what did you wrench on today??

[thebrandonbeezy]

Motor swap on a 16 ss camaro. 4200 miles and the new lt1 spun the no.3 main. Pays 15.1 hours im in it at 8 so far gonna drop the car on the motor in the early am tomorrow hopefullyill may a paycheck for next Friday..

 

[Guest]

Any way of knowing HOW he spun a bearing in 4200 miles?

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Seems like they're about to put out a recall, the guy from gm tac said its not the first and not the last. Could be bad bearing or insufficient oiling

 

[Guest]

Hmmmm..... that doesn't speak very well of GM's engineering or quality control. I REALLY want to believe that GM and Ford engineering is competitive with the Japanese, but stuff like this really worries me. I had a '95 Ford Taurus with the 3.8 liter V6, with 50k miles require a new engine because one of the head gaskets leaked and allowed the oil and water to mix. That experience soured me on Ford for a LONG time; after all, Ford and GM are not new at this car-building thing. They should know better by now.

 

[Guest]

Finally got the front end together on my "T". Only thing left is the steel brake line, and fork brace. and this part is done....

I like the color change from black to silver on the rotor and hardware. Withe the forks polished, it seems to look more......... current..?

 

[thebrandonbeezy]

Hmmmm..... that doesn't speak very well of GM's engineering or quality control. I REALLY want to believe that GM and Ford engineering is competitive with the Japanese, but stuff like this really worries me. I had a '95 Ford Taurus with the 3.8 liter V6, with 50k miles require a new engine because one of the head gaskets leaked and allowed the oil and water to mix. That experience soured me on Ford for a LONG time; after all, Ford and GM are not new at this car-building thing. They should know better by now.

I always had fords but in 2014 i got an h3 alfa with the 5.3 then traded it in for a 15 sonic rs loved the h3 absolutely amazing truck the sonic which is now on the previous gen chevy line up was pretty low quality. Never left me stranded but was just a crappy ride. I just got a focus st in December fully loaded and man let me tell you the ford quality is out standing! No squeeks or rattles all the panels fit it has a proper clutch and gear box that you can feel the gears and feel the clutch grab.. its the perfect sub 30k hot hatch where as the sonic rs for the same price had 90 hp less the same suspension as the base the same engine as the base and a clutch you could push with your pinky.. the flywheel is a 2 peice which made it kinda bouncy when youd let off the clutch. The shifter was about as good as my 92 geo metro. And all the squeeks and rattles you could expect from a 13k car with a body kit marked up to about 27 out the door . 13k being the base model price.. ill never work at a ford dealer as a tech but i 100% believe that the current generation of ford is better than the current gen chevy/gm

 

[Guest]

Finally got the front end together on my "T". Only thing left is the steel brake line, and fork brace. and this part is done....

I like the color change from black to silver on the rotor and hardware. Withe the forks polished, it seems to look more......... current..?

super tidy, job well done.

 

[Guest]

Hi. I followed your link to your Photobucket pics. Nice bike! Really, really clean. That is my goal for my 850G.

One of the things my bike still needs is to have the wheels detailed; there is some discoloration from corrosion. How did you get yours as nice as they are?

 

[GSXR7ED]

Finally got the front end together on my "T". Only thing left is the steel brake line, and fork brace. and this part is done....

I like the color change from black to silver on the rotor and hardware. Withe the forks polished, it seems to look more......... current..?

Lookin' good!!!


Ed

 

[Guest]

Hi. I followed your link to your Photobucket pics. Nice bike! Really, really clean. That is my goal for my 850G.

One of the things my bike still needs is to have the wheels detailed; there is some discoloration from corrosion. How did you get yours as nice as they are?

They were in fairly good shape when I bought the bike. Only thing I did was degrease, and thoroughly clean em. The brake dust and years of neglect made it a bit daunting. Even after I thought they were clean, they'd dry and have more film on them. The pics don't reflect, but even during re-assembly I had to stop and continue removing additional dirt. and they're still not completely clean, but enough for me. I'm not into resto work. I just want the bike 100% mechanically, but when I have to disassemble sections, I just take some extra time to buff things a little, and remove years of dirt. After my last ride, which was during a melt after a snowstorm, I really dirtied up the bike. Not looking forward to cleaning the engine again, and the exhaust is covered in road grime too.

