what did you wrench on today??

[Shin-Ken 1074]

O.K. because I forgot to buy a Suzuki Steering Nut Socket Wrench 09940-14910 when I bought my Kat 26 years ago looks like I have to make one to do the bearings to the correct torque. I am not a machinist or qualified in any way to make stuff (the pics prove that) this has been made with things lying around the shed so the Nut Socket is not perfect but it works. I have welded a 1/2 inch square drive socket in to the other end of the pipe and bingo attach the torque bar and dial in the steering nut torque.

 

[7981GS]

Looks like a PROFESSIONAL job to me!

Daniel

 

[Guest]

Looks like a PROFESSIONAL job to me!

Daniel

+1... nice tool creation Glen, I did mine by feel... so far so good but I'd rather use something like that to know it's right!

 

[john82q]

I am not a machinist or qualified in any way to make stuff

That statement is utter rubbish, and the pics do prove that.

<insert one liner about well crafted tool here >

 

[Tazman001]

What'd I wrench on today?

What'd I wrench on today?

Toyota Camry. Finished the replacement engine install.

 

[Shin-Ken 1074]

That statement is utter rubbish, and the pics do prove that.

<insert one liner about well crafted tool here >

Thanks for the vote of confidence John, see you and Val on the 5th, cheers.

 

[Shin-Ken 1074]

Replaced the steering head bearings today. When I work with bearings that involve pressing them onto shafts I like to help the process by cooling the shafts or in this case the steering stem by sitting the stem in ice for a couple of hours. This contracts the metal enough to make pressing on the now warm bearing. For todays job the bearings were left in the Sun on a 1/2 inch steel plate to act as a heat sink, in Winter I use a small electric oven to warm the bearings. The new roller bearing shells were also left in ice to make it easier to tap them into the frame. Tomorrow its forks, wheel and brakes and maybe even a shake-down ride if all goes well, cheers.

 

[Guest]

I've used a similar trick. If you want to make it more extreme, buy a pound or two of dry ice, and some 100% denatured ethanol. Shave the dry icie and sliowly add it to the ethanol. At first it will boil wildly. Eventually, when unmelted dry ice stays in ethanol, the temperature will be -70C, and any parts you add will make it boil rapidly again until they are cooled. Don't even consider letting the solution touch skin. Only handle parts that cold with tools, and it is best to wear fabric gloves inside rubber gloves. It will make parts shrink significantly more than water ice.

 

[Guest]

Good call Glen, I did the opposite with the wheel bearings and chucked them in the freezer for half an hour or so before installing and that seemed to do the trick.

Looks like you're gonna be all set for the 5th

I got a tracking email to say my valve cover gaskets and oil filters are in the country so I should be able to service her one night this week too! I think I need to finish sorting the garage in a hurry it's a real mess at the moment!

 

[Shin-Ken 1074]

Thanks for the dry ice recipe Tom, that would sure shrink it down. An advantage with using the ice or freezer method is as long as you work very fast bare hands are safe and no gloves to slow things down. The other issue over here is dry ice availability and the price when you do find a seller close by, cheers.

 

[Shin-Ken 1074]

Hi Pete, glad to hear your gasket and filter are in the country, you should have them by Tuesday at the latest? You know if you sort out the garage you will never find anything again, cheers.

 

[Guest]

Hi Pete, glad to hear your gasket and filter are in the country, you should have them by Tuesday at the latest? You know if you sort out the garage you will never find anything again, cheers.

I hope so! Rain and showers predicted all week so won't matter if she's off the road while I get it all done over a few nights. Gotta give everything a once over... heading out for a short run with John this morning which should get me real close to 1000km's for the first service

And yeah, I'm gonna lose a whole lot of stuff during the sorting! Haha

 

[Shin-Ken 1074]

Today so far the brake discs have been replaced, forks assembled with new seals and re-chromed inner tubes (no springs just yet), new pads for the calipers, bleed the front brake system and now that the anti-dive system has been bypassed the brake lever has a better feel. The new fork springs have arrived I just have to decide if they are going to be fitted today or Tuesday after some clarification from the supplier.

As always here at GSR pics are provided for your viewing, cheers.

 

[7981GS]

Mucho better! :clap:

Daniel

 

[Shin-Ken 1074]

Thanks Daniel, cheers.

 

[Guest]

Today I replaced my tach cable on the 1000. I pulled the inner cable out of the housing and put powdered graphite all over it before I put it back in. I also gave the tach a "shot" of WD-40 in the tach cable hole feed. No more bouncing of the needle, nice.
Thanks Daniel for that extremely nice cable. Don't know whether that was OEM or not, but it was extremely well made. It had a nice rubber boot that fit over the locking screw on the engine side. Haven't seen one of those before.
This is my first day back in Florida after a week in Ohio, so I just had to take it out and give it an hour test ride.

 

[7981GS]

Sedelen, O.E.M. from Boulevard Suzuki in FL. to me and back to FL. to you.
I have never seen that rubber boot either. Even when my 750 only had 1,500 miles on it, it wasn't there.
The VERY LEAST that I could do to START to repay YOUR generosity!


Daniel

 

[Guest]

Sedelen, O.E.M. from Boulevard Suzuki in FL. to me and back to FL. to you.
I have never seen that rubber boot either. Even when my 750 only had 1,500 miles on it, it wasn't there.
The VERY LEAST that I could do to START to repay YOUR generosity!


Daniel

It's really nice to know where that red-line is without guessing .

 

[Guest]

Today so far the brake discs have been replaced, forks assembled with new seals and re-chromed inner tubes (no springs just yet), new pads for the calipers, bleed the front brake system and now that the anti-dive system has been bypassed the brake lever has a better feel. The new fork springs have arrived I just have to decide if they are going to be fitted today or Tuesday after some clarification from the supplier.

As always here at GSR pics are provided for your viewing, cheers.

Beautiful work again Glen! Can't believe how shiny those caliper bolts are... but I think you may need some caliper paint :-\\\

What's the go with the springs? Do they not just slot in or waiting on oil level or something? I know with my Ikon springs they said stay with stock oil level, but they're not custom jobs just OEM replacement...

 

[Guest]

Sedelen, O.E.M. from Boulevard Suzuki in FL. to me and back to FL. to you.
I have never seen that rubber boot either. Even when my 750 only had 1,500 miles on it, it wasn't there.
The VERY LEAST that I could do to START to repay YOUR generosity!


Daniel

My 450 cable has the boot on it but I have a new one just about to arrive with my valve cover gaskets and oil filters so I hope it has the boot also.

My tacho's very bouncy and has been dismantled and cleaned as well as the cable removed, inner removed, cleaned, and lubed but still bouncy... hoping the new cable fixes that.