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MrBeanz
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Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Boring networking day today.
keithmac
Guru
"Interesting" one last week, customer brought his BMW in for an MOT.
The brakes had been sticking on so he'd decided to cover the disks/ brake pads etc in oil to free them off!.
Whats worse is BMW have decided to put the brake fluid reservoirs under the bloody fuel tank (abs servo brakes), so it's an hours job just to be able to top them up!.
Was a nightmare to bleed, ended up using a syringe to pump fluid up from the calipers to the servo unit.
Had made some new lines for the front so front brake system was completely empty.
The fluid the came out was horrific!.
The brakes had been sticking on so he'd decided to cover the disks/ brake pads etc in oil to free them off!.
Whats worse is BMW have decided to put the brake fluid reservoirs under the bloody fuel tank (abs servo brakes), so it's an hours job just to be able to top them up!.
Was a nightmare to bleed, ended up using a syringe to pump fluid up from the calipers to the servo unit.
Had made some new lines for the front so front brake system was completely empty.
The fluid the came out was horrific!.
Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
Pumpkin the robot
Guru
I went over to an engineering company opposite us today to see if I could scrounge some aluminium plate. I saw an engine that looked familiar to me. It is one I machined from solid aluminium about 9 years ago for a guy that has a dubious reputation in these parts. The engine is pretty much as I left it, none of the other work has been done. There was a V10 and a V8. Pics below show the heads I did for the V10. The inserts were laser welded in place to create the water jacket.
The guy over the road was doing work on a bike engine for the guy that designed it all. I just told him to make sure he did not hand it over until he had cashed the cheque for the work!
The guy over the road was doing work on a bike engine for the guy that designed it all. I just told him to make sure he did not hand it over until he had cashed the cheque for the work!
keithmac
Guru
Stunning work there, hats off to you!. Did he pay you for it?.
keithmac
Guru
The RD500 has turned into a bit of a "project" now!.
Had to pull the front end out to modify a steering stop, managed to refurbish the anti dive system (no parts available).
Got it back in one lump for a roadtest (nice and steady as it's not mine to break..).
All stripped now and panels off to painters.
Front calipers need stripping (partially seized) bit of a ball ache as it took ages to blead!.
Had to pull the front end out to modify a steering stop, managed to refurbish the anti dive system (no parts available).
Got it back in one lump for a roadtest (nice and steady as it's not mine to break..).
All stripped now and panels off to painters.
Front calipers need stripping (partially seized) bit of a ball ache as it took ages to blead!.
Pumpkin the robot
Guru
I got paid eventually, but I would not trust him as far as I coulf throw him! He is a very clever guy, but is trailed by failed projects. He blames everyone else, but there is one common denominator in it all!
I did some work for a friend of mine on an RZ500 track bike he was building. He was converting the cylinders to use RGV250 barrels as they had better porting and sorted the problem of one of the cylinders overheating. The cases needed machining, and some plates machined to put it all together. The bike is still being built 10 years later, but it is a very special bike.
