....hopefully. Stripped the slave cylinder on the Blackbird's clutch this afternoon. Piston was seated at an angle to the cylinder, which was crud-bound. I guess this is what was causing the pushrod to foul, as the lateral pressure was pushing it at an angle. New seal, a good clean, and liberal application of silicon grease[1], and all seems well. The Gold Wing, having done sterling duty as a city commuter all week, will be treated to new exhaust seals tomorrow. And new oil. I shall leave the clutch, as it's misbehaved *twice* in the last 5000 miles. I have the bits now, though. The KH500, having been removed from the garage for the first time in months, started second kick. Not wishing to miss the opportunity[2], I rode it around the island. All in all, not a bad day: it's not often you get to ride 3 of your bikes in a day. I didn't push my luck with the TS250. [1] Bought from LeClerc, of all places. [2] You ride the KH when it wants you to, not when you want to, it seems. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C/exTS185C _/_____\_ ..61036../..13743.../..3157./.19406/.fecked. |_\_____/_| IMC#4 TPPFATUICG#7 YTC#4 DIAABTCOD#9 PM#5 (>|_|_|<) BOTAFOT #70 two#11 Ignoramus #0001 |__|_|__| BOTAFOF #09 IbW#0 & KotIbW# OSOS#07 \ |^| / WG* BotTOS #6 GP#4 ANORAK#17 FTB#14 \|^|/ 2003 RBR landmarks:99 points:2100 miles:8000 '^'
Salad Dodger wrote Don't trust the fucker it is planning something. Lulling you into a false sense of security it is.
I suspect you may be correct. -- | ___ Salad Dodger |/ \ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C/exTS185C _/_____\_ ..61036../..13743.../..3157./.19406/.fecked. |_\_____/_| IMC#4 TPPFATUICG#7 YTC#4 DIAABTCOD#9 PM#5 (>|_|_|<) BOTAFOT #70 two#11 Ignoramus #0001 |__|_|__| BOTAFOF #09 IbW#0 & KotIbW# OSOS#07 \ |^| / WG* BotTOS #6 GP#4 ANORAK#17 FTB#14 \|^|/ 2003 RBR landmarks:99 points:2100 miles:8000 '^'
Salad Dodger wrote Trouble is the only real way to find out is to take it out and wring the nuts of it.
Salad Dodger was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever: It's only temporary, as I was concentrating my powers on the cage earlier today. That hasn't broken it, but it ain't fixed it either...
