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- From: don@tellabs.com (Donald Leonard)
- Subject: Re: Season tune-up
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.140524.16461@tellab5.tellabs.com>
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- References: <da#@byu.edu> <1992Nov13.183938.1344@tellab5.tellabs.com> <'c#@byu.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:05:24 GMT
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- In article <'c#@byu.edu> bigdog@bones.et.byu.edu (Dan Canfield) writes:
- >With the zerks on metal that is too thin or are just pressed in, my brother
- >and I came up with a really good fix. Most zerks are about 1/4 20 thread
- >size. We drill the tubes to something a little bigger than 1/4 then take
- >a small 1/4 20 nut. Using a little wire feed mig I have, we weld the little
- >nut to the tub. Voola, you now can thread a zerk in. This works VERY
- >well and can even be done with an arc welder if you are very carefull not
- >to burn through.
- I thought about doing this myself once. Its the same technique they
- use on the rear suspension. Only problem is that I don't own a mig
- welder. :-( It would be tough with an arc welder... I'm not that
- good.
-
- >As for the speedo housing, we learned of the zerk at a race siminar. You
- >take the housing off the machine and pop the outer bearing seal off the
- >bearing.
- You mean the lower drive shaft side or the speedo gear side???
- If you mean the speedo gear side... do you poke holes in the outer seal???
- The grease has to go somewhere when you pump it in.
-
- >Drill and zerk the housing and then replace it. A few pumps of
- >grease every few rides keeps moisture from getting into the bearing and
- >keeps it fully lubed. This does prolong the life of the bearing, and I
- >believe the new sleds this year, atleast the liquid Indy's have this
- >zerk already in place.
- >
- >I picked up a ton of great ideas to improve the life if not the actual
- >performance of my Indy at the race siminar. Admittedly, some of the
- >stuff was of no use to me as a Non-racer, but a surprising amount will
- >apply to the trail as well.
- I thought about going to this as well. Is it the one for ~30.00 ??
- They have about 4 or 5 this year don't they?? You think is worth
- the time and money???
-
- >
- >
- >Dan Canfield
- >bigdog@bones.et.byu.edu
- >
- >DoD #0071,RP90
- >'89 FJ1200
- >'89 Indy707
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- >"Excuss me while I kiss the sky" - Jimi Hendrix
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- don
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