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     Ourdee |
It has been busy lately for me. I drove a roll back for the last 6 months. That means that life was put on hold for 6 months. I've been working non stop to take care of 6 months of back logged projects. Lil Red is getting some attention. And Crusty has volunteered to change my tires. ;p | ||
| Ourdee |
SCGs are different when it comes to jacking them up. Especially with the Magnaflow under it. This is how I get it high enough. The ladder and 2 straps in the second pic. is how I secure it. I decided to remove the wheels and transport them in a car to Cincy. I prefer using my own tools and had to remove the front rotor so I could instal the EBR rotor up front. I am glad I took the wheels off at home.  (Message edited by ourdee on August 08, 2018) | ||
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| Ourdee |
Yep, that is what you think is going on. I rotated the rear bearings by hand and they felt different from each other. 25,000 miles and one had the first indication of water intrusion. Some little streaks of brown on a 3/4 inch spot on the brake rotor. I popped the seal on that one and found it poised to give up the ghost on the next long trip. I had a pair of 6006 All Balls under the seat for the last 15,000 miles. They are installed in the wheel now. That tool is a bearing puller from Harbor freight that I have used on Buell wheel bearings for near 10 years now. I made an install tool out of a huge piece of all thread and various large washers. | ||
| Ourdee |
NOTE: Rotor side bearing gets all the way seated first. I was so lucky to get to install the bearings in my garage where I keep the puller and install tool. Road side is not fun. At home I had the luxury of putting the new bearings in the freezer before putting them in. Another advantage of removing the wheels at home is the amount of time I can take to get the wheel weights off the rims. I use an alcohol wipe and fiber stick (a sharp plastic stick). At Crusty's all we have to do is mount and balance 2 tires. That leaves more time for porch sitting, fine dining, and fat chewing. I'll try not to wear out my welcome, or ruin it for the rest of you. | ||
| Crusty |
RD; I have a plastic "Chisel" that works really well at removing old wheel weights, and a gas soaked rag makes very short work of the residue. Still; you (and any other Badwebber who needs tires mounted and/or balanced) are always welcome. Hell; you're all welcome even if all you want to do is sit around and shoot the bull. I will say, however, that Nobody beats my prices on changing tires, unless they're paying you to let them change 'em. (Message edited by Crusty on August 08, 2018) | ||
| Tootal |
Ourdee, keep your ears listening for a screaming sound. Bearings stored in a bike for 15,000 miles could easily be brinelled. They will sing to high heaven if they are. Although keeping spare bearings under the seat sounds like a great idea, it's probably the worst place for the bearing itself. I'm hoping there is enough grease in there to keep the vibrations quelled enough to not cause brinelling. We used some bearings on a centrifuge one time that had been in a cabinet for years right next to the centrifuge. Centrifuges vibrate and these new bearings were so loud you could hear them 2 blocks away!! They were 14" in diameter though. | ||
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| Natexlh1000 |
Oh man! lookit the fancy rotor on this guy! I got lucky with my rear bearings too. I was backing it out of my garage and they clicked at me. Both were full of water. Dealership accused me of crossing rivers. I reminded them of the rain that had just happened. "Weren't you out riding? I was!" | ||
| Ourdee |
Tootal, Thanks for the heads up. I'll listen. | ||
| Ratbuell |
still using the orange seal bearings? | ||
| Ourdee |
It was the OEM orange seals from 08. I had good luck with the fronts from 08. I kept Lil Red out of the snow up north unlike the Uly. | ||
| Ourdee |
So the tires I chose to replace the Angel GTs with are the Angel STs. A friend told me to use Dennis Kirk for tires. I picked up a front and rear set for Lil Red at just a few bucks over 200 shipped. I loves me some free shipping. | ||
| Ourdee |
I'm working on a highway peg system for Lil Red. Nothing special, just an alternate place for my feet on 100 mile stretches of highway. I'll be able to install and remove in 2 or 3 minutes while refueling. If all goes as planned they will screw in 4 or 5 turns. Then an 1/16 inch hitch pin clip will keep them from un-threading. The pegs will limit my lean angle to 58.6 degrees in a corner while installed. Un-installed Lil Red does a 45 degree lean angle before dragging pegs with the suspension unloaded. NOTE: All lean angles are hypothetical guesses based on my imagination. | ||
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| Ourdee |
Thought: After tires are back on and I can remove the Magnaflow muffler.... I have 8" long 3/8" bolts to mock up as highway pegs. I drilled out the threads on one nut that the bolt can pass through. I'll weld that nut at the outside edge of the muffler's forward end cap. The nut with threads in it will be welded on the end cap beside the inlet. The bolt slides through threadless nut and is threaded into the nut beside the inlet. I get about 2.5" nut to nut. Leaving a 5.5" peg sticking out. I can shorten this bolt 1" or buy a 6" bolt if it is practical to go shorter. (Message edited by Ourdee on August 09, 2018) | ||
| Mnscrounger |
IF I understand correctly.. Are you using the muffler as a mount point? Won't that conduct heat to the peg, and eventually to your boot? Wouldn't it also tickle yer feet when you accelerate? (Of course the right amount of acceleration makes most of us giggle anyways.) | ||
| Ourdee |
Here are 3 of Johnboy777's pics of the Magnaflow 11148. I do not think there will be much heat transfer to the last 4" of the pegs. They will be attached to the end caps beside the inlet. It is not like the hot gases are flowing up against the end cap. If they get hot, I'll wrap the pegs with header wrap. =]    I can laugh a little if my knees get some pressure taken off them on a long freeway run. | ||
| Ourdee |
So..., Now I have found another man's work. This fellow made mounts for a set of highway pegs that would be akin to using 5ODRO's case slider mounts for putting the pegs on. He had a complaint about the vibrations. Said that over all the help for the knees is worth it. Sounded like he got used to it as a trade off. The thing I like is how reversible it is if I decide against it later. I want to share the drawings he made, but do not want to pilfer the credit. His user name on another board is TPEHAK. Now to source a square foot of 1/4" aluminum plate. | ||
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| Ourdee |
I had not a clue how bad my tires were. It went from feeling like a fat tire bicycle with low air pressure to a ten speed with razor accuracy. Thank you John for the mounting and balancing. Lil Red feels like a new machine. Happy, Happy, Happy! | ||
| Ourdee |
Rats. It's the middle of the night. I've been eating Chuckles and Jelly Beans. Now I'm wired like a little kid. | ||
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| Ourdee |
The cooler on top is empty. I may lose it prior to heading out. | ||
| Ourdee |
The 1/4 inch aluminum plates just arrived. | ||
| 86129squids |
KEEP the cooler!! Chances are Mark will have leftover pork and fixins!!! Besides, you'll need ice and cold stuff if it gets as hot as I think there. Bonus- there's a really nice pool a bit down the road, cheep to get in and cool off, pack some swimming trunks. | ||
| 1313 |
I'm wired like a little kid. I'd second that! But that's what makes you, you. Keep on, keepin' on! | ||
| Ourdee |
The McMasterCar box of bolts and spacers were on my front porch when we went for Ice cream this evening. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
LOL "bag of holding" nerd  | ||
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