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what did you wrench on today??

I polished up the ol' bright works and replaced my busted tach cable. I'm itching to start diggin in hard though and going through the mega-welcome check list. :P I've got a whole week off from work coming up. If I don't get something worthwhile done then, I NEVER will.
 
MadCapsule said:
The wrenching gods were not in my favor today. I tried to track down the source of why the ignition stays on and drains the battery when the keys aren't even in it. In so doing I removed the following: gas tank, battery, side covers, air filter and air box. Couldn't figure out what the problem is, but I'm horrible with electronics.

Oh, and all this started because I installed a new tach cable, which still didn't fix my tachometer.
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Check the wiring in the headlight bucket. and the ignition switch, etc.
 
polish, buff,polish, buff,polish, buff...UGH!

polish, buff,polish, buff,polish, buff...UGH!

assembled /installed fork assembly/trees on my 1100 project. seems like I been polishing my front mag wheel all day. The dremel is the way to go, cept I burned up all my polishing pads for it. These GS wheels suck to polish ! I got it down now tho.
 
Re-tapped a bunch of destroyed threaded holes in the '63 Panhead and got the new lifters installed
with all of the missing clips/spacers that the previous engine builder left out!!! :mad:

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And removed the seized case studs. Replaced with new grade 8's. ;)
Lot's of red and blue Lok-tite going into this "Paint Shaker." :D

Daniel
 
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Regulator/Rectfirer replace

Regulator/Rectfirer replace

Last week out of the blue my battery on my 1982 GS850G went dead. Of all places for it to die it happened at an auto repair shop, which is a good thing I guess. The proprietor gave me a jump and then did a quick check of the charging system and told me it seemed to be charging a little low. When I got the bike home I logged on to gs resourses (after re-registering) researched the problem ran the diagnostic checks and determined that the R/R was not regulating. Purchased a new R/R from Electrosport installed the new R/R and all is good again. Or at least as good as an almost 30yr old bike can get. I count on my Suzuki to get me to work since gas prices have spiked this summer. I have to thank GS resources for being there. This is not the first time I've had to utilize this site to troubleshoot and diagnose a problem and sucessfully repair my bike. Thanks GS resources. I also happened to notice the post about making a contribution to the site, which I HAPPILY did.


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Slimmed down my new rear mudguard, got rid of all the sharp edges off my 'bar mounted choke lever adaptor, and then discovered that I need either a new fuel tap or a repair kit and I also need to do a POR 15 tank liner treatment.

I'd purposefully not drained the fuel out of the tank in the vain hope it would stop it from rusting, but I finally did that today with a view to painting in the next few weeks, but found rust instead...

 
Hoosier Daddy said:
Awesome looking Daily Rider you got there JLS...
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Thanks. I've had the bike since new. one of the best bikes I ever owned and I've owned a lot if them. My weekend rider is a 2003 (100th anniversary) H-D Heritage Springer but my GS will always be #1 to me.
 
Took the back wheel off of my 81 GS 400 to get a tire replaced , had to take the left side exhaust to make it happen :mad:
 
I've been working on the jetting on my 00' Bandit 1200.
I picked the bike up in a trade and it had a Yosh carbon fiber can and a K&N airfilter on it. I didn't know if the PO had worked on the jetting or not but it ran lean and very cold hearted so I bought a DynoJet stage 3 kit and some K&N dual ovals for it.
When I pulled the carbs and airbox, I could see by the fact that the A/F screw plugs were missing that someone had been tweeking on it.
I installed the kit but the slide springs seemed way too stiff. When I drove the bike, it was terrible -- nearly undriveable, so I swapped the original springs back in and tried again. It was a great improvement so I kept them and have been working step by step trying to find the right clip setting. I just wasn't getting very far so I thought I better check the float levels. They were also way off -- like 3 mm. So, I got them set, went back to the originally suggested clip position and buttoned things back up for a test ride.
I have a farm type rural road near me so I took it out there to try it out.
The lower RPMs are still off, but when I got the Rs up to about 7K in second and whacked the throttle open, the front end lifted.
I like it! Never done much in the way of tuning before. This is fun!
 
Tried to replace the serpentine belt in my truck but it requires taking out half of the front end so I'll let a local shop do it. Did replace the alternator in the Jeep finally; course smashed my left middle finger in the process.
 
Ouch Scott that's gotta hurt! Bent my right thumbnail back while vacuuming today and had a nice go at slicing my left index finger with a hacksaw yesterday...

Today though I discovered that I really do need a new fuel tap as there's a metal disk behind the diaphragm that's toast. Pulled it apart and several shards of metal came with it...

 
Lapped in 12 valves in my '85 700E. Put the head back on after only a year since I pulled it off. :( :)

Next go the cams, then rebuild the carbs, then....
 
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