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bobthebiker88
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Well, although I was home sick today I can't sit around. So I painted the air box and footpeg mounts and terminated some wires. I hope to put the air box in place in a week or so after I fix a thread.Cowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"
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Got back to the BMW forks this week...all torn down and cleaned.
Hope to get them back together today...new seals, bushings, springs and gaiters....
Bob T. ~~ Play the GSR weekly photo game: Pic of Week Game
'83 GS1100E ~ '24 Triumph Speed 400 ~ '01 TRIUMPH TT600 ~ '67 HONDA CUB
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I lubed the suspension on my new to me 20 year old snow mobile, and filled the transfer case oil. Later, I put 50 miles on it on the trails State of Maine snow mobile trail system. Its pretty cool.
As to work, my boss notified me Thursday that we lost our contract, so I have none. I'm glad my house is paid for.sigpic Too old, too many bikes, too many cars, too many things
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Removed exhaust flange bolts. Sprayed with PB Blaster daily, tapped the head with a hammer. Used a torque wrench set at 10 ft-lbs. 6 came off at that. More PBB more tapping. Torque wrench at 15#, More tapping, more PBB. The 7th one came off yesterday. More PBB, more tapping. 8th one began to loosen at 20#. Turn it clockwise one click, CCW one click. Blast and repeat. Got loose enough to reduce torque to 15#. Go 5 clicks CCW, 4 clicks CW, blast and repeat. Still twisted the bloody thing off.
So I need to drill pilot holes and use an extractor. Who sells good, left hand twist drills. I figure to need several small ones.
(Reason for doing this now was to avoid having down-time when the weather gets warm. PO should't have been permitted in the same room with bottle opener, let alone a motorcycle. I would have been amazed if all had come out intact.)sigpic[Tom]
“The greatest service this country could render the rest of the world would be to put its own house in order and to make of American civilization an example of decency, humanity, and societal success from which others could derive whatever they might find useful to their own purposes.” George Kennan
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Texas Don
Cleaned the shop yesterday. Getting ready for family to visit today. They will be here all week so I will be spending plenty of time in the shop. I hate my job too but I've been doing it for 32+ years and yes, I'm thankful that I have a job still. That part about having the house paid for is applicable here so I'm comforted by that. Actually, everything is paid off. But my wife is terminal with breast cancer, so I'm going to be working as long as it takes to provide her with health coverage and keep her comfy. I like working on the bikes more than riding actually. It's the only therapy that I've found that lets me keep my head on straight. I've never cared for booze and I quit smoking over 20 years ago. But bikes? I love working on them.
Don
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Originally posted by Texas Don View PostI'm going to be working as long as it takes to provide her with health coverage and keep her comfy.
I salute your positive attitude. Im traveling that road although my wife's BC is in remission. Its been a long couple years with multiple surgery's plus shes been outa work for a year. I wish you and your family all the best.
Back to wrenching....Im gonna grease up the snowblower...82 1100 EZ (red)
"You co-opting words of KV only thickens the scent of your BS. A thief and a putter-on of airs most foul. " JEEPRUSTY
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Steve314159
Bolt extraction to TheMess
TheMess,
Don't use easy-outs or screw extractors. Left hand drill bits are nice but not required. Here's what you need to do: Get a small, good quality drill bit, maybe 3/32 or so and drill a hole down the center of the old bolt. The trick is to figure out exactly where the center is and which way is straight. Drill down to the depth you already know because you removed some bolts successfully. Carefully increase the size of the drill bit, making the hole a little bigger each time, until you get to the point that you might be or are removing aluminum. At this point I used pliers, picks, sharp objects to remove most of the old bolt. Then I used a tap and cutting oil and more tweezer type tools to get the old bolt out. The only problem I had was going too quickly on the third or fourth one and drilling way off center. Good Luck.
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Originally posted by pete View PostTonight's fun was starting to dismantle the carbs and endeavour to work out what shims I needed... I think I have an idea now.
Also discovered my micrometer is imperial, but has metric instructions, which explains so much weirdness with it...
If not, let me know, I'll send you another.
And, ... my spreasheet does not care whether you use Imperial or metric measurements.
