Hopefully. There's no lock washer between the "steering adjustment nut" and the "steering stem lock nut". But there should be. That'll be why it keeps needing to be re-torqued, then. Ho hum - only £4.40 plus VAT for a new washer. Please let this be an end to it. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..80264../..21661.../..31308. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR'06 Points: 75 Miles: 317
But to quote Eric Morecambe, "not necessarily in the right order". -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: | | Voxan Roadster Moto Guzzi Mille GT/Squire RS3 Gilera Nordwest | | Gilera GFR Moto Morini 2C/375 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
[/QUOTE] Fark nose. Like a good child, as I dismantled the head thingy, I diligently put everything back on the end, like it says, to protect the thread. I've even got a vague memory of bending tabs into grooves, but there certainly isn't a tab washer between those two nuts right now. Of course, this is going to entail taking the self-cancelling indicator wiring apart again - then trying to reconnect it down the middle of the headstock. Deep joy. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..80264../..21661.../..31308. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR'06 Points: 75 Miles: 317
it could well be - that's a big tub of bits. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..80264../..21661.../..31308. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR'06 Points: 75 Miles: 317
Fark nose. Like a good child, as I dismantled the head thingy, I diligently put everything back on the end, like it says, to protect the thread. I've even got a vague memory of bending tabs into grooves, but there certainly isn't a tab washer between those two nuts right now. Of course, this is going to entail taking the self-cancelling indicator wiring apart again - then trying to reconnect it down the middle of the headstock. Deep joy.[/QUOTE] Just a thought, but if this dismantling of part of the loom is such hassle, and a regular occurrence, is it worth making up some sort of extension that can be disconnected at either end? How many wires are we talking about?
On 20 Jun 2006 01:16:52 -0700, TOG@toil, Well, it didn't need doing at all until you suggested that I might as well do the steering head bearings while the forks were out. Normal frequency would appear to be every 8yrs/80k or thereabouts. It has crossed my mind. Three. I think. Might even be two. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..80264../..21661.../..31308. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR'06 Points: 75 Miles: 317
I had a fuckwit moment the other day when I was wiring up two PC PSUs in parallel... luckily nothing destructive happened. It all works spiffingly now.
I'm surprised you haven't done that already. 12 or 20 might be a pain finding a connector for, though RS are good at that kind of thing.
What did you do with the old one, YTC?[/QUOTE] As it turns out: broke the tabs off, and mashed it up between the two nuts. Still, it's been replaced now. I took the Font's advice and created a longer cable for the self cancelling switch. It was six wires, not three. Which was fun. I also took the opportunity to finish angle grinding a 32mm socket to fit the castellated nut on the headstock. Lovely snug fit on the nut it was - until I threaded the nut over the steering stem, and found that the socket wasn't deep enough - by about an inch and a half. Oh well, only half an hour wasted. Finally got it all bolted up, took it out for a spin round the block - and it's clonk clonk clonk again. Fukkit. Question to the Font: when doing up your steering bearings, is it: A: centre stand, wheel on floor B: centre stand - wheel off the floor, or C: Sidestand. I'll have another go tomorrow. To round off a perfect day's fettling, I took delivery of some replacement bodywork bits for the Wing, too. 1. A new pillion cubby box door - ordered because of the broken latch. 2. A new screen vent - to fit the new screen. What do I find? 1. The new door has no latch fitted - that's a separate part. 2. The screen vent only comprises the bit that attaches to the rear of the screen - the bit on the front is a separate part, too. So it's another 'phone call to Tippetts on Monday, then. I might as well get a couple of new hinges for the rhs pannier lid, too. It's a good job I've given up the fags, or I couldn't afford this. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..80264../..21661.../..31308. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR'06 Points: 75 Miles: 317
Ta. So, the reason the nut is hard to turn is because I'm attempting to lift the whole front end of a GoldWing up through the headstock (iyswim) with an iddle biddy C spanner, right? Just wot I dun, but it still clunked after. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..80264../..21661.../..31308. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR'06 Points: 75 Miles: 317
Good point. It'll all be clear in the morning, no doubt. Now they are okay - this I know. They're only four weeks old. I think it's the brake caliper again. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..80264../..21661.../..31308. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR'06 Points: 75 Miles: 317
Sit on bike with normal weight on it. Bounce up and down a couple of times to settle it and tighten it. Carefully set the locknut without overtightening the main nut.
No clearer, but I undid it all, and did it up again, and all seems okay. For now. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..80264../..21661.../..31308. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR'06 Points: 75 Miles: 317
Nah. No welder. It's in the bin, now. I might just add the "special tool" to my shopping list. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ _/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/CBX1000Z |_\_____/_| ..80264../..21661.../..31308. (>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 WG* |__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 PM#5 \ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4 \|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4 YTC#4 two#11 '^' RBR'06 Points: 75 Miles: 317
