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

[RideWithStyles]

Different welders mig and tig for example are better at different jobs/metals.
If they ain’t set up correctly by the user it’s gonna be a load of time for shite as they say.

[Egon247]

33 minutes ago, bud said:

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.

Cheers bud. I get that feeling too. Just need something hard enough to actually drill it (I say "it" but I imagine the four left in the engine may do the same!!)

[Egon247]

Ok. One left.

Two came out using the two nut trick (had to cut one of the original nuts in half and use that against the full size one, they're big!). 

I'm borrowing a stud tool tomorrow to see if I can shift the last one but I'm not holding my breath. 

Also need to invest in some decent drill bits....

[Hairsy]

Great to hear you're making some progress. Really hoping you have success with the final one.

[Egon247]

39 minutes ago, Hairsy said:

Great to hear you're making some progress. Really hoping you have success with the final one.

To be honest I was losing the faith at one point. Seems that over the years I've collected a hundred+ drill bits and none of them are sharp! 

Father in law has a huge collection of tools so I'm hoping the last one comes out. It seems to be "at one" with the ally though. 

Broke my bloody blowtorch too. It fell over and snapped off the little tang that holds it onto the aerosol. Grrr. 

This thing better fly when it's on the road.....

[Egon247]

Haahhahhhahhaaahhhaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaahaaaaahhhaaaa.

 

 

Stitch that. 

 

Right. Ahem. Sorry. Normal service will resume shortly......

[Simon Davey]

Excellent! 

[Egon247]

Gah, all this festive eating,drinking and attempting to be sociable really takes the wind out of your sails for a project, doesn't it????

Ok, so minor update as I've been working too much and doing the Xmas thing.

Cut some M8 bolts and fitted into the head to put the collector and downpipes back on. I measured the original ones at 45mm long so I made them 50mm long and then tried to refit the downpipes. Only to find they're too short. Possibly one of those weird optical illusion things but they were definitely not having it. 

Weird.

So I ran out of M8 bolts to murder, had to actually buy bolts which is a novelty for me. A2 stainless and a lot of copper slip and I reckon it'll keep the galvanic at bay.

Just ordered the front brake caliper rebuild kit along with the rear one, new plugs, some 50mm o/d mild steel pipe to attempt a repair on both silencers and a fuel filter. 

That's the Xmas money spent. Lol.

Anyway. 

Back to work again for a bit and hopefully get something done to the bike (instead of the wife's Poxy car again!!)

[Egon247]

I gave up on the oem silencers. They were too far gone to be saved. Rip 34 year old cans. 

Hello to big box of shiney bits though. 

During the Christmas chaos I had the front caliper kit arrive, the fuel filter arrived and the new plugs. 

Today this box of sexual joy turned up at work. Very impressed so far. 

Just need the garage to not be -2'c and I'll get on with fitting some stuff to the old girl. 

Edited January 9 by Egon247

[Simon Davey]

OMG, I'm going to wait until bedtime before I look at that picture again

I'm rather jealous, there's nothing like new shiny stuff arriving. 

 

[Hairsy]

Nice to see you back - we were getting worried! 
 

Loving the shiny bits. 

[Egon247]

Had a lot going on. Apologies. 

Wife's car decided to audition for the red arrows because the pcv stuck open and put about half a litre of oil through the turbo to the intercooler. 

Which was fun. 

Then work got some dumbass machine in that was like a spoiled brat and requires attention pretty much all day long. So proper knackered. Lol.

That and money. Lol.

 

Oh and nice to meet in Jim's gaff.

Edited January 9 by Egon247

[Egon247]

Took the calipers in to work today as it's -6'c in the garage and just, no. Too cold for toying.

New seals, lots of red grease, new pistons, bushes and bleed screws with covers along with a pair of new copper washers. Looks a shite sight better than it did. 

Rear one next...

[Egon247]

Minor jobs done today, hung the front calipers on, no pads yet so didn't bolt them up tight and I want to rebuild the master cylinder anyway. 

Changed the exhaust studs for ones of the right length, bolted the manifold and collector up.

Went to fit the exhausts but they came with two stainless brackets that don't really bear any logical position. M6 welded nuts on them too so I have no clue. I've emailed them to ask (that felt daft!) so they're back in the box until I know.

