Bugger

[PaulSmith]

I am back on the road again  :rollin Happy days  :lol

Radfix is Galway did an excellent job sorting my radiator for very little money and mentioned that if it was totally borked, they would be able to build a new one for me by keeping the reservoirs and replacing the centre with one from a car radiator. (This wouldn't work for genII's because they use curved rads).

The fan proved to be more of a problem as there are very few available. I got mine from Holland were there were two, and I found one other in Italy and one in Poland.

[nickodemon]

Good stuff :thumbup  Just in time for spring! That's the first time i have heard of the fan rotting, but it's good you have put it on the forum. I bet everyone with a high mileage fazer is out in the garage checking....

[AyJay]

Err, yeah... I'm off to the garage right now.....


Thanks for the head's up, Paul.

[devilsyam]

Early r1 fan fits

[PaulSmith]

At one point I was seriously thinking of making a new frame for the fan from an old biscuit tin, but I couldn't find one thin enough or rusty enough. 

Thanks for the hint about old R1 fans, I am sure that will help somebody keep their baby on the road.

[AyJay]

Finally swapped to the summer bike and whipped off the radiator today to take a look. Oooh dear. The mounting lugs are all in a horrible state - one snapped clean through the others have so much corrosion it's almost like delaminated plywood.


Anyone know of a FZS1000 radiator for sale. None on eBay bar a chinese copy. Which might be ok for 80 quid


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This is the second radiator as the previous sprang a leak but although I've still got it, and it's not really worth repairing as it's not that much better. I guess this is what 7 winters of salt does to a Fazer radiator. The retaining rings on the header pipes are about 1/3 of the thickness they were originally too.

[PaulSmith]

Talking to the guy that repaired mine, he said that rebuilding the rad for a gen1 fazer would not be a problem, including making new mounting points. He said that the main section was pretty standard size so he would cut it out and replace it with one from a car, keeping just the original side pieces where all the hoses connect. He didn't seem to think it would cost much either. Since you have effecivly have a spare rad, it might be worth finding your local specialist and seeing what they can do with it. 

(The gen2 has a curved face which would make this much more tricky. Not impossible, but not cheap)

[unfazed]

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At £45 for the hose and £11 for the clip, I think I will pick up some rad-weld on my way home.

Radweld is for bodging rads in 60s era Fords and Austins.  Has no place in a high performance motorcycle motor, IMHO.

[/quote]

:agree a cheap repair with possible expensive consequences

[RMT1983]

Ive got a radiator in the garage....................

Pm me if you still need one

[AyJay]

PM sent RMT....