Garage Night new video: Suspension overhaul starts with Dremel on alathe

We've put up another episode of our show about motorbike DIY. I needed
a new hardened steel spacer for my Cagiva's swingarm linkage so Trent
cut a Ducati one down using a Dremel attached to the toolpost of a
lathe.

http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-14-dremel-on-a-lathe-rear-suspension-overhaul-part-1/

Waz from Garage Night TV

 

Just the thing for a shite old hillclimber.

 

A bit beyond my bodging boundary.

Fortunately, these items are obtainable for a 1996 YZ250. I'm hoping
to find a package has been delivered with all the bearings, bushes,
spacers and seals required when I get home.

 

If you can, post the dimensions and part/bearings numbers on a forum
somewhere. Think of it as a time capsule for a poor sod in the future
who's looking for something that can be adapted to fit his bike.

Waz

 

Indeed. Somewhere I have FAQ sheets for SO Gilera thumpers with vital
data like bearing references.

 

post corrected.

 

Naw, he had it right the first time.

 

Why didn't you just heat-treat it to remove the temper, then machine
it using a cutting tool as usual?


BTH

 

What gives you the god given right to " correct " someones message?
He was right in the first place
If you don't like the message he wrote
Then write your own fucking message

 

Okay, then without a heat treatment plant in your garage, you are going to
put back a swinging arm bush whiuch has been softened ??

Come on BTH, thought you had more klnowledge than that as I didn't see a
smiley at the finish

 

Lol. Knob alert.

 

Well done, but . . .

I would recommend protecting the lathe (and lungs) from the grindings.

JW²

 

Actually you should have said something along the lines of:
If you must buy a lathe please make sure you know how to use it.
Properly.

I won't even consider working a lathe unless I'm being paid to do so.

 

If you don't like the way things happen around here then **** off
somewhere else.

 

well aren't you just a ray of sunshine? heating to the required temp
isn't hard...controlling it for the proper time while avoiding drafts
now that's the fun part of build an oven. 8^) Well that and
controlling the cooling BUT that can be done without automation or
fancy equipment...heck you don't have to be anymore sophisticated than
the Krupp werks in the 19th century and STILL do a good job.

 

well aren't you just a ray of sunshine? heating to the required temp
isn't hard...controlling it for the proper time while avoiding drafts
now that's the fun part of build an oven. 8^) Well that and
controlling the cooling BUT that can be done without automation or
fancy equipment...heck you don't have to be anymore sophisticated than
the Krupp werks in the 19th century and STILL do a good job.

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True, but you still have to have the right cooling facilities to keep the
correct temper of the steel.
You can cool it with air, water, mineral oil or vegetable oil and you will
get differering strengths of temper within the steel,
some will temper the outside only, whereas, other stuff will temper it all
the way through

you know that so why am I telling you ?

 

Where...where....is the knobless one here ????

 

Surprising that you should think that dickhead is a motorcyclist, let alone
a lathe operator

 

Its a handy thing to have in the shed, even if you don't need one

 

Great to see a new episode. Always enjoy them. Will watch it tonight after
work.

Fraser