Buckster Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 04/03/2022 at 08:58, gymwitch said: One step closer going to be monday before i can put them on though WTF? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 On 05/03/2022 at 15:24, Buckster said: WTF? Whats up? What are you wtfing at?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 Did it and broke a pin bearing. Yaaaaay me !!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 14 minutes ago, gymwitch said: Did it and broke a pin bearing. Yaaaaay me !!! Pin Bearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 Needle....pin i dont know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 13 minutes ago, gymwitch said: Needle....pin i dont know @Sir Fallsalot @boboneleg @Catteeclan.......can you advise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 Ok so after watching all the available vids on youtube and reading the instructions that came with the kit, this is what unfolded...... I hoisted the rear of the bike on a disability hoist only enough so the bike was straight but being careful to make sure the back wheel was being supported by the floor !!! This part is very important because the wheel will drop if not supported underneath when you take the pins out..... Anyhoo i also have a jack poised ready and waiting under the swing arm. This will be used to align the new dog bone doofa holes with the new settings. Eventually i am able to undo the bolts. I must add that i am unable to use my left thumb completely atm due to trigger thumb and my right thumb isnt much better. Anyway after getting the nuts off i couldnt get the bolts out. On the vids though of course they slide out like a knife through bloody butter !!! Nope not budging. Now im bleeding from freshly skinned knuckles. Marvelous. Little voice in my head is screaming at me to hoist the bike up more. Tentatively hoist it up a bit more but keeping pressure under it cos thats what ive been told. Nothing. Stuck firmly in. Rings husband. He tells me to tap them out with plastic mallet. Does that and yes success....except now the collar thing is coming out too. Vids said not to let that happen. Starts tippy tapping those back in. Everytime i tap bolts out those collars come out too. Gets pissed off, lies on floor now under the bike and by feel started to turn the bolt out. Its working....feeling the bolt with my dodgy left cripple hand and turning it with pliars. When i stopped though to look the bloody collar thing was almost all the way out. FFS !!!! Tippy taps it back in but then all these little silver pins drop out the other side. Throws tools on the floor to commence a nuclear infused tantrum. Went in. Made a brew. Seething. Goes back in housts the damned thing into the air and the bolts slid straight out The wheel didnt drop. Nothing bad happened it all went swimmingly but now i need to replace this bearing. CAN I FIND WHAT THAT BLOODY BEARING IS !!! I put it all back together regardless and its lowered by what feels a satisfactory amount.....now to find these bearings and fix it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 55 minutes ago, gymwitch said: Ok so after watching all the available vids on youtube and reading the instructions that came with the kit, this is what unfolded...... I hoisted the rear of the bike on a disability hoist only enough so the bike was straight but being careful to make sure the back wheel was being supported by the floor !!! This part is very important because the wheel will drop if not supported underneath when you take the pins out..... Anyhoo i also have a jack poised ready and waiting under the swing arm. This will be used to align the new dog bone doofa holes with the new settings. Eventually i am able to undo the bolts. I must add that i am unable to use my left thumb completely atm due to trigger thumb and my right thumb isnt much better. Anyway after getting the nuts off i couldnt get the bolts out. On the vids though of course they slide out like a knife through bloody butter !!! Nope not budging. Now im bleeding from freshly skinned knuckles. Marvelous. Little voice in my head is screaming at me to hoist the bike up more. Tentatively hoist it up a bit more but keeping pressure under it cos thats what ive been told. Nothing. Stuck firmly in. Rings husband. He tells me to tap them out with plastic mallet. Does that and yes success....except now the collar thing is coming out too. Vids said not to let that happen. Starts tippy tapping those back in. Everytime i tap bolts out those collars come out too. Gets pissed off, lies on floor now under the bike and by feel started to turn the bolt out. Its working....feeling the bolt with my dodgy left cripple hand and turning it with pliars. When i stopped though to look the bloody collar thing was almost all the way out. FFS !!!! Tippy taps it back in but then all these little silver pins drop out the other side. Throws tools on the floor to commence a nuclear infused tantrum. Went in. Made a brew. Seething. Goes back in housts the damned thing into the air and the bolts slid straight out The wheel didnt drop. Nothing bad happened it all went swimmingly but now i need to replace this bearing. CAN I FIND WHAT THAT BLOODY BEARING IS !!! I put it all back together regardless and its lowered by what feels a