Stuff you have fixed today

[sako243]

@sako243 ^^^^ Most handlebars are 7/8" diameter at control end, is the backwards brake lever now your throttle?

Yes. You have to pull the levers backwards to put on the relevant brake so it's basically a thumb throttle.

Quick test drive and it's far more driveable than the old setup but that might be because it's not broken

 

[Keithmac]

Had a Dorsoduro in last days before we broke up.

Lad had had it "serviced" somewhere else and instead of removing ignition to remove petrol tank they ripped his immobiliser antenna off (pure laziness imho).

Gave him a none running bike back and an apology, unbelievable really).

Can't buy the antenna seperate from a full lockset
, which in itself is stupid really. £350+vat and no availability.

Managed to repair it for him, classed it as temporary repair but will probably see the bike out now.

Just can't believe how he was treated by the last place personally!

 

[Keithmac]

Another carb rebuild (GSXR-1100).

Pilot air screws were absolutely mullered and seized in, managed to drill them out tap a t15 torx in and get them moving while warming the carb bodies.

Had a full kit, seals/ slide and fuel needles, jets etc. Ran lovely after.

 

[Keithmac]

Harley Davidson, cut out while riding..

Found they fitted main battery breaker behind the rear wheel and it was totally rotten (no sh1t sherlock).

Re-wired main Ignition supply and Voltage Regulator through 2 waterproof fuses under the seat, out of all the ****e.

There is a splash guard behind rear wheel but it doesn't do much by the look of it..

 

[anto44]

Another carb rebuild (GSXR-1100).

Pilot air screws were absolutely mullered and seized in, managed to drill them out tap a t15 torx in and get them moving while warming the carb bodies.

Had a full kit, seals/ slide and fuel needles, jets etc. Ran lovely after.

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I've found if you have stuck screws or jets in carb, run the whole carb through the ultrasonic cleaner and try them again most of the time they'll open easily.

 

[Pete.]

Another carb rebuild (GSXR-1100).

Pilot air screws were absolutely mullered and seized in, managed to drill them out tap a t15 torx in and get them moving while warming the carb bodies.

Had a full kit, seals/ slide and fuel needles, jets etc. Ran lovely after.

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A REALLY good way of seizing those things in is to put copaslip on them. I did it once about 30yrs ago, then acouple of weeks later went to make some adjustments, and all four were seized in solid.

That was basically my introduction to galvanic corrosion.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Rotten exhaust manifold, after the collector box. Now mended and with strain relief.

It used to look like the other side, only more rotten...

 

[Ton-up]

My mums Partner who's 94, got a cushion stuck under his rise and fall chair at the weekend and broke the end of the 'eye' off the linear actuator. He relies on it, so I jumped on the mill at dinner time and machined a bit of plastic to fit the slot, drilled a hole for the pin and put a couple of self tappers and a 3mm roll pin through to hold it. I'll fit it on the way home.


Do not open, I don't think so!!

 

[indy4x]

Wasn't sure if this should go in the fixed, broke or cocked up today thread

Yesterday I was machining some round bar. It was in my scrap pile and was a panhard rod off and old Jeep Grand Cherokee

Had to reduce the OD by 1.7mm so tried it in 1 pass. Turned ok but couldn't get it to chip break

Part of the way through there was a horrible clicking from the headstock so shut it off and started investigating

Turning over by hand there was a definite pinch point where you could feel the resistance and then it clicked and would carry on rotating

Headstock cover off and everything looked OK, change wheel cover off and found this



It had worked its way under the saddle and back under the headstock then got chopped up by the change wheels

Stripped them down, cleaned out the chopped bits but 1 of the metal change wheels needed a quick lick with a file where the teeth had some nicks

 

[Dcal]

Today I fixed a couple of drill vices.
One of mine and one for @Cheesie

Cheesie's was the trickier to fix, but it's a cheap vice and what have I to loose but risk a ribbing from someone who is a far better welder than I will ever be.

The vice came in bits with a drill he recently bought.
He doesn't have the kit for brazing so I said I'd have a go.

Fitted it together and ground out a bevel half way.

Brazed that side before turning it over, ground a bevel and brazing the other side.

A quick going over with a grinder and a file and it seems to work.