I find brillo pads cut through the initial stuff, then its up to you how far you wanna go to renew the rims. I just lucked out. Mine were decent looking after the brillo took the initial grime off.​

PB

another pic

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[Guest]

Installed new OEM throttle cable. Attached ignition switch position decal. Installed four chrome OEM acorn nuts and brass washers on the head.

Here's a link to a new album on Flickr of today's work...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/129480799@N07/albums/72157682303172496/with/33554098170/

And here's an image with "before" and "after" shots of the left side of my engine. Making progress!

 

[gustovh]

Took the 919 off the charger and got her ready to ride.

V

 

[GSXR7ED]

They were in fairly good shape when I bought the bike. Only thing I did was degrease, and thoroughly clean em. The brake dust and years of neglect made it a bit daunting. Even after I thought they were clean, they'd dry and have more film on them. The pics don't reflect, but even during re-assembly I had to stop and continue removing additional dirt. and they're still not completely clean, but enough for me. I'm not into resto work. I just want the bike 100% mechanically, but when I have to disassemble sections, I just take some extra time to buff things a little, and remove years of dirt. After my last ride, which was during a melt after a snowstorm, I really dirtied up the bike. Not looking forward to cleaning the engine again, and the exhaust is covered in road grime too.

I find brillo pads cut through the initial stuff, then its up to you how far you wanna go to renew the rims. I just lucked out. Mine were decent looking after the brillo took the initial grime off.​

PB

another pic

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Pete,

I love that you have the same bike I do. Any maintenance you do, I am immediately interested.

Looks good bro!


Ed

 

[Guest]

Well then I guess you'll enjoy this good news....

Front end is DONE!

the job is finished with the final addition of:
- Fork Brace
- Steel braided brake
plus the
- Rotor resurface
- New Pads
- New Tire(s)
- New Fork springs/oil
- Polishing and paint to acceptable levels

Can't wait to take her on the expressway and compare it to its condition before the work was done. The last expressway ride was what prompted this whole maintenance job.

and of course, the mandatory pics of the finished job.


I took the liberty of repainting the fork brace to cloud silver vs its original black finish, as I've been changing a lot of the black trim to silver as I work on the bike.

I totally get it, why folks add braces on these older, lighter duty forks. I had one on my Seca 750, and it really makes the front end feel like a "single unit" vs an assembly of parts. On newer bikes with heartier, modern suspension it likely makes little sense, but on our 35 year old bikes, Its a great addition.




Now its just valve clearance, carb sync, and polish the balance of the polishable surfaces, and its done. ( sure it is )

 

[Guest]

Serviced the 450 over the weekend... done 64,000km's since the rebuild now so I'm really happy with that!

And I've been back on the Kat project and have decided to do something I can actually do... paint all the brake components.

I got the paint finished up on Saturday, then left it well over 24 hours to cure and unmasked it last night.

I'm a happy camper!

I ended up doing 3 coats... the directions say 2 for fastest cure but I want longevity.



I just need to figure the best way to give the bores and things a bit of a final clean up before assembly, can't remember how I did that last time. I won't be assembling just yet though, don't want the new seals sitting around in brake fluid for months on end.

 

[earlfor]

Have the Bandit 12 in the shed getting new brakes, sprockets and chain, oil change and filter, new tires, fresh spark plugs,
and a valve adjustment. Probably do a bit of paint touch up while I'm at it. heh

 

[Guest]

Hi Pete. Those brake parts look fantastic. What kind of paint did you use, and how did you prep the parts? The front brake master cylinder on my 850G needs to be done.

 

[bobgroger]

Hi Pete. Those brake parts look fantastic. What kind of paint did you use, and how did you prep the parts? The front brake master cylinder on my 850G needs to be done.

And is the paint brake fluid resistant? I have not had good luck painting brake parts, maybe because I am a messy bleeder

 

[ddaniels]

Carbs all done and wrestling match getting them back in finished and I won. Runs pretty good now.

 

[kerrfunk]

It was Sunday, not today, but I replaced the starter without much trouble and with success. Rollin' rollin' rollin!