what did you wrench on today??

[Greenbraes]

broke down one fork...polished the tube, looks not to bad...soda blasted the lower and a second hand set of disk centres...plan is to do the other fork tomorrow and at least apply some etch primer...going for black......just waiting on the new allen bolts to come to replace the ones I had to drill out

RB

[exc911ence]

Spark-plug removal (18!) plus oil & filter/strainer change on this:

[1_v8_merc]

Pulled the complete front suspension out of the T-Bird yesterday.

Ball joints frozen.
Lower control arm bushings (2-4) frozen.
Drivers side coil spring broken.
Right front strut leaking.


New KYB struts on the shelf.
Complete Energy Suspension bushings for EVERYTHING, on the shelf.
Moog Ball joints on the shelf.
Energy Suspension sway bar links, on the shelf.
New springs on the way.
4 new tires paid for and waiting here at work.

Tie rods are tight so they are going to stay...

And I wonder why my wife calls the T-Bird, "the Money Pit".

Just did the same thing on my camaro.
GM stuff is solid, but once it finally goes....start hittin the gym!

I spent more money on tools than parts!

Had to bash the front hubs with a sledge hammer for 15 minutes.
That "sorta" broke them loose....

Had to cut the rear pivot bolts out with a sawzall, and needed diamond tipped blades, just to get threw it! man that GM stuff is solid and stubborn.
I even lifted the entire car by ONE bolt, then quickly dropped and locked it, over and over....didn't break loose one bit!(that was before I cut it)

Then had to take the A-arms to a buddies so he could blast them with an acetylene torch for 10 minutes, to get the ball joints out.(even my expensive ball-joint press wouldn't get them off, )

The upper ball-joints were riveted on, so I had to drill them and attack them with an air-hammer for what seemed like hours.
(it's at a bad angle, and no room to work, hammer kept slipping off.)

Every single bolt on that car fought me like crazy.
If I knew what I was in for, I would have just rolled it down in the middle of the street!

But she feels smooth now!

[cowboyup3371]

Not the bike tonight (replaced a nut on the brake handle after it almost fell off last night) but did have to "wrench" on a network switch tonight when we couldn't get into it earlier this week. Whoever configured it last month with the new operating system forgot to put it on the second supervisor module so the switch didn't like talking to us. Got it running right and placed a copy of the software where it needed to be.

[Baatfam]

Replaced the intake rubbers and o-rings on the K11RS yesterday...


Today I finally recovered the stock seat for the 1100E...



And when the instructions tell you to use any heavy duty stapler...what they mean is a pneumatic stapler...
Tried my Arrow T50, tried an electric...sorry...had to make a run to Harbor Freight...
But it was only $25 and works great...

[7981GS]

1100E looks great! Going to take it to the next rally?
I never knew that HF even sold such a stapler. Might have to get one.

Eric

[Baatfam]

1100E looks great! Going to take it to the next rally?

Thanks! Maybe Red River...since the wife isn't gong with me...

When we travel two up, it has to be the BMW...

[7981GS]

Have her ride the Beemer.

Eric

[Mad Mark]

trimmed the dog mauled fender today, dont have an after picture...

[7981GS]

[QUOTE=Mad Mark;1635886]trimmed the dog mauled fender today, dont have an after picture...

Nice dog.
Now make certain that you apply a liberal dose of hot pepper oil/sauce to the bottom of the repair.


Eric

[Mad Mark]

[QUOTE=7981GS;1635889]

trimmed the dog mauled fender today, dont have an after picture...

Nice dog.
Now make certain that you apply a liberal dose of hot pepper oil/sauce to the bottom of the repair.


Eric

haha that was the previos owners chocolate lab i think, he chewed the front of the fender a little too and the ends of the footpegs and i think his cat spayed my engine too, most of the damage on this bike is from animals

[loud et]

[QUOTE=Mad Mark;1635908]

haha that was the previos owners chocolate lab i think, he chewed the front of the fender a little too and the ends of the footpegs and i think his cat spayed my engine too, most of the damage on this bike is from animals

....animals and Father Time. Looks like he put some cracks in that sidewall. New tires sure are nice! I am sure its on your mile long list of parts...

[Mad Mark]

not quite a mile long just a few little odds and ends, the bike could be road worthy with new tires and front brake pads. im having tons of fun doing all the little stuff though now that it runs, that was first on the list.

[Mad Mark]

after shot. much betta!

[7981GS]

Lookin' good.

Eric