Mine was an easier fix, just one of the lugs was missing from the base plate.

I made a new lug from a bit of cast iron from a broken tree planter I found in the Morrisons car park in Barrow.

I used a file, grinder and then scraped the base into shape.
I need to sort out a lapping wheel to properly sharpen my scraper so I can finish scraping it in but that will have to wait until tomorrow.

 

[Cheesie]

Today I fixed a couple of drill vices.
One of mine and one for @Cheesie

Cheesie's was the trickier to fix, but it's a cheap vice and what have I to loose but risk a ribbing from someone who is a far better welder than I will ever be.

The vice came in bits with a drill he recently bought.
He doesn't have the kit for brazing so I said I'd have a go.

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Fitted it together and ground out a bevel half way.

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Brazed that side before turning it over, ground a bevel and brazing the other side.

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A quick going over with a grinder and a file and it seems to work.

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Mine was an easier fix, just one of the lugs was missing from the base plate.

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I made a new lug from a bit of cast iron from a broken tree planter I found in the Morrisons car park in Barrow.

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I used a file, grinder and then scraped the base into shape.
I need to sort out a lapping wheel to properly sharpen my scraper so I can finish scraping it in but that will have to wait until tomorrow.

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Thankyou Damien gentleman

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

It was necessary to solve one problem of sealing. I've never heard of such a sealant, but I found it on Google. It's a little cheaper than a Viton sheet and cutting a gasket out of it, but...

 

[Ton-up]

I used to send those off to somewhere down in Kent to get remoulded but I cant remember where now.

 

[Turbo]

Wasn’t prepared to get rinsed to the tune of nearly £300 for a new drive wheel for my palletstacker.( I only paid £250 for it three years ago, not working but easily repaired). So found one for a hyster on eBay for £60 and remachined it, it has raduised wheel nuts that fit into corresponding machined holes. Half an hour. Job done

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Some of them really take the pee for replacement wheels. I bought a hand pallet truck for £20, got it working but it needs 2 new front rollers. Cheapest I can find is £40 for the pair, still can't bring myself to buy them!

 

[Dcal]

Not fixed, but today I got the bits of my shaper that I broke, stuck back together.



Started by making a block of steel to give a bit of support

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

This came my way the othe week, due to strikes, lost iterms and the silly season it has taken a few months to get this working.

The old wick was seaized into the gear body. A few hours soaking in hot water had it wet enought o remove.

Well past it's use by date.


Round one of spares arrived.

But due to a few issues we hit a few problems.

This was a big issue. The failed mantle crumbled into dust and was in all the mowing parts.

So a full dismantle was needed.
This led me to find the filler cap insert was stripping.

A new Mantle was fitted today and all defects put right over the last few weeks. Well not when I was spending my Tax money.

All done, working well, very bright light, lots of heat and when the fuel is mixed with lavender oil a plessent smell.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

And you're sorted for when the 'rolling outages' arrive.

 

[Dcal]

Tried editing my earlier post but it didn't like photos so I'll try again.
Maybe tha mods could delete it.

Following on from my post in the "stuff you have cocked up today" thread -

https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/stuff-you-have-cocked-up-today.100933/post-2184190

And not fixed, but today I got the bits of my shaper that I broke, stuck back together.

I started by machining a block of steel to support the repairs (in my Boxford because my shaper is broken)

Put the block in the T-slot to try and keep the shape while I did the repair. Then part ground out the crack.

Brazed that before grinding the rest of the crack.

Finishes that side then slid out the block and used a Dremel with cutting discs to prep one half of the crack on the inside of the T-slot, replaced the block, part brazed before grinding out the rest of the crack and finishing brazing it up.
I put the bits in a hot oven for half an hour before turning it off to let them cool.

Other, smaller bit, was the same but it has threaded holes that I need to keep.

Easier in that I could prep from one side, braze, drill and tap from the other side.

Then flip and repeat.

Quick grind and the bit do fit, but lots more work and scraping left to do, before I get a proper fit.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

And you're sorted for when the 'rolling outages' arrive.

Oh Yes.

 

[bourbon]

Repair cafe in Burntwood today. This is the third one we have rewired a cable on. Funny how they always get cut about two feet from the unit. never more, never less.