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  8. Center Exhaust Damage Repair?

    in Scorpa

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    Looks to me like that number boss might serve double duty strengthening the swingarm pivot area.

    And anytime you grind on a number boss, you risk the appearance of wrong-doing.

    Methinks you'd be much better off shaping the exhaust to keep the problem from happening again.

  9. Wheel Bearings

    in Beta

    Posted · Edited by charlie chitlins

    Not sure what the effects of heat on the aluminum will be, but 200 F. is usually enough to grow aluminum as much as you need.

    If you heat the hub, the bearing will probably drop out.

    I do this all the time with steel.

    I suppose the spokes are mild steel and in no danger of becoming harder or softer from the heat.

    You can also bust out the bearing and put a bead of weld around the remaining race.

    When the weld cools, the race will just drop out.

    It's kind of fun to walk away from it, start working on something else, and, a few minutes later, hear the CLINK of the race hitting the floor,

  10. 247 Wont Start

    in Twinshock

    Posted

    Things can happen to a spark under compression.What looks good outside the combustion chamber might not work inside.

    This is why Champion used to make a pressurized plug checker.

    For a few squid, you can be sure.

    If you want to soak your carb in something, I have a buddy who's a long-time BMW mechanic...he soaks them overnight in lemon juice.

    I haven't tried it, but have no reason to doubt it...he's a damned good mechanic.

  11. 247 Wont Start

    in Twinshock

    Posted

    Along with the above...

    Check compression. You could have a ring stuck in the land.

    This could be fixed with a bit of penetrating oil and a couple heating/cooling cycles with propane torch if you don't want to pop the top.

    Condensors have a shelf life...replace it.

    No reason to put it behind the flywheel.

    Stick it up by the coil where God intended.

  13. Ty250R Mono Drum Brakes...useful,effective Mods?

    in Yamaha

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    Arc the pads to match the drums (this machinery and people who know how to drive it are getting scarce here in the US).

    Get some no-stretch wore rope (cable) from a sailing or specialty aircraft supply house and make your own cable.

    HUGE difference.

    This was the secret I kept to myself for years when restoring antique Harleys and Indians.

    If you wanted your front brake to work, you had to send it to me ;)

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  17. Speed Nut Tip

    in Sherco

    Posted

    That speed nut that holds the rear of the tank and the front of the fender...I always knock it off when putting it together and I figure if I keep squeezing it tight so it grips, it'll break.

    I drilled a hole in the little tab on the frame that locates the speed nut, slipped the speed nut on the frame and put a piece of safety wire through the hole.

    No more searching for the speed nut.

  18. Keeping Cool Whilst Riding!

    in Trials Gear

    Posted

    Lightweight, close-fitting, long sleeved, cotton shirt.

    For the same reason that the wilderness types say "Cotton Kills" or "Cotton is rotten", it keeps you cool.

    People in plastic jerseys that are like wearing a garbage bag with a few holes in it think I'M crazy!

  
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