Scottoiler fitting torture.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Every Scottoiler delivery pipe I've superglued to the swingarm has fallen off, hence my decision to use P-clips.

When I saw the little tube of super glue in the kit I ignored it and first tried araldite. The araldite stuck the the arm but the plastic guide bracket peeled easily of the araldite. Just before I was going to put a self tapper into the swing arm I cut a small piece of the guide material off, cleaned a patch on the swing arm with brake cleaner and super glued the small piece on as an experiment. It stuck on tight. So then I glued the guides onto the swing arm and it is still tight on. I'm a bit obsessive about drilling into the bike.

[I clean the the back wheel with engine degreaser, applied with a paint brush. I get a lot of fling from the oiler. ]

Originally Posted by skeetly

How thicks the aluminium Lozzo? Will a self tapper do?
I seem to recall from my experiences with old landrovers that stainless steel doesnt like aluminium so I was thinking fo using galvanised self tappers.
I do have the gear to tap if required just wondering is all.

Stainless is fine in alloy, as long as you coppaslip the threads. If it's thick enough to tap at M6, then it's thick enough to take a self-tapper.

If I was going to but a hole in a swing arm I would think of a small rivet instead of a self taping bolt or threading. Unless frequent removal was necessary, then either thread it or install a plus nut.