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SE Kweensland K Kronies Mini Workshop. Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:15 am
MartinW
Life time member
To resolve a clunk that had developed in Izzies front end when coming to a stop I invited Mick and SSD over for a mini workshop. Prior to the workshop I had chased the noise checking it over bumps no noise, checked the front brakes no slop, had SSD sit on the bike raising the front wheel while I pushed and pulled no noise. So with Mick and SSD in attendance and after doing a few stops in my garage the bike produced the noise. SSD suggested checking the steering head bearings everything seemed tight. However with Mick sitting on the pillion seat and me with a finger on the adjusting nut SSD proceeded to heave and push on the wheel. A barely perceptible movement was felt. It was found the top locking nut was loose just over finger tight and after tightening and checking the clunk was banished.
The next job was to check Micks centre stand which was very stiff in it's action. He said he had greased it but I decided to try greasing it again and found the grease was coming out of the side of the grease gun nozzle. Mick removed the grease nipples and flushed out the grease with WD40 while I cleaned out the grease nipples. One was blocked with this stringy looking stuff the other had solid muck in it which required a pick to get it out. Once cleaned and checked they were reinstalled and greased. Stand now functions as it should.
Next job was to tighten up SSD's sloppy 22 Lt top box. A couple of extra washers on the locking pin partially cured the problem. However it still rocked side to side so a couple of strips of 2.5 mm insertion rubber were hot glued on the underside of the top box where the box sits on the rack, problem solved. We then rewired SSD's LED light so that it went through the ignition switch only to find the light had an intermittent problem. Thanks Mick and SSD.
Jamie dropped in this morning while I was in the process of tidying up the dash wiring. He had his very clean Moto Morini 3 1/2 on his trailer very tasty. He had told me that my LH pannier was bouncing around when on a very bumpy undulating track on our last ride. So after he left out with the insertion rubber and hot glue gun and a couple of strips were glued into the recesses on both panniers where they hook over the rails. Now rock solid. It is really good how our group has come together and cooperates even with non bike related projects.
Regards Martin.
The next job was to check Micks centre stand which was very stiff in it's action. He said he had greased it but I decided to try greasing it again and found the grease was coming out of the side of the grease gun nozzle. Mick removed the grease nipples and flushed out the grease with WD40 while I cleaned out the grease nipples. One was blocked with this stringy looking stuff the other had solid muck in it which required a pick to get it out. Once cleaned and checked they were reinstalled and greased. Stand now functions as it should.
Next job was to tighten up SSD's sloppy 22 Lt top box. A couple of extra washers on the locking pin partially cured the problem. However it still rocked side to side so a couple of strips of 2.5 mm insertion rubber were hot glued on the underside of the top box where the box sits on the rack, problem solved. We then rewired SSD's LED light so that it went through the ignition switch only to find the light had an intermittent problem. Thanks Mick and SSD.
Jamie dropped in this morning while I was in the process of tidying up the dash wiring. He had his very clean Moto Morini 3 1/2 on his trailer very tasty. He had told me that my LH pannier was bouncing around when on a very bumpy undulating track on our last ride. So after he left out with the insertion rubber and hot glue gun and a couple of strips were glued into the recesses on both panniers where they hook over the rails. Now rock solid. It is really good how our group has come together and cooperates even with non bike related projects.
Regards Martin.
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