what did you wrench on today??

[Sandy]

Well I worked in the house today too, unfortunately not motorcycle related. The cheap metal tube frame for our wood tote finally collapsed after about 10 years and really couldn't find anything in town that was suitable. So after 2 6ft lengths of 1/2' copper, a bag full of various elbows and a couple of hours of fun I had my own rendition. Turned out not bad even if I do say so myself. A little more polishing and ........ah, it's good enough.

 

[Guest]

Well aren't you a dang handy guy to have around....

 

[Guest]

Copper tarnishes very easily. Prevent tarnishing by coating it with clear laquer, several coats.

 

[Sandy]

Copper tarnishes very easily. Prevent tarnishing by coating it with clear laquer, several coats.

Thanks for that. I thought it was looking a little too shiny. With a little patina it'll blend right in with the rest of our 42 year old basement.:biggrin:

 

[bonanzadave]

Turned out not bad even if I do say so myself.

Very crafty ! Nothing better than a cracklin fire on a cold day. How far is your wood pile ? Mine is just 30ft away in the garage so I carry a couple logs in a paper bag and it goes straight in the burner. I try to minimize the mess as much as possible but inevitably there is always some crumbs to vacuum up. You have some very clean looking wood. Is that pine or cedar ?

 

[Flyboy]

Spent the morning sorting out a "terminal" engine noise on a little Honda 250 CBX, turned out to be an easy enough fix, broken spring in the timing chain retention.
What a stupid ass setup, it uses a flat coiled spring like you find in a wind up toy or clock, to maintain tension on a threaded rod, for want of a better word to keep it pushed against the chain guide, a heck of a fiddly process to try and get together, like a bloody Chinese puzzle.
But all is well and it is terrorizing the streets once again.
Damn I love Suzuki.

 

[growler]

Decided to build myself a motorcycle stand. One of my closest friends came up from Chicago and helped me out. Much easier to work on now, and easily wheeled around the garage. Cost was right around $100, with the most expensive part being the casters.

 

[steve murdoch]

Very nice, Growler.
Were you brave enough to ride it up the ramp?

 

[Allie]

I'm re-forming filter capacitors in a guitar amp that I shelved about 6-7 years ago because it was getting noisy. It's a ~'65 Guild T-112, a neat little 12 watt tube amp with a 12" speaker. It's a great sounding amp, I'm hoping to get it up and running again.

Electrolytics tend to dry out and crystallize when they sit a long time, and applying full voltage right away can make them go BANG right in your (sometimes literally) face. They have to be brought up to speed slowly....

Checking leakage with resistance added between the rectifier and the filter to limit current



Checking capacitor charge



You use a Variac to keep the voltages from getting too high with all the power and preamp tubes pulled out. It's a loooong process, I started it yesterday afternoon, and you can't stop until it's all the way done. We're getting close now, going for that last 2%...

I've never done this before, but it's fun, I feel like a mad scientist. Just don't touch the wrong thing in there or you'll be a dead scientist...

 

[Allie]

Decided to build myself a motorcycle stand. One of my closest friends came up from Chicago and helped me out. Much easier to work on now, and easily wheeled around the garage. Cost was right around $100, with the most expensive part being the casters.

That's a way totally awesome platform! You could have fun riding it down the street when not on garage duty too!

 

[Brendan W]

Coil supply plugs. Spent part of last week swapping my 1&4 coil in and out of my son's KZ400 while waiting for a replacement for him. Yesterday I started losing a coil on top of the mountain. All the swapping had caused a wire to break on the 12v supply plug for the coil. I cut the plug open, soldered the wires in place and back over the mountain again today.
Now I'm going to have to replace them both. Any recommendations anyone?

 

[GSX1000E]

Spent an hour yesterday making the rear rim axle spacers for my junker project.

 

[londonboards]

Prepared the cases for my GS1150es engine rebuild. The crankshaft is being repaired (new bearing, new rods and balancing) and will be ready to put in soon.

 

[cowboyup3371]

After spending all day yesterday installing new equipment at our clinic in Lima OH, I fixed a radiator leak on the truck this morning (hose clamp wasn't tightened fully after the thermostat change); wishing the weather would settle down longer.

 

[growler]

Heck no. I had a friend to do the steering and brake while I pushed it up the ramp. Then stood on a stool to get it up on the center stand while my friend steadied the bike on the other side. Worked out great!

Very nice, Growler.
Were you brave enough to ride it up the ramp?

 

[growler]

Hah! For sure. Although I'm in Milwaukee....the streets are janky enough to send me rocketing off the thing.

That's a way totally awesome platform! You could have fun riding it down the street when not on garage duty too!

 

[gustovh]

Installed a couple more shop lights in the shop.

V

 

[78550GS]

Helped a friend pull the engine out of his Honda last night. CB750 bottom end with an 850 top half.

Learned his lesson on using cheap gaskets, head gasket went out within 500 miles on a fresh build.

 

[Steve]

..., I fixed a radiator leak on the truck this morning (hose clamp wasn't tightened fully after the thermostat change); wishing the weather would settle down longer.

Uhhh, Cowboy, if the weather "settled down", it wouldn't be oHIo.

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[cowboyup3371]

Uhhh, Cowboy, if the weather "settled down", it wouldn't be oHIo.

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Or Colorado, New Jersey, Indiana, etc.layful: