moped when I was 16, it whiplashed the generator cover smashing that, belted the flywheel and bent the crank.
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04-04-16, 11:41 AM | #766 |
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Mostly put the street back together. New exhaust studs, rust stripped/repainted worn sheathing sorted on cables.
I can now get the tank on/off in record time for me, I also discovered that it's a good idea to block the intake before putting the front subframe on or you may drop a nut which then goes into the airbox which means the tank comes off...again.
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09-04-16, 07:20 PM | #767 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
Another job I wish I'd never started. I wanted to put my new shock on and while in there, thought I'd take a look at the linkage.
I don't think this has been touched since the bike was born, 12 years and 23,000 miles ago. It meant an afternoon with degreaser and Autosol. A little scored around the edges but the parts that engage with the needle bearings are ok. Can I get away with these? I'm going to have to replace the washers on the front bearing and a couple of the nuts. The needle bearings themselves cleaned up nicely and are all intact and still moving. |
09-04-16, 07:28 PM | #768 |
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I would change the lot now
It's worth it in the long run Sent from my E2303 using Tapatalk
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Put new Armstrong wavy discs and SBS HH sintered pads on the Gixer, stripped and cleaned the calipers, bled the brakes.
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