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Old 22-04-19, 04:34 PM   #1551
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Similar issue to Admin but in my case it's the scarifier. Dug it out of the shed and got ready for the slog of emptying the damn thing every ten seconds and filling/lugging 30-odd rubble sacks to the shed before a run to the dump next weekend and... it won't spin over. Off to the garage and strip it down. Full of grass under the covers but the motor is fine after a good vacuum but the scarifying shaft is really stiff. Trial and error strip down later and the output shaft is in the vice complete with the seized bearing. It turned a bit with mole grips attached after a dose of penetrating fluid but it's clearly got to be replaced. Drifted it off with a hammer/screwdriver and off to the interwebs.

6200-2Z, really common size it seems as dozens of suppliers have it. But, if I get it from a store that sells garden machinery spares it is about £25 - from a bearing factor about £3. I wonder which one I'll use. Tough decision eh?

Much cheaper than buying a new scarifier and it does me good to get the tools out and swear a bit in the garage every now and then.


Exactly - we tend to replace many perfectly good things that need just a little bit of attention to make good again. You are right about common user items like bearings and seals as well, when I re-built Bloop I could have bought bearings from Suzuki at £35 each, but it was just as easy to read the part number and get them from a factor at £3 each (the same for the nitride seals).


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Old 22-04-19, 06:45 PM   #1552
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Daz, thats not going to work. you need a triangle plate welded over the whole area that is cracking. this will make sure that the area will move as one instead of flexing.
So completely fill the area between the pipes and the bar?
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Old 22-04-19, 07:26 PM   #1553
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you need a triangle plate welded over the whole area that is cracking....

I'd agree. The brace you have there will help stop left to right movement, but I'd imagine the crack is being caused by up down movement, and the two cans going up and down independently of each other.
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Old 22-04-19, 07:39 PM   #1554
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I bent the side stand on my CCM when I strapped it down in my trailer (forgot to put the stand up when I tightened the straps, ho hum). The bike leant over a bit too far on the stand, and it had been weakened a bit so probably would have failed one day.
In between working on my SV and a few other little jobs I thought I’d fix it. I took it off, applied a bit (quite a bit) of heat, clamped one end in the vice and used a 3’ length of 2”x2” square section to get it more or less straight. To strengthen it a bit I welded a big lump of MS angle to the back:



It works just fine, and is a good dirt bike fix.


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Old 23-04-19, 05:43 PM   #1555
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Fitted fork leg mounted running light to the Tracer, wired with OEM plugs to an onboard aux plug.. Need to order a switch to suit but otherwise works grand, is just on all of the time

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Old 23-04-19, 07:16 PM   #1556
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I have two spare switches from when I fitted aux lights. One that came with them that looked very plastic so I didn't use it and another I ordered that lights up too, but decided I wanted one slightly bigger I could mount to my grips heater controller bracket. I'll try and get a pic and they're yours if any use.
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Old 23-04-19, 07:18 PM   #1557
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This is the better one that I have spare... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SmartSwit...item211fa4bd7e
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Old 23-04-19, 07:19 PM   #1558
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Oh good man thanks I'll hold off ordering until then, switch came with the light is on the cheap side too. I say cheap, they were probably 33p each for a bulk buy
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Old 24-04-19, 06:29 PM   #1559
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Didn't realise we'd posted over each other, I'll take that off you please
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Old 01-05-19, 02:39 PM   #1560
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Didn't want to start a new thread but seems the 'tinkering' thread may be OK.

Has anyone ever used these ? Seem like a neat idea to fix things like a new R/R or bypass a dodgy plug. Solder that melts before the heatshrink does is a new one on me..

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eventronic-...CKSN0FGYAWN2QY
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