tywill

Hi I thought I would share my recent experience of removing the front 2 cylinder nuts (long aluminmium) from my TY250D. These nuts were seized solid I tried the following methods to remove them because I thought they were seized on the crank case studs: 1) Impact wrench (24v electric) - Did not budge. 2) Long extension bar and 13mm socket with a blow torch heating up the nuts - Resulted in rounding the hex shape of the nuts. 3) Drill a small hole in the top and spray liquid wrench onto the stud inside the nut, then use a irwin bolt extractor with a long extension bar - resulted in the hex section of the nut shearing off completely. At this point I was considering buying a 2nd hand cylinder, and using a disc cutter to cut the cylinder free. But then took a closer look and saw the nuts had actually corroded them selves on to the cylinder. So tried a new approach: 4) Using a 19mm hole cutter with the center drill removed, I managed to remove the out 2mm of the nuts freeing them from the cylinder, then using a 14mm long socket hammered onto remainder of the nut, I then used a impact wrench. - Success both nuts came out really nicely, No damage to the cylinder or the studs I hope no else has to go through the process that had me worried for 3 days.

Thanks, for the reply will try out this weekend.

Hi I have purchased a 2nd hand exhaust for my TY250D from america, and need some advise on removing carbon/ oil deposits from the in side of the exhaust. I read some where that heating the exhaust on a bbq can burn off these deposits, but I am concerned that the heat might distort the exhausts shape. Is it ok to heat my exhaust on a bbq? Many Thanks, Will

Hi Andrew, Thanks for the reply, The wheels are already striped down I did remember to take note of the offsets. I am just trying to work out the best way to get the rims looking new again, they have some surface corrosion, I thought maybe some type of media blasting and a re anodise might be a quick way of restoring them. Cant find any suitable companies on the net, another option is to get them polished then re anodise them. Or just bite the bullet and go for a new set of different style rims, I have tried www.central-wheel.co.uk they were helpful but they don't have any rims of the same style, they did quote me for some smpro rims(different style) and stainless a respoke at

Hi, I am restoring a TY250D and need some advice. Is it possible to refurb my old DID rims, bead blast them then re anodise them? If so where could I get this work done? I have tried to source some new rims from sammy miller products and central wheel components, in particular the MORAD TR rim which is the same style as my old DID rims. Unfortunately MORAD are no longer manufacturing the TR style. Many Thanks, Will