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From: Pip Luscher on 25 Nov 2008 16:25 On 25 Nov 2008 06:11:08 GMT, "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >platypus wrote: > >> I used to live next door to a guy who used to build dragsters. He >> reckoned that coating a gasket with grease and leaving it for a while >> to swell up a bit was very effective. It certainly cured the leaky >> float bowls on the R80RT. > >I coat (certain) gaskets with grease simply so I can split the parts >easily at a later date. Ditto. I can re-use rocker-box & sump gaskets on my Guzzi several times at least. Not a hint of a leak, either. Well, from those particular places. Everywhere else though... -- -Pip
From: Austin Shackles on 25 Nov 2008 17:17 On or around Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:09:46 GMT, Rusty_Hinge <rusty.hinge(a)gruel.invalid.co.uk> enlightened us thusly: >The message <6p08ihF5opkvU1(a)mid.individual.net> >from "Rich B" <richard.brookmanNOSPAM(a)THANKSbtinternet.com> contains >these words: > >> Cork plates, definitely. I can't see why modern fibre plates should >> be, but >> then it's recommended practice for Land Rover Railko bushes as well, and >> they would seem to be impervious material. Perhaps it's magic. > >I think those Lard Roller bushes are sintered phosphor bronze, or >similar, and if so, will be very slightly porous. Railko ones aren't, they're wierd fibre stuff, and do ideed need pre-soaking. They stopped using them in favour of taper roller sets, then they started using them again on the top bush of ABS-equipped rangies and discos, the pin being a larger diameter is suited to being bored for an ABS sensor. -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!
From: Austin Shackles on 27 Nov 2008 05:34 On or around Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:59:52 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> enlightened us thusly: >Look, I know this is a classic newsgroup, but I've never worked on a >bike with cork clutch plates. Or acetylene lamps either. I started >biking in the 70s, not the 30s, FFS. lighting the welding torch the other day, it came to my attention that to get a decent light from acetylene, you need a tad of oxy in it. Starting from no extra oxy, you get a smoky yellow flame. add a tad of oxy and the flame becomes bright white, and add more and it goes blue. -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!
From: The Older Gentleman on 4 Dec 2008 17:41
Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > > Blimey. Well I never. I had no idea that 70s Hondas were so > antiquated. <Hollow voice> Ever looked at a CB125 camchain tensioner? -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XTZ660 Tenere Honda CB400F CB250N SH50 chateau dot murray at idnet dot com "What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time and hassle for no tangible benefit." |