satisfactory amount.....now to find these bearings and fix it. That sucks. I used this this method- book mechanic, drink some tea, pay up. Have you tried out Fowlers part finder tool? Its not always correct and its sometimes a pita to find exactly what you want but it can be useful. https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-IWCueOz9gIVS-rtCh3jEgeDEAAYASAAEgISzvD_BwE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 52 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: That sucks. I used this this method- book mechanic, drink some tea, pay up. Have you tried out Fowlers part finder tool? Its not always correct and its sometimes a pita to find exactly what you want but it can be useful. https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-IWCueOz9gIVS-rtCh3jEgeDEAAYASAAEgISzvD_BwE Just pushing it round to mechanics now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: That sucks. I used this this method- book mechanic, drink some tea, pay up. Have you tried out Fowlers part finder tool? Its not always correct and its sometimes a pita to find exactly what you want but it can be useful. https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-IWCueOz9gIVS-rtCh3jEgeDEAAYASAAEgISzvD_BwE That part finder is spot on thanks. Found the bearing in question straight away !!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 4 hours ago, gymwitch said: Tippy taps it back in but then all these little silver pins drop out the other side. Throws tools on the floor to commence a nuclear infused tantrum. Went in. Made a brew. Seething. Goes back in housts the damned thing into the air and the bolts slid straight out The wheel didnt drop. Nothing bad happened it all went swimmingly but now i need to replace this bearing. CAN I FIND WHAT THAT BLOODY BEARING IS !!! I put it all back together regardless and its lowered by what feels a satisfactory amount.....now to find these bearings and fix it. If you mean the little steel pins that make up the rollers, do you think you are missing a single one of those, because they always seem like one is missing, but there is a gap in the ones I have seen. You just put a bed of grease in the sleeve and lay the pins back in, the grease holds them whilst you put the bolt back through. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 4 hours ago, yen_powell said: If you mean the little steel pins that make up the rollers, do you think you are missing a single one of those, because they always seem like one is missing, but there is a gap in the ones I have seen. You just put a bed of grease in the sleeve and lay the pins back in, the grease holds them whilst you put the bolt back through. Its out of my hands now. I thought i had done damage so took it to a mechanic. Now im hoping my pathetic wage will cover it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 Good news is i rode it round and the height is bob on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 8 hours ago, XTreme said: @Sir Fallsalot @boboneleg @Catteeclan.......can you advise? A bit late for any advice now 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, gymwitch said: Good news is i rode it round and the height is bob on. Have you dropped the front end as well by slackening the fork clamps and sliding the forks up a bit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 Just now, Sir Fallsalot said: Have you dropped the front end as well by slackening the fork clamps and sliding them up a bit Not yet. Ill do that when i get it back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Just now, Sir Fallsalot said: Have you dropped the front end as well by slackening the fork clamps and sliding the forks up a bit I was just about to ask that funnily enough! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Just now, gymwitch said: Not yet. Ill do that when i get it back. I'm surprised how many people don't do that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 14 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: A bit late for any advice now Only just back from work. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 19 minutes ago, Catteeclan said: Only just back from work. Monday is my day off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 32 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: I'm surprised how many people don't do that How much would ypu adjust the forks by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 20 minutes ago, Catteeclan said: Only just back from work. I thought you'd finished work Dave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Don't undo all the fork clamp bolts too loosely as the whole bike just slides down the forks suddenly......I heard. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 20 minutes ago, XTreme said: I thought you'd finished work Dave? I have but still go in on Mondays to help out, and Friday this week. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 22 minutes ago, gymwitch said: Monday is my day off Bummer with the needles, must of had some tension on their somewhere. I had a similar thing happen on an inner drive shaft joint on the car. Bloody needles everywhere but did get it all back together again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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