Rear caliper did not want to come off. Eventually had to remove the rear wheel to get it off as one of the sliders was seized. Hopefully the pistons come out easily as they're convex ones not concave and gripping them might damage them...

Changed the air filter too but then remembered I was supposed to be taking photos of all this. Oops. Sorry. Lol.

[Egon247]

So it seems that even delkevic don't know what the little metal brackets are for either.

Emailed them and asked where they were supposed to go as the silencer hanging brackets take an m8 bolt through them. They emailed me back with "yes, we're supposed to supply them but don't have any pictures of where they go.

"Left and right hand fairing support brackets" so I'm guessing they go into the frame and hold the fairing. Somewhere. Somehow. We'll figure that out when I get the plastic back on.

 

Removed the tail piece and grab tail and may have answered a question that both me and my brother had. When he gave me the keys they had a "DATATOOL MK5" key plib/remote on them. Now considering he's owned it since 2004 and then sold it to me, he's never used the remote. 

 

As I removed the tail piece it all became a bit clearer. A couple of screw holes, a dead sticky pad and some 'scotchlock' (hateful things) damage to the indicator wires. So I imagine the alarm is long gone. Yay. 

One less thing to worry about.

Just a bit of remedial to do on the wires as they have bare bits (Ooer).

 

Rear caliper needs new pistons. They REALLY didn't want to come out of their holes. Much brute force required unfortunately. More on the shopping list. Seem cheap enough though. 

 

Used my Christmas voucher to buy a cable oiler and a hangy uppy fuel tank thingy for when I try and get it up and running again. 

[Hairsy]

Wild guess on those brackets - does the OEM exhaust have any fixing points or brackets that other bits attached to?

 

i.e. could the 'replacement' brackets be needed as a substitute for something that was part of the OEM exhaust but was also used to mount something else?

[RideWithStyles]

Best way if you have a compressor is it use that to push the pistons out, if not use the MC and fluid.

pads left in and a rotor or screw driver between, pressure or pump out in stages leaving a smaller gap between the pads each time to allow the pistons to come out in stages and not to let one come out much more than its partner till they pretty much pop out…

 

those wires look nasty.

Edited January 15 by RideWithStyles

[Egon247]

11 hours ago, Hairsy said:

Wild guess on those brackets - does the OEM exhaust have any fixing points or brackets that other bits attached to?

 

i.e. could the 'replacement' brackets be needed as a substitute for something that was part of the OEM exhaust but was also used to mount something else?

I did think that initially, but they just don't seem to fit anywhere as the silencer support is an m8 bolt. I get the feeling that they're supposed to hold the fairing out a bit as all the fairing bolts are m6. 

Dunno. I'll figure it out when I get there.

[Egon247]

1 hour ago, RideWithStyles said:

Best way if you have a compressor is it use that to push the pistons out, if not use the MC and fluid.

pads left in and a rotor or screw driver between, pressure or pump out in stages leaving a smaller gap between the pads each time to allow the pistons to come out in stages and not to let one come out much more than its partner till they pretty much pop out…

 

those wires look nasty.

Yeah, the rear MC is in need of a rebuild so wasn't useful and one piston wouldn't move even with 18" pipe grips on it so I'm not sure it was gonna make much difference.

 

The wires are easier to sort.

[Simon Davey]

Maybe the exhaust also fits another bike, which would need those brackets?

[Egon247]

It's loosely on. Seems the clamps don't clamp properly on the gaskets. 

Needs a bit of fettling. 

Sounds ok, once I'd got the Poxy thing started. I don't think it was happy being left.

[Simon Davey]

Those lovely chrome cans suit it nicely. 

Probably needs a couple of 6mm bolts to sort those clamps out

[Hairsy]

You have so much space - I'm jealous!

[Punts]

A bit late I know, but the best way to remove tight brake pistons is fit a grease nipple to the fluid inlet and pump them out. Slow, controlled and you can get 6000lb/in pressure

[Egon247]

12 hours ago, Hairsy said:

You have so much space - I'm jealous!

Yeah, when there's not two cars in there. When she goes to work I can move the Alfa over and waddle the CBR out.