1990 CBR1000FL...Sat for 14 years, alone....

[Egon247]

2 hours ago, RideWithStyles said:

Got to love abit of ingenuity when absolutely necessary but that carb balancer is way…..to big. .

More like Redbull with egg whites and clear jelly bits .

I'll just hang it on the wall for the next time i fance post traumatic carb disorder.  

[Egon247]

Well. That's a thing. 

I ordered some gasket rings for the rear pipes from the centre box. Only the whole rear pipe fell off when I undid the mounting bolt. 

Meh. I think the 34 year old oem exhaust might have to go ...

[Simon Davey]

Meh indeed, who needs exhausts though..... 

[Egon247]

Wonder if I'd get away with welding up the hole and just having a 4:1. Lol.

 

[Egon247]

1 hour ago, Simon Davey said:

Meh indeed, who needs exhausts though..... 

I started a Vauxhall senator once with no manifold on it. That was a thing that redefined my take on the word "loud"

[bud]

Disappointing we have no video without the exhaust attached.

[Egon247]

Got to remind myself that it's not a race and Its going to take more time than I imagine.

I stripped the chain to see what was what with the kinky chain. 

Seems whoever put it on forgot the lube and the inner roller was seized onto the link. 

And my cheapy chain link tool is shite. Utter shite. Won't be buying cheap again, have ordered the £40 one this time.

The exhaust has put me in a quandary too. If I buy a 4:1 am I going to have to rejet all the bloody carbs that I just jetted? 

Need to walk away and not play with it for a bit I think.

[RideWithStyles]

The inner link (left of pic) is abit bent (wonder if it’s been prized at or a stone trapped between?) or was that you? they may have actually greased it but it’s been washed away due to the seal fail?

 

[Egon247]

13 minutes ago, RideWithStyles said:

The inner link (left of pic) is abit bent (wonder if it’s been prized at or a stone trapped between?) or was that you? they may have actually greased it but it’s been washed away due to the seal fail?

 

No, they're parallel, possibly my awesome photography skills.

[Nick the wanderer]

Re having to change the jets with a different pipe, that may be so, but since you haven't ridden it with the current setup, you don't really know how it's going to go. I'd stay positive with the carbs for now.

How is finding a new pipe going? I take it there's nothing to weld to on the old one.

[Egon247]

3 hours ago, Nick the wanderer said:

Re having to change the jets with a different pipe, that may be so, but since you haven't ridden it with the current setup, you don't really know how it's going to go. I'd stay positive with the carbs for now.

How is finding a new pipe going? I take it there's nothing to weld to on the old one.

True. I've taken a punt on one from eBay, cheap as chips as it was a bit grotty. If that doesn't pan out I'll get something made up out of the two. 

It's a gamble but hey, if it pans out then it's all good. If not, I'll load up the A-team music and see what I can fudge together.

 

[Egon247]

On 04/12/2024 at 23:33, bud said:

Disappointing we have no video without the exhaust attached.

No video but I started it up today just for shits n giggles and yes, it's jolly loud. Put my foot over the hole and it wasn't a happy bunny.

[Egon247]

My boss is going to freak out this week. I'm having the exhaust delivered to work... LOL

Might have to lose the centre stand though, only just thought of that.  

[Simon Davey]

Crikey, you don't hang about... 

Fingers crossed for you. 

[Egon247]

3 hours ago, Simon Davey said:

Crikey, you don't hang about... 

Fingers crossed for you. 

For £60+delivery I'm hoping I did the right thing

[Egon247]

Well. 

Good news/bad news day today. 

Bad news first. It didn't fit. Too short and the header clamps didn't fit. Very probably off a 600. Ah well.

 

Lost the coolant drain bolt too. But that's only an m6 with a copper washer on it, so no biggie.

The bolt holding the original on had a 14mm square nut on it and that was rusted solid. Cut that off.

 

Snapped an exhaust stud too. So that's gonna be a thing of joy. 

As you can imagine, after snapping that and then finding it didn't fit, I was in a special mood.

Good news time.

Then I noticed that the magnetic tool tray didn't stick to the collection box.

Odd.

Seems someone fitted a stainless set of downpipes/collector so after drilling out the mild steel bolt on the clamp (why????) it looks like I can get away with just buying two mufflers/cans. 

Not quite the result I expected but hey, it's a win. 

Just that stud to sort and I'll bung it all back on again with some new hardware.

Christmas is eating all my spare change at the moment so it might be a while. 

Onwards.

 

 

[Egon247]

Broken studs.

Tried the mole grips. Just chewed it.

 

Dug out the ol' stick welder. Tried 6 times to weld a nut on the stub. Each time it just "capped the nut off" with no penetration into the stud. 

I'm no welder (sparkies shouldnt create arcs like that, usually means there's something very wrong!) and I imagine my sticks are damp and or old. 

I ave a "gasless mig" which I have never used as it was a present. Might try that.

Losing the faith today. 

Safety beer time.

 

Edited December 15, 2024 by Egon247

[Simon Davey]

It's going to need some heat. 

Also, lots of YouTube 

[Egon247]

Indeed. YouTube is the way...

[Fiddlesticks]

Probably I'm misunderstanding but...

 

Are we looking at the threaded bar half way up on the left?

 

Is it threaded to the end? Any chance of threading two nuts onto it, one to lock against the other (turn two spanners against each other). Then unscrew using the first nut.

Edited December 15, 2024 by Fiddlesticks
Said Bolts meant Nuts!

[Simon Davey]

6 hours ago, Fiddlesticks said:

Probably I'm misunderstanding but...

 

Are we looking at the threaded bar half way up on the left?

 

Is it threaded to the end? Any chance of threading two nuts onto it, one to lock against the other (turn two spanners against each other). Then unscrew using the first nut.

There's a little stub opposite the one on the left that you're referring to. 

[RideWithStyles]

This is one, as with the collar. 

Yes SD is correct Fliddles, you ain’t getting them out like that. Plus youd need abit of stud to grip to.

best way is to use time (a lot), penetrating oil (a lot), gas heat (a lot), shock treatment with a socket jack hammer (some) or a hammer with a socket that has contact with the bolt and case at the same time which hit the socket and the shock is sent to the bolt (but not directly hit the stud with the hammer to bend/snap it) and to the case which helps the thread.

 

if you have a welder you could weld a nut to what is left of the thread as low down as possible to give some leverage and strength. the right one is pretty much near the drill and retap job at this point but id still try the way at the top first as it may surprise you.

Edited December 16, 2024 by RideWithStyles
Autocorrect

[Egon247]

Heh. Sorry, my amazing photography skills again.

 

So, the stud in red used to look like the blue one. Tried to get nuts onto it but the m7x1 oem nuts are too big and I don't have any full nuts in that thread. 

The two nut ideas is sound. If you can get them on

What doesn't help is theyre M8 into the engine but m7 onto the exhaust. The stepped size change is the point of failure.

 

I've heated it with my blow torch, and attempted to weld an m8 nut onto it but my rods are past their best I think.

I'm no pro. And my welding sucks at best.

 

Bearing in mind too, both my welders came from the middle aisle at lidl. Lol.

I'll try again today with the "gasless mig" and see how I get on....

[Egon247]

Like that.

[bud]

Good luck. But I can see you having to drill that out. If you can get some reverse drill bits. Sometimes it will come out while drilling it.