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| zymurgist |
 Jul 10 2005, 08:08 PM
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"Ace" Mechanic  Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None  |
...and another. Trying to get a good view of the surface here.
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| zymurgist |
Aug 11 2005, 05:11 AM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
OK, I have a question about the driver's seat mount. It appears to have a rake adjustment, allowing the front of the seat to be tilted. I have the seat mount out, and it appears to be missing a piece.
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| zymurgist |
Aug 11 2005, 05:13 AM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
Here's a closeup of the area in question. It appears that there should be a bolt or a pin or something that goes all the way through the tube, and the spring hooks around it to provide tension. Can I just run a high strength bolt through the hole (see yellow arrow) and hook the spring around it?
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| tat2dphreak |
Aug 11 2005, 09:40 AM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
yea, there should be a little hook looking thing there... it goes into a slotted piece on the cross-member...
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Aug 11 2005, 11:13 AM
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| zymurgist |
Aug 11 2005, 01:46 PM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
The hook is there... it appears to have been retained to the tube by a bolt or a pin in the past. That pin/bolt has since disappeared, allowing the hook to move independently of the tube. I'm guessing that a 12.9 or Grade 8 bolt through the hole should tie them together and form a surface for the spring to act upon.
Apparently the hook is there to set the rake adjustment, with two little hinges at the back of the seat mount where it bolts to the body. At least they look like hinges... they appear to be frozen. Oh well, a little WD-40 should clear that right up. |
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| tat2dphreak |
Aug 11 2005, 02:02 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region |
you are WAY too optimistic... I have been soaking mine forever with PB... they bend before they "hinge" still... I want to just replace all the hinges... |
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| zymurgist |
Aug 11 2005, 05:25 PM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
Hmmm... have you tried using a torch on the hinges to see if they loosen up? That's the recommended method for removing heat exchanger nuts, riiight?
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| tat2dphreak |
Aug 11 2005, 08:48 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region |
heat didn't help either... supposedly repeated PB blaster and pliers is the best way to go... I'm thinking drill out the pin and put a new one in... |
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| zymurgist |
Aug 12 2005, 05:12 AM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
How about PB Blaster and pliers, with a few judicious taps with a BFH and a brass punch (so as to avoid deforming the pins)? I've heard that hitting frozen parts with a hammer while applying a penetrating oil sometimes helps the oil to penetrate more quickly.
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| tat2dphreak |
Aug 12 2005, 07:47 AM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region |
good idea! crazy enough, it just might work! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) lmk
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| zymurgist |
Aug 16 2005, 05:58 AM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
I haven't gotten to the seat hinges yet, since I would have to take two covers off of Babydoll and it was brutally hot last weekend and now it's raining... but I did find some time to fix the seat frame. I went to my local Ace Hardware and bought a 12.9 Allen head bolt, 5mm x 0.8, 30mm long. I drilled the hole all the way through the bar to make it just large enough to tap the hole, then I ran a 5mm x 0.8 tap through it. The bolt has an unthreaded portion near the head... I just threaded the bolt all the way down to where the thread ends, and then looped the spring over the unthreaded portion. I don't think it will work loose, because the threads go all the way through the bar, and the spring tension should keep the bolt from wandering.
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