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My SS footrest pins arrived today - front & rear the correct size as per Laverdaroo link.
That’ll be one of them then…Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I'm thinking that it's only the paint making the clevis pin sit tight Ted, as soon as that wears down you may find they are loose. Mine, minus all the paint are very loose and I've followed old Honda before and watched the entire rear footrest vibrate and rattle around even on smooth roads. Just a thought, I'll keep you updated on how the mod goes in case yours start to rattle around.
My solution has arrived and it works very well Ted, TBH it's so simple I'm sure I'm not the first to do it. The original pins were 6mm and the nearest imperial size is 1/4" which is around 6.3mm, so I sourced some 1/4" stainless clevis pins, measured and found 1 1/2" would be long enough and ordered those. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/323993236763?var=513035785363The pins fitted the outer part of the footrest perfectly, so that shows how wide they'd gone, the inner ones it wouldn't go down, almost but not quite, so ordered a new 1/4" drill bit and that's fixed that. The length is better as well, very slightly too long but that allows a washer to go behind the head so stops that wearing the metal of the footrest bracket as it rotates, the 6mm ones wouldn't allow this. If you haven't compressed the outer bracket like I did it would also allow a washer or maybe 2 to go between the footrest and the bracket and still fit. Looking to see if I can find some 21/64" ones for the front now, might have some specially made, can't be doing with sloppy footrests. Or maybe I'll try some 3/8" pins.
Looking really nice, Ted.Keep up the pressure, it will come together quite fast from there.
Yes, keep,warm and active, Ted. I find bright lighting helps too?. If you have fluorescent tube lights it might help to get some 6000k natural daylight tubes?
Thats looking great Ted, well done mate.If anyone wants a cheap light trick, second hand bathroom halogen recess spots. I bought 4, hook em up in a chain through an off cut of timber and hang on big cable ties in the eaves. The cable ties grip the timber so you can swivel it from about 8:30 to the left and 3:30 to the right and you can slide it along the thin latt you hang it from over the bench. Cost me a tenner all in and is super bright as well as warming yer hands in the colder months. Moisture resistant and just on some flex to a plug. spot on.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Splendid, just watch yer meter with them on at full chat mine are really low wattage and pull less than a bulb, just keep yer eye out or a few on flea bay. I've just had to draft-proofed the shed door, cant concentrate with a draft going up me back