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Humour / Re: Wife bought me some new tools.

« Last post by K2-K6 on Today at 04:34:09 PM »

You could use them to put up some virtual shelves for ornaments that don't need to be bought Ted

Project Board / Re: Mike's CB550 Project

« Last post by McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on Today at 04:33:21 PM »

Iirc a suitable sized brush stale has been used by members in the past to prevent the rotation. I believe it's inserted down the fork leg to jam the inside part. Never had to do it myself so you might find it via the search facility.

I assume you have removed the spring.

Project Board / Re: Mike's CB550 Project

« Last post by Mike_Berkshire on Today at 03:14:22 PM »

Thanks to all the tips on decarbing the valves they are all now cleaned up and shortly i will get to grinding them in on the sparkly clean head. I decided to do some work on the forks next. I read the manual (Haynes) and watched a couple of YouTube tutorials and all seemed fairly straightforward. I followed the steps draining the oil, pre-loosening the bottom Allen screw, removing the top 22mm fap and the spring but, I cannot now get the Allen screw out of the bottom of the fork leg to relase leg form top tube. The bolt just spins around; I assume it screws into the bottom of the damper tube which is rotating with the screw. I have tried pulling on the chrome fork tube, pushing on it to create some tension but no joy. Have I approached this incorrectly or is there a knack to this that I havent discovered? Any advice would be very welcome. Mike

Humour / Re: Wife bought me some new tools.

« Last post by McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on Today at 02:53:19 PM »

I'm 26 years ahead of you Roo!

Member 4 Sales / Honda pin on badges .

« Last post by mick on Today at 02:52:48 PM »

I have a selection of pin on badges for sale , some used some new , all in very good condition , i would like £28 for them all ,

price includes p+p in the Uk , cheers .

Humour / Re: Wife bought me some new tools.

« Last post by Laverdaroo on Today at 02:30:26 PM »

Who’s a lucky boy then?

Happy Burfday Ted, mine next week, the big 50

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Humour / Wife bought me some new tools.

« Last post by McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on Today at 01:52:35 PM »

I had some new tools from Wendy for my recent birthday - undecided between Metric & Imperial so she went for the safe option.

Edible ones!

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Edible Tools by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

Misc / Open / Re: What happens if an exhaust mounting stud snaps off?

« Last post by Spitfire on Today at 01:40:46 PM »

I came across this when I was stripping down the F1 to start the rebuild, at first there was a broken stub visible about 1 inch, so I tried heat, penetrating oil, freezing stuff all to no avail.
I then used a roller type extracter which broke the stud revealing that nothing at all had penetrated
So it was head off and away to a machine shop, this did not bother me too much as I then could check the top end as the bike had been in storage for 10 years, I did find a stuck piston ring so it was worth it.