handyandy24

ye jus wack it in anti clockwise direction a bit see if it budges. unfortunately my rad was already off so cudnt heat the engine b4 avin to do it

update my mate cut the bolt in half and the thing wont come out with molegrips. my dad tried taking another bolt out with a stud extractor tool but it came half out then snapped. realllly brittle studs/bolts. will av to look into the mentioned above:S cheers guys

Hey guys To my horrow today realised I have an annoying oil filter. ie.it screws on the side instead of on that long bolt thingy then screwed into the sump? like on a zzr. anyway read in the manual I need a filter wrench. i guess a chain one or seomthing would work like i seen on ebay but dont want to have to wait 5 days to do this. so before i go up to the shed and waste 4 hours trying or making up ways to get the thing off. any tried and tested ways to get them off without a tool. my dad suggested piercing it with a screwdriver then using it to turn it off (not fond of this idea ) cheers guys

i can, wont be till monday tho :S

dont those help take the nut off? or the bolt. the nut has bin half hammered away at the top so anything designed to grip the nut wont work.

Thanks for the tips tim however alot of those suggestions are fairly useless now, while at work my dad went at it with a big ass hammer and chizel so i guess we are limited now as what we can do. Wonder how many hours of chizzeling it will take to disintergrate that nut. :S

Hey guys. one sodding header bolt is chewed to frig, rusted to frig and is on so f**king tight i cant get it off. all the rest come off with some pain but this one wont budge. its where the downpipes attach at the top so there is little room to get any tools in. wd40 has been used cant get mole grips in. any tips?

Ye i agree rollazuki. Thats why I have a mate who happens to be a mechanic doing this with me questions due to him being away this weekend and me wanting to seem partially usefull

ye its a 93 still cant get the clip out my bro is gona take it into workshop tomz. rear ones dont seem too expensive on ebay but font ones do. one of the front 600 calipers the pistons seem stuck inside, seized or woteva. the 1100 all the pistons move altho i pumped one out to see the state of the inside and seals and the top seal was fooked. those seal kits are a rip off

def no air in the caliper i double checked and bled top bottom and caliper whole system, each time only fluid coming out when bleeding. Even stripped down the zzr caliper is in two parts with no access to the pistons ie. you need them pumped out just a bit so you can pull them out. This has 3 of the pistons fully in with no way of grabbing them. Its not a case of leverage to the get the bolt out that goes thu the pads. i dont think i used the right word. its like a long thin cylinder shape that goes thru the 2 holes at the top of the pad. Think ill jus av to wd40 its ass and hope for the best. Im getting sick of getting brake fluid all over my new tools can an exhaust be welded?

Hey guys. Ive just picked up a zzr600 for my younger brother and am getting it road worthy for him. Now the brakes didnt work at all and the guy reckoned could have been seized. Managed to pump the pistons out of the right front caliper and have stripped cleaned and thats now working, but the other front caliper the pistons wont pump out, i know there is pressure as one of the pistons looks like its trying but just wont budge, and the other 3 are all fully in and no sign of movement. Im doing this by attaching it to my braided hoses which i know work bleading fully, then pumping the break and out they come. My question is, is compressed air way better for doing this? could it do the job that brake fluid and pressure cant? He doesnt have much money and id rather salvage this one than buying fresh. Or any other tips for getting the pistons to pop out? Secondly his rear caliper as some may know if u had this bike is a big single piston one with the slider thing http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOOK-KAWASAKI-ZZR ... 240%3A1318 Now you cant see from that angle. but like the front it has a little bolt through the brake pads then the r clip stopping it coming out and keeping the pads in place. This thing is rusted up big time btw. I got the rclip out but the little bolt just wont budge at all. Ive read the haynes on it and it simply says remove the rclip and bolt and remove brake pads. Any ideas? now yesterday my dad brought home a zzr1100 93 stating i would fix it for him and we get half the profits lol. The exhaust is blowing and i know where from. its a small hole about 1.5cm long and .5 cm wide. Can these be welded or filled somehow. Or do the downpipes need replacing?

Ye I got a set the other day also, along with a 1/2 in breaker bar. Tools are heavy and dont look like will break easily . Gona rape my bike this morning and see how good they are

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65572#dtab not professional but 100 quid less

ye i sin that gary. the 120 piece set is only 99quid but without the free storage.200 is alot and theres still plenty of tools missing. namely a long breaker bar but i guess i cud buy seperate.

halfords is a rip tho, draper can be picked up at okish prices on ebay. im nt sure whether to gamble or not and go for the cheapos haha

The time has come to upgrade the old tools and browsing ebay for hand tools is hard cos theres so many worth spending the dosh and getting snap-on or draper which isnt as expensive but apparently good quality. Theres some draper sets and i cud spend 120quid ish and get a full socket set all sizes and drives. Alternatively I can get the same for about 30quid but would be no-name low quality stuff. Any1 had any experience with the cheaper tools? I dont want stuff breaking the first time I get to a tough bolt. Or could anyone recommend some mid-range good quality tools

ta. so autogylm for everywhere. and just parafin one the bits of the frame,swingarm etc that has stubborn bits. or just autoglym on the bodywork

I know this has been brought up b4 but couldnt find it here. Basically my bike is a state to the point that cleaning it while its still in 1 piece wont do much so im going to take it to bits to do it. What I want to know is what is best for cleaning parts such as the swingarm, frame, wheels etc. And what is best for cleaning,getting small marks off of the bodywork. WD40 just kind of cleans it a bit but smears it around maybe paint thinner?? And for the bodywork ive seen in halfords some stuff in fat white spray bottles cant remember name but its expensive. So what is best for the metal parts and whats best for bodywork in your experience. ps.try keep it simple, i dont want to be mixing various things together lol atm im thinking soap and water for the bodywork and a can of engine degreaser for everything else

go minus 1 tooth on the front

depending on what gets raked in over the next 3 months a zx6r 06 636. if other things come up or dont pull in much id say a zx10r in about a year to two years. why the hell isnt kawasaki an option on the list

smae as korben but front break not the back

me and the father were following that little racing car in the last pic. man it was qiuck and seemed to stick to the road like glue!

yorbandit are you ever NOT hung over?????????????????

ponderosa

cool ill try get up there around that time. looks out for a dirty 7r with a blowing exhaust