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Re: bolts
The Japanese certainly do use standard coarse threads; I have just replaced the bolts in the top yoke with standard M8 studs - they screwed straight in. What does help is to gently run a tap through the threaded hole. You should feel the difference between a tap cleaning corrosion and crap out of a ...
Re: bolts
Pretty sure they're standard M10 coarse, which means a 1.5mm pitch (1.75mm is the standard pitch for M12 coarse). Coarse threads are the right choice for in a soft material like aluminium alloy.
Ian
Ian
- Sat Dec 18, 2021 11:27 am
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Well you asked for another Ducati build
- Replies: 736
- Views: 109000
Re: Well you asked for another Ducati build
Don't listen to them - the orange looks beautiful!
- Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Workshop Knowledgebase
- Topic: Sump removal (Oil Pan)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3083
Re: Sump removal (Oil Pan)
If I understand correctly, only the head snapped off - once the pan is off, you'll see a short section of bolt (probably without threads) sticking out of the crankcase. What's your plan of attack? Just using a stud remover might result in the bolt snapping where the threads start, leaving you in dee...
- Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:30 am
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Well you asked for another Ducati build
- Replies: 736
- Views: 109000
Re: Well you asked for another Ducati build
Really nice work!
When you insert the helicoils, are you using any kind of sealant / Loctite / epoxy on them?
Here's one you might consider: https://www.henkel-adhesives.com/ca/en/ ... icoil.html
Ian
When you insert the helicoils, are you using any kind of sealant / Loctite / epoxy on them?
Here's one you might consider: https://www.henkel-adhesives.com/ca/en/ ... icoil.html
Ian
- Sun Sep 12, 2021 7:39 am
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Rear wheel spacers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 853
Re: Rear wheel spacers
Looking at the exploded diagram, spacer 8 fits between bearing 18 and bearing 19. if it's not there, tightening the nut on the end of the axle will put a huge axial load on those bearings. They are unlikely to last long, so yes, it looks like the spacer is essential!
Ian
Ian
- Sat Sep 04, 2021 7:33 am
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: It's not for a storm, but I'd like to hear your thoughts
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1500
Re: It's not for a storm, but I'd like to hear your thoughts
The acid test for "will it do any good" is simple; without it fitted, mount a dial gauge first below, and then behind the gear spindle. As long as the lever is tight on the shaft, you can pick up on the lever (if enough shaft isn't available for the probe of the dial gauge). Change gear wi...
- Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:59 pm
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: How to take out front brake pads?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1877
Re: How to take out front brake pads?
No, sadly, not in any way, shape or form. Different substance altogether. Grinding paste is usually made of particles of aluminium oxide. When compressed hard, they shatter and turn into an even finer grinding paste. They're also not especially pointy. This paste consists of tiny shards of tungsten ...
- Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:56 am
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: How to take out front brake pads?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1877
Re: How to take out front brake pads?
Nooo, it's ok Chris, I didn't think that! But it would have been very reasonable to; I knew the salesman well, I'd been going to his shop for a couple of years, he was one of very few honest salesman I met in Egypt (he was Armenina, real nice guy). When he showed me the stuff and said what it would ...
- Wed Aug 18, 2021 8:42 am
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: How to take out front brake pads?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1877
Re: How to take out front brake pads?
It's ok Chris, when the guy selling the stuff described it to me, that was my reaction too. This was in Cairo, around 1997. He took an M8 crosshead screw, clamped it in a bench vice, gave me a screwdriver and said "rip the head to bits". Which I did - to the point where the screwdriver had...
- Tue Aug 17, 2021 2:14 pm
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: How to take out front brake pads?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1877
Re: How to take out front brake pads?
One of the probloems with this kind of job is that the screwdriver can slip out of the slot, thereby buggering up the slot and making further attempts at unscrewing even less likely to succeed. 1980's Japanese engine casing crosshead screws were famous for this. I came across a product called Regrip...
- Sun Aug 15, 2021 4:08 pm
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: Handlebar Risers
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10758
Re: Handlebar Risers
oops - forgot that pics all go in landscape, sorry!
- Sun Aug 15, 2021 4:07 pm
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: Handlebar Risers
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10758
Re: Handlebar Risers
I know this is getting further and further from handlebars, but... Finished the trolley. I use a 2 pack polyurethane for most things that I build, it cures quickly and lasts forever. I needed somewhere to store the clutter on my welding bench. Here's the result: The square plates bolt to the corners...
- Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:18 am
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: Handlebar Risers
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10758
Re: Handlebar Risers
Hi all, Thanks for the kind words! Sick indeed - I've been collecting machinery since I was about 9 years old (late bronze age I believe). The hobby has spread like a disease - now covers metalwork, woodwork & electronics. I prefer the ancient cast iron machines over anything else - Chris, I hav...
- Sat Aug 14, 2021 6:17 am
- Forum: Pimp Your Ride
- Topic: Handlebar Risers
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10758
Re: Handlebar Risers
Thanks Chris! The shaper is lovely to use, completely hypnotic. It's a dinosaur, I don't think they've made any for the past 40 years (maybe in India etc). I've never heard of a "CNC shaper", so, being highly manpower-intensive, they've become part of engineering history. Nobody wants them...