Doing things right the first time....

1BADK9

1BADK9

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I have seen more tattoo faced pierced nose punk ass dipshits working in bike shops that have no skills what-so-ever. I made the mistake of letting a shop in Fort Walton Beach, REVOLUTIONARY CYCLES, do a service on my bike while I was getting a fork seal replaced and it was a total nightmare. Charged me twice what they said it would be, took 3 times as long as they said it would take (hence the extra labor time charges), tried to charge for an oil filter when I have K&P on it. Got home and oil blown all over my bike from them letting it pour all over the frame and not clean it. And the best they could tell me when I confronted them about the verbal quote was "Man......it is what it is....man" :angry:

Those fucktards lasted about a year and closed down. :2thumbs:

I do as much as I can myself.....if I ever have serious major issues, I have enough Delta Skymiles to get Andrew to Florida for free, and I am in the process of building a very comfortable guest house for visitors :cheers:
 
FrankBDPS

FrankBDPS

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bigdogtech01 said:
They broke it while tightening nut down using a huge breaker bar from what I'm told.
It's called lack of knowledge and carelessness. It's sad because I hear this kind of stuff often. Mostly with our local H-D dealer. They hire on guys with no training or experience just so they don't have to pay them much, only to have all kinds of problems in the future. A few years ago one of the guys in the service dept filled the brand new GMC Duramax Diesel up with Gasoline and took a drive down the highway...a few miles down the road, the motor cut out and caused thousands in damage :bang:
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So Andrew assuming the tool in the pic is not the correct one to tighten the clutch nut what is the recommended procedure. I don't want to screw up the really nice job you did on my gear box. I hope it works as good as it looks.Thanks :up:
 

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coachk

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FrankBDPS said:
So Andrew assuming the tool in the pic is not the correct one to tighten the clutch nut what is the recommended procedure. I don't want to screw up the really nice job you did on my gear box. I hope it works as good as it looks.Thanks :up:
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Sarcasm...yes or no?

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woodbutcher

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FrankBDPS said:
So Andrew assuming the tool in the pic is not the correct one to tighten the clutch nut what is the recommended procedure. I don't want to screw up the really nice job you did on my gear box. I hope it works as good as it looks.Thanks :up:
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how come you don't have a rag stuffed in that intake?????? :eek::eek::eek::eek:
 
FrankBDPS

FrankBDPS

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The intake is covered with the aluminized tape that is used to seal furnace duct work. It seals really well and does not leave sticky residue on the gasket surface.

If you look at some other post about the clutch nut there is a varying opinion on torque values and how to do it. if Andrew does not respond to this I will call him before I tighten mine up. I trusted him with my tranny and will do what he does on his jobs.
 
gabe

gabe

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The tool in the pic above should probably get it done if you use abt 4ft of cheater pipe.
 
FrankBDPS

FrankBDPS

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gabe said:
The tool in the pic above should probably get it done if you use abt 4ft of cheater pipe.
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I will have to find the cheater pipe.I think the last time we used it was to remove the heads on the hydraulic lift cylinders of a 931 Cat track loader. Still had to cut them off though. That got expensive.
 
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bigdogtech01

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FrankBDPS said:
So Andrew assuming the tool in the pic is not the correct one to tighten the clutch nut what is the recommended procedure. I don't want to screw up the really nice job you did on my gear box. I hope it works as good as it looks.Thanks :up:
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Ahahaha!! Nice!! Yeah don't use that!!:eek:
I use an air impact on the clutch nut and front sprocket nut. I have been doing it this way for many many years and never a problem. The impact I use is around 650 ft lbs. Anything more than that might be too much. Clean the threads of the nuts with brake cleaner, then Put a good amount of Red loctite on the threads of the nuts. I put a bead all the way around the nut on the inside threads. If the loctite is running out once nut is tight,ou know you have enough on it. Otherwise, it WILL loosen up.
impact them on till it stops. Hit the trigger a couple more times and you should be good. Some guys like using the block in chain then torque wrench. You can do this but it seems to put a lot of stress on the Main shaft if not blocked correctly. Front nut gets 165 ft lbs, rear clutch nut will be 100-120 ft lbs.
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FrankBDPS

FrankBDPS

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bigdogtech01 said:
Ahahaha!! Nice!! Yeah don't use that!!:eek:
I use an air impact on the clutch nut and front sprocket nut. I have been doing it this way for many many years and never a problem. The impact I use is around 650 ft lbs. Anything more than that might be too much. Clean the threads of the nuts with brake cleaner, then Put a good amount of Red loctite on the threads of the nuts. I put a bead all the way around the nut on the inside threads. If the loctite is running out once nut is tight,ou know you have enough on it. Otherwise, it WILL loosen up.
impact them on till it stops. Hit the trigger a couple more times and you should be good. Some guys like using the block in chain then torque wrench. You can do this but it seems to put a lot of stress on the Main shaft if not blocked correctly. Front nut gets 165 ft lbs, rear clutch nut will be 100-120 ft lbs.
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Thanks Andrew, that's how it will be done.
 
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