winter maintence ,what you got planned ?

[robbo]

Went to the Excel today. Here's a few pics for Mr.Red, taken on the Abba stand. A Sky Lift is the way forward.

[red98]

mmmmmm  very nice.......thanks for the piccies ROBBO  :thumbup ...did they have a special show price ?

[robbo]

Pretty sure it was £415 with one set of adaptors.

[red98]

Pretty sure it was £415 with one set of adaptors.

£467 from M&P......eazy rizer lifts any bike without the need for different fitting kits....direct from quasar for £340 + £25 p+p....ive not seen one in the flesh though.....

[red98]

not much time to myself recently but managed a few hours in the garage today....welded the downpipes rear bracket back on....trial fitted and its in the right place :thumbup ....couple more jobs to add to the list, clutch cable is right at the ends of its adjustment and needs replacing along with the choke cable which snapped a couple of years ago.......slow going but i am slowly getting there.....think i need to address my work / life balance,roll on the summer...

[red98]

mmmmm...think i missed the deadline  :o ....time on my hands now so lets see if i can get it back together .as it is now...

[red98]

getting there....just a couple of bits to go.started up and up to temp and no water leaks  :thumbup i do have a slight oil weep from the oil cooler though thats for another day...

[robbo]

Nice work Mr.Red :thumbup . Just gotta hope we can get out this year.
Is your mountain bike, hanging on the wall, a Trek?.

[red98]

hi ROBBO ...yep,hopefully we can get out towards the end of the year, was looking forward to the pioneer run but got cancelled, its diffacult to plan ahead with things as they are but its on my list for next year...


well spotted on the mountain bike, yes, its a TREK 3900 , had it a few years now and very happy with it, be out tomorrow for a bit of exercise, not done anything for over a week now  :o

[robbo]

When the lockdown finishes, we'll have to sort a good LOFO day out. Maybe my day trip to Cornwall if it's not too late in the year, as we'll start losing daylight past the end of August.
I've a Trek Excaliber. Maybe we could start a "Show us your mountain bike thread" :lol .

[fazerscotty]

Should this thread be renamed to - what your going to achieve in the lockdown? :lol :lol :lol

[red98]

had to re-visit this waterpump/oil pump problem  :\ ...i have a small oil weep thats dripping onto the exhaust collector box,had to take the downpipes off to find the leak , its coming from the securing screw which holds the water pipe that hides behind the front sprocket cover,removing the screw and it dribbles out,wasnt expecting that so iam thinking of applying a bit of sealent to the screw and putting it back together...what do you lot think...good/bad idea ?


top left of the water pump hole,ive put the hex drive screw back in to stem the flow...

[Gnasher]

Shouldn't be weeping oil from there mate are you sure that's where it's coming from?

[red98]

yes , bolts just hand tight if i remove it i get a constant dribble.with water pipe fitted and bolt tightened correctly its reduced to a weep,very strange...

[red98]

well....iam not having a good day  :\ ......released the rear wheel spindle, pushed the rear wheel forward and slipped the chain off both sprockets, rear wheel spins smoothly with no play in the bearings, front bearing sounds bl**dy awful, spins far too easily, has a bit of play and sounds bone dry...new bearing on FOWLERS is £105 :eek ...going to leave that for now as i think that`s an engine out job and split the cases hope iam wrong though...


right,where did i get too with the thou.......

[red98]

well....iam not having a good day  :\ ......released the rear wheel spindle, pushed the rear wheel forward and slipped the chain off both sprockets, rear wheel spins smoothly with no play in the bearings, front bearing sounds bl**dy awful, spins far too easily, has a bit of play and sounds bone dry...new bearing on FOWLERS is £105 :eek ...going to leave that for now as i think that`s an engine out job and split the cases hope iam wrong though...


right,where did i get too with the thou.......

and thats how good my day has been..........finishing off by posting in the wrong thread  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(


i am of course referring too my 600 steam powered boxeye    :o

[red98]

lets see if i can get back on track  :rolleyes ......had another look at the thou, the tapped hole thats leaking oil is bored all the way through the engine cases,if i put a small screwdriver in there it touches the casing of the waterpump,if its not meant to be like that and someones sheared a bolt off,bored it out and gone too deep and re tapped it they have done a very good neat job, just a shame they went all the way through...i have owned the bike for 8 years so its done well...but what do i do now ?.......iam going to try some sealant i think,got nothing to loose...unless of course you lot know different....

[robbo]

Blimey Mr.Red, you're not having much luck, that's for sure. Could you seal the back of the hole with JB weld. Then cut down the bolt to make sure it doesn't go in too deep, if it's not under much stress.

[red98]

hi ROBBO, yeh ive had better days  :rolleyes ...to block the hole from the rear i would have to take the sump off and then the water pump might still be in the way...could probably get in there and block the hole on the inside with something and push the jb weld in from the outside making sure i keep the threads clear but i believe you can drill and tap that stuff anyway,plenty of depth there...got me thinking now 

[red98]

more tinkering with the thou...i smeared a bit of instant gasket on the screw and bolted everything back together , ran up to temp and no leak from the screw      but.....there is just a smear of oil coming from the water pipe which connects to the water pump/oil pump,big hole in the picture, the water pump pipe has an O ring which i have replaced from a "o ring assortment set" bought on ebay. this seals the pipe to retain the coolant, there is also an O ring on the outer edge of the water pump which the water pipe plugs into, this one stops the oil getting out, i replaced this one as well from the assortment set when i rebuilt the water pump/oil pump at the start of this thread, so iam thinking the O ring is not up to the job...looking on FOWLERS excellent website they list both O rings one is £0.93 the other £4.37...a bit more than just an O ring,ive ordered one and will put them side by side and see if i can see the difference, size or material there must be something different...