Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)
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Re: Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)
They're not tucked up and easy to access.
Has a decent weight of precious metals in it.
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Re: Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)
He suggested painting the underside of your car with anti vandal paint.
Maybe you could give it a go over the long weekend.
Maybe you could give it a go over the long weekend.
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Long weekends don't exist here. The only day I can 100% guarantee off here is Xmas day.
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Re: Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)
Join the club. I'm at work tomorrow. No one reminded me it was Good Friday. Even the customer.
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Re: Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)
Got on the blower to Ted's looking for a couple of 6000ZZ bearings. Aye, four in stock, so make my essential* journey down there and part with a whopping €13.55! for two Koyos. I know I can get 20 of them for that from China, but a four to six weeks wait isn't an option and I couldn't be bothered burning a load of pez to go up to E. Fox Engineers.
So starting from this point
A bit of percussive action sees it get back towards where it should be
Then rummage round the man cave to find a long bolt to put in to assist further directional bashing and clamp it up to see how it looks.
They only really weld that sleeve in with a blob of about ⅙ of the circumference either side. Might buzz round the whole lot. Next job: find Mr Angry Grinder.
So starting from this point
A bit of percussive action sees it get back towards where it should be
Then rummage round the man cave to find a long bolt to put in to assist further directional bashing and clamp it up to see how it looks.
They only really weld that sleeve in with a blob of about ⅙ of the circumference either side. Might buzz round the whole lot. Next job: find Mr Angry Grinder.
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Re: Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)
Reminds me of why I've had Givi racks fail, a massive joining surface & a tiny blob of weld to hope it hangs together.
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Re: Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)
Are those those climbing bars that you use?
We used to call them monkeybars at school.
We used to call them monkeybars at school.
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Re: Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)
No, the badly made and bloody expensive luggage system on my Suzuki.
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Re: Eddie Honda's wheels of steel (and occasionally alloy)
After getting up too early and then wasting a fiver gambling on my team before watching the telly box at lunchtime, I nodded-off in the chair. On waking I thought I'd better get my arse in gear and do something semi-productive, or at least appear to be.
Found angry grinder. Found the spindle spanner. Found the twisted wire brush head. Found the discs. Moved a couple of bicycles and lawnmower out of the way and moved the B&D Workmate in.
First remove a bit of paint with a flap disc. Blob some welds here and there.
Then decided to bend open the closing flap (which isn't welded over) and do some more blobbing inside.
Pondered my next move and thought I might as well weld the end flap shut. It might resist tearing open again.
Dress things back on two sides and general clean up. Then battle a bit with getting the bearings out, because I've been a blind twat and wandered off course and welded over the edge of the sleeve. (Thought briefly "what the fuck I am doing this for, should of let matey skip it"). A quick tickle with the grinder and I get them tapped out along with the spacer.
Then waste more time looking around for a tin of spray paint. Find some grey primer and a tin of white. (Wonder if it'll last past the first drift or should I have beefed it up further - then decide "fuck it", shove the old bearings half-way back in and get spraying).
Waiting for the primer to dry now. Off out to get fags and some munchies to have with my beer. For those of you observing the time-stamps on those photos, I used to have an appropriate T-shirt from ASDA with this on it:
Found angry grinder. Found the spindle spanner. Found the twisted wire brush head. Found the discs. Moved a couple of bicycles and lawnmower out of the way and moved the B&D Workmate in.
First remove a bit of paint with a flap disc. Blob some welds here and there.
Then decided to bend open the closing flap (which isn't welded over) and do some more blobbing inside.
Pondered my next move and thought I might as well weld the end flap shut. It might resist tearing open again.
Dress things back on two sides and general clean up. Then battle a bit with getting the bearings out, because I've been a blind twat and wandered off course and welded over the edge of the sleeve. (Thought briefly "what the fuck I am doing this for, should of let matey skip it"). A quick tickle with the grinder and I get them tapped out along with the spacer.
Then waste more time looking around for a tin of spray paint. Find some grey primer and a tin of white. (Wonder if it'll last past the first drift or should I have beefed it up further - then decide "fuck it", shove the old bearings half-way back in and get spraying).
Waiting for the primer to dry now. Off out to get fags and some munchies to have with my beer. For those of you observing the time-stamps on those photos, I used to have an appropriate T-shirt from ASDA with this on it:
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