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mine: 2000 Honda GoldWing GL1500SE and 1980 GS850G'K' "Junior"
hers: 1982 GS850GL - "Angel" and 1969 Suzuki T250 Scrambler
#1 son: 1986 Yamaha Venture Royale 1300 and 1982 GS650GL "Rat Bagger"
#2 son: 1980 GS1000G
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Hoosier Daddy
Originally posted by Steve314159 View PostTheMess,
Don't use easy-outs or screw extractors. Left hand drill bits are nice but not required. Here's what you need to do: Get a small, good quality drill bit, maybe 3/32 or so and drill a hole down the center of the old bolt. The trick is to figure out exactly where the center is and which way is straight. Drill down to the depth you already know because you removed some bolts successfully. Carefully increase the size of the drill bit, making the hole a little bigger each time, until you get to the point that you might be or are removing aluminum. At this point I used pliers, picks, sharp objects to remove most of the old bolt. Then I used a tap and cutting oil and more tweezer type tools to get the old bolt out. The only problem I had was going too quickly on the third or fourth one and drilling way off center. Good Luck.
The only way you get good at this is by breaking too many bolts!
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About the only thing I was able to wrench on today as the sitting waiting for DMV to give me a new title and tag on my horse trailer...Yea, it's finally legal againCowboy Up or Quit. - Run Free Lou and Rest in Peace
1981 GS550T - My First
1981 GS550L - My Eldest Daughter's - Now Sold
2007 GSF1250SA Bandit - My touring bike
Sit tall in the saddle Hold your head up high
Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain't afraid to die
and don't be scared, just enjoy your ride - Chris Ledoux, "The Ride"
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mike-s
All i did today was take the head studs off the 250 as well as the pistons in anticipation of their replacement. The new studs are still at the shop as I've not had a chance to go get them and the new barrel/pistons are still somewhere in between Wisconsin and Sydney, Australia (where i am).
It's not a lot, but it's satisfying doing it. Am also glad i still have some Loctite freeze & release from the last set of studs i removed. This stuff basically works by the lubricant inside the can taking the chill from the propellant expansion (about -10'F/-43'C) and transferring it to the nut/bolt your trying to loosen. Does a fantastic job & gave me a nice little edge with undoing the snapped stud (i couldn't use the two nuts locked against each other technique to remove it & had to use that to loosen it enough for the vice-grips to be able to be brought out).
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Originally posted by Steve View PostThat should be easy, if you still have the spreadsheet I sent you back in April, 2010.
If not, let me know, I'll send you another.
And, ... my spreasheet does not care whether you use Imperial or metric measurements.
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Got the third valve sorted tonight, but I'm going to need one or two sizes smaller for the last one, so more shims required... sheeesh.
Continued dismantling the carbs tonight too.
1982 GS450E - The Wee Beastie
1984 GSX750S Katana 7/11 - Kit Kat - BOTM May 2020
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450 Refresh thread: https://www.thegsresources.com/_foru...-GS450-Refresh
Katana 7/11 thread: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...84-Katana-7-11
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Got the K1100's forks back together last night...there is a bit of trickyness compared to the GS forks...
But back on the bike today...still need to go pick up some oil...
Bob T. ~~ Play the GSR weekly photo game: Pic of Week Game
'83 GS1100E ~ '24 Triumph Speed 400 ~ '01 TRIUMPH TT600 ~ '67 HONDA CUB
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Originally posted by Steve314159 View PostTheMess,
Don't use easy-outs or screw extractors. Left hand drill bits are nice but not required. Here's what you need to do: Get a small, good quality drill bit, maybe 3/32 or so and drill a hole down the center of the old bolt. The trick is to figure out exactly where the center is and which way is straight. Drill down to the depth you already know because you removed some bolts successfully. Carefully increase the size of the drill bit, making the hole a little bigger each time, until you get to the point that you might be or are removing aluminum. At this point I used pliers, picks, sharp objects to remove most of the old bolt. Then I used a tap and cutting oil and more tweezer type tools to get the old bolt out. The only problem I had was going too quickly on the third or fourth one and drilling way off center. Good Luck.sigpic[Tom]
“The greatest service this country could render the rest of the world would be to put its own house in order and to make of American civilization an example of decency, humanity, and societal success from which others could derive whatever they might find useful to their own purposes.” George Kennan
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