jpe's Bumble bee - The collected mods

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Re: jpe's Bumble bee - The collected mods

Post by jpe70 » Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:04 pm

So this then... :evil:

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Welding didn't work, so drilling next up. Just need to do some shopping first. And add some grunt in the bike with a sticker... :roll:

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Post by cobbadiggabuddyblooo » Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:36 am

Plastic weld???
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Post by dicky » Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:49 am

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Post by jpe70 » Thu Apr 02, 2020 7:21 pm

dicky wrote:The first image is not showing.
Just as well, it's just annoying... Adjustment bolt for rear axle snapped in the swingarm. :roll:

But have tried to fix it. Sometimes the Google photo link gets the private, not shared, photo for some reason.

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Post by dicky » Thu Apr 02, 2020 11:27 pm

Adjustment bolt for rear axle snapped in the swingarm
Bugger.
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Post by jpe70 » Sat Apr 04, 2020 3:47 pm

Did an attempt to fix the fused and broken bolt in the swingarm today. Took me a few hours including the shopping I had to do, and resulted in an ugly "temporary" solution. Managed to drill it fairly straight but unfortunately slightly off centre. And the length of the shit stuck in the swingarm!! Drilled 35 mm before I got through the old bolt. Anyways, all good until I got up in drill size, 4 mm and 5 mm was OK but that's it. Couldn't use 6 mm without getting some aluminium along. Then what?

The drilled bolt didn't move at all during my prodding so that's when I decided on the ugly solution. I threaded the hole with M6 and used the old bolt as an insert instead of making an even bigger mess trying to remove it and likely destroying the original M8 threads.

F*k'd up? You bet, different size bolts for same function is frustrating! But it should work until I come up with a better idea or find another swingarm for the R6 rear.

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Post by dicky » Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:32 pm

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One 'trick' to removing stuck bolts is to drill them with a LH twist drill.
These are usually available from the same companies that make screw extractor bits. (Suttons in Australia)
For some reason they never package the LH bits with the screw extractors, and I've never understood why.
For many stuck bolts the LH drill will cause it to come out without needed to use the extractor.
I think in your case it would be very difficult given the length of the bit needed to get to the bolt, but for general applications a LH twist bit can work wonders.
Just don't leave them to get mixed up with your normal RH bits.
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Post by cobbadiggabuddyblooo » Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:13 am

:shock: :shock: Is that a drill bit in your pocket or are you just glad to see me!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by jpe70 » Mon Apr 06, 2020 8:54 pm

cobbadiggabuddyblooo wrote::shock: :shock: Is that a drill bit in your pocket or are you just glad to see me!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
"It's a full drill, not just bit" :roll: #-o

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Post by jpe70 » Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:13 pm

You never know what might fall off a TRX... :lol:

Better secure it so I know it's thightened. Aaaand for you who think the wire is there to secure the bolt tight, it's not. It's there so you know the bolts have been tightened and, in the off chance they work themselves loose anyway, won't unwind completely.

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Honestly, not much else going on since the bike more or less is "done" until I can get money for an engine rebuild. Looks like there's not going to be any Brno-trip so might replace that with a serious session on a dyno. To get a health check and a "Before" status. :twisted:

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Post by Tarwetijger » Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:42 pm

I've never seen caliper bolts secured like this, with removable clips.

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Post by jpe70 » Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:52 pm

Tarwetijger wrote:I've never seen caliper bolts secured like this, with removable clips.
Very handy, especially in Endurance/Relay that we did a couple of years back. Gets A LOT of re-winding otherwise, slowing down pit stops with tire/brake change.

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Post by jpe70 » Wed May 06, 2020 6:01 pm

When nothing else happens, and everyone is practicing "social distancing" (like Swede's ever did it any other way...) any little thing is progress. Like bike getting something like original stickers back after 15-odd years! There goes my plans for a nice and fast look. Seems like it will stay stock colors another season unless I stumble upon some race fairings. 8)

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Track days coming up in two weeks, 22:nd and 24:th. First time with new ignition and carb setup. Will be interesting, let's see if I can match PB again. We never got to do one of the tracks last season, that day rained away with slicks on the bike.

Also, reworked one of the crashed Yoshimura cans from my R1 racebike to a replacement for my "stock" Akra. Heavier but JIC you know... :roll:

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Post by Tarwetijger » Wed May 06, 2020 7:04 pm

Nice. How did you go with the broken bolt?

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Post by jpe70 » Wed May 06, 2020 7:20 pm

Tarwetijger wrote:Nice. How did you go with the broken bolt?
Halfways... Didn't get it out, but drilled it and put a smaller bolt inside and running with that until something gives. Now have M8 one side and M6 one side. Somewhat planning for a swing arm change and contemplating alternative.

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