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     Big_island_rider |
So a funny thing happened on my ride today. Beautiful day, almost no one on the road due to stay at home order. I went to shift and my shift peg just was not where I expected it to be. Looked down just in time to see the shift arm pivot bolt was falling out of the arm.  Well crap! SO I grab the clutch and brake and pull over safely. I started doing the walk of shame back and eventually found the bolt but of course could not find the bushing. I searched for about 20 minutes to no avail. But I did find other interesting things including a plastic lug nut cover. Now I always carry a knife because they come in very handy for fixing things, self defense and panty removal.  So I cut some of the plastic shroud off the lug nut cover and slowly sized it to fit inside the arm where the original bushing.  Then used some of the "tools" in the Buell toolkit to tighten the bolt back in place. Had to use the wrench of one and the flat of another. Only had a few miles left to get home. Lesson learned. Plan on putting some Loctite blue on this bolt and check more often. Now the only question, does anyone know the size and composition of the replacement bushing? | ||
| 86129squids |
"Now I always carry a knife because they come in very handy for fixing things, self defense and panty removal." Biggie wins the BadWeb tonite.  | ||
| Two_seasons |
Your local HW store should have something. Or the home improvement store. Lots of Buell "items" there.  | ||
| Pwnzor |
Been there, done that. Not with a lugnut cover, but some other piece of detritus found next to the road. Good post, glad you worked it out | ||
| Uncle |
My best roadside engineering story........Coming home to Massachusetts from California in an MG midget. In Nevada/Utah, the fuel pump went.Middle of nowhere, NOTHING around. First we ran the fuel line through the windshield washer pump.Worked great until the gas ate the plastic.Then we got a 2 liter bottle and siphoned gas into it, and ran fuel line to the carb. My friend drove and I held it out the window and over the hood to gravity feed it.A couple of refills got us to the next town. | ||
| Pwnzor |
This thread is going places. Several of us witnessed Tootal supergluing Froggy's starter back together... Bring on the stories! | ||
| Teeps |
After watching youtube videos about pouring babitt bearings. I might be tempted to pour one out of JB-Weld. 'course if you know a machinist with a mill... | ||
| Buellish |
"Several of us witnessed Tootal supergluing Froggy's starter back together" Greg's roadside motorcycle repair,or in this case parking lot motorcycle repair. | ||
| Tootal |
Let's just say after a career of modifying, repairing and building machinery I just don't like to loose!! Broken machinery just sits there being useless and lifting a middle finger to your abilities! Quick story; 1991 Harley FLHS Electra Glide Sport. 8251 mile trip. 12 miles from home my shift linkage wears out at a ball socket joint. The ball will go in but won't stay. I looked around on the side of the road and found a heavy rubber band. I put the ball in the socket and started wrapping. Rode it that way for a week till I got a new part. The Lord will provide!! BTW, if given good dimensions I can make a bushing out of Delrin and send it to you. It'll cost you shipping. (Message edited by tootal on May 05, 2020) | ||
| Big_island_rider |
Tootal, Thanks I appreciate the offer, may take you up on it. I have the parts manual and the part number but no specs. I will do a little research and as some suggested find a "replacement" at Ace hardware. Just gotta pull out the old ruler if all else fails. | ||
| Tootal |
If you can find somebody with some dial calipers or digital calipers so you can measure the inside diameter of the hole and the outside diameter of the shaft along with the length of the bushing I can make one that will press fit in the hole with clearance for the shaft. | ||
| 86129squids |
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