| Author | Message | ||
     Glitch |
If you've read the Maxton 2004 thread in the Quick Board. You know I'm going to Maxton this Spring. I need some advise. How do you safety wire the rear axle? Here's the link to my question. Thanks in advance. | ||
| Daves |
That will be a trick on a XB! i wish i had an idea, let me ponder on it for a while. Ride to the edge! Dave Iowa HD/Buell (Buell Cycle Center) | ||
| Roc |
Does it need to be safety wired or is it some type of "secure by visually verifiable means" rule? I don’t have my manual handy, but if that rear axle requires rotating to be removed you could probably secure it by drilling a hole through the axle on the side closest to the slot in the swing arm, and just putting a cotter pin through the hole – with a length going into the slot and preventing rotation. | ||
| M1combat |
That's what I was thinking... I would hate to drill a hole in THAT swingarm with THOSE axles though... My other thought would be to secure a longer nut into the axle where the axle tool would go and drill a hole and safety wire that somehow... If it comes out, I would love to see the reaction of a rider behind you upon seeing a nut dangling from your axle at speed  . | ||
| Glitch |
Roc, I dunno. But you ain't gonna rotate nuthin with the pinch bolt in place. I don't wanna drill the swingarm if I can get out of it. I'm pretty sure all I have to wire is the pinch bolt. But I think you may have an idea there though M1. A longer pinch bolt that can be safety wired. | ||
| Skully |
I know I don't want my nuts dangling from my axle at any speed!  Keith | ||
| Englishman119 |
Look at my web pages for wire locking of XB9 pinch bolts and axils. http://www.geocities.com/ramraceco | ||
| Glitch |
The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer. Guess I'll hafta wait... | ||
| Englishman119 |
Sorry about that. First time I've had that message. I must be getting more popular !! I'll shoot you some pics by email - Just give me an address. Its real easy and doesent mark the bike. Mark | ||
| Glitch |
glitch1@charter.net Thanks lots! | ||
| Shazam |
119 send me those pics too! please sam@dandrpackaging.com | ||
| Englishman119 |
Glitch and Shazam - You have mail. Oh, and a great personal expense, I've today upgraded to a dot-com, ad free web site. now http://www.ramraceco.com Mark edited by englishman119 on December 04, 2003 | ||
| Dasxb9s |
Sam... I know someone who not only has a pop rivet tool... but also safety wire pliers. tee hee!!! ...but the bastard has no safety wire!!! | ||
| Mookie |
englishman just a suggestion your site looks good but with the background pick and tha orange text its kinda hard to read. | ||
| Glitch |
Mookie: Whenever you get to a page that's hard to read. press the "Ctrl" key and the "a" key at the same time... Englishman119:Thanks lots! | ||
| Mookie |
yeah I knew i could do that. I just wanted to say something constructive today. | ||
| Mikej |
Hey, neat trick, I just tried the ctrl-a trick on this page and my browser crashed. Perfect for those days when everything else is going wrong and I want an early lunch. Unstable systems are such fun to work with. Overtaxing them doesn't help much either.  | ||
| Glitch |
Mookie:You did well then! Mike:Glad you were amused. Unstable systems are the bain of my existance... edited by Glitch on December 04, 2003 | ||
| Mikej |
Yep, IT departments just love me, they learn a lot fixing my crashes.  |
