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    GUNS

    KIC replied to kenw's topic in Watering Hole

    I agree......I have tried to stay away from this thread and the one about remote control airplanes and helicopters... I can't afford to pay attention much less get any new toys....
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    1st Day Back

    KIC replied to Yammer Dan's topic in Watering Hole

    Ahh man...
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    I thought I "saved" the $40.00 by having the seals come with the bike. I never priced the exact cost of new seals but thought somewhere I had read they were around $40.00. Just figured that since I had them, the $40.00 +/- could be used elsewhere on the bike. SO...where is the discounted OEM seals best purchased from since I presume I will need them now...?
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    I hate drywall work. Spent a whole Saturday one day trying to put up ceiling drywall. Broke 4 pieces and got one partial sheet done. Hired a drywall crew "off-duty". They came over and did the whole ceiling, walls and taped on their lunch hour...don't remember what I paid them but it was worth every $$ ! I agree with find out what it would have cost you to have a professional do it. Figure out the quality of the work done. And pay your friend a decent amount. The friendship is worth more than a few $$$ saved. You can also throw in a $40 - $50.00 dinner gift card to a nice/favorite restaurant so he can take his wife out. If he is unemployed, having a specific gift card eases his conscience on spending $$ that he normally wouldn't spend.
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    So I have a question for those who have installed new seals in their front forks. Have you ever found non-OEM seals to be too thick after installation ? I installed a set of Pyramid seals that came with the bike and I can not get the lock clip in. They appear to be all the way down. The bushing was tapped all the way down but the thickness of all 3 pieces on both sides appears to be 20/1000's too thick. Gonna have to take it all apart to measure, but just wondering if anybody ever found that to be an issue. Yea...I know some of you told me not to use after market seals... just seemed like an easy way to save $40.00.
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    My daughter just drove 90 miles to her TBI/PTSD appointment. Let the fun begin. She is afraid that if she is too blunt about her issues, they could use it to implicate any issues to her being a fit mother ?! She is a great mother to my 6 month old Grand Princess. But how do you tell all without some bureaucrat playing hero and doing something stupid. You hear horror stories all the time. We'll see how it goes.. I'm sure we will talk during her drive back. Grandpa bragging time :
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    I did make sure the bushing was all the way down. Checked both sides with a small screwdriver to make sure there wasn't even a slightest lip sticking up. I will pull them apart AGAIN ( read that with a big UUHG)and mic the thickness of all three pieces, the 2 washers and the seals. then mic the old seal and washers together. I used the new Pyramid seals that came with the bike. I guess I was warned by others on using non-OEM seals. The only other option would be to replace the top washer with a much thinner washer, but I don't like changing things like that. Seems to be 20/1000's to high for the lock ring to work. My friend also said if I pulled the seals, I could check how much rubber is around the bottom and possibly trim the bottom up to thin out the height. That seems to not have any impact on the seal's integrity.
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    1st Day Back

    KIC replied to Yammer Dan's topic in Watering Hole

    Hang in there Dan and keep working on it. Since I am working out vicariously through you, I appreciate all your hard work. I also allow my icons complete my aerobics for me :
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    Yea..that's the clip. Took it to my friends restoration shop. He tried to lower the seal and couldn't get them to move. After trying for a while, he suggested I disassemble the unit again and measure the thickness of the 3 pieces and compare the measurement of thickness to what the originals would have been. I am seriously thinking about making the first Venture sled racer like those in the video.
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    Just a bad hair day....
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    One option is to save even more money, have more fun, have a faster bike, have more class, impress your fellow riders with your knowledge and intellect and buy a nice 1st Gen. You get the best of all worlds and morph into a better, more loving crowd.... Just a thought... But, as they said in the movie.. "A 1st Gen..??? You can't handle a 1st Gen !!" At least that's how I heard it....
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    OK Who Did IT

    KIC replied to playboy's topic in Watering Hole

    What the heck are these ? You guys screwing around with the West ? You all can keep your weather games back east where they belong ! Woke up and this was in the sky blocking out our precious sun. I'm shipping them back to you guys ASAP !!!
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    If this is the bolt in question, this is on my 1989. Looks original.
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    Well the only thing left that I haven't been able to complete is get those $#@&*&$*$ wire locking clips in to the groove. Guess you can say I'm out of my groove. Or my groove is lacking, or... Well I do know what I can do with the Venture if I never get the forks fixed and back on the bike:
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    OK Who Did IT

    KIC replied to playboy's topic in Watering Hole

    I heard that Big Tom was looking for some more too. Just a rumor and all, but he'll take all you got...
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    On My Way

    KIC replied to ragtop69gs's topic in Watering Hole

    Congrats !!!! Once you get past being called the "G" word...it's pretty cool ! I am 6 months into my Lil Grand Princess ! Good part is it sounds like you are close to them. I am 2240 miles away from mine ... You will also take any opportunity to shamelessly show off ...like this..
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    Your end of the tube looks like it doesn't have the groove on the very end and looks fatter than my end.
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    Gary, I took my forks apart. My end cup has the beveled edge too. The end of my tube that goes through the 3 springs and the oil lock has a slight groove around it. that fits snuggly into the beveled hole in the cup. It looks like that bevel is there to "guide the end down into the hole. The end of the tube fits evenly with the outer side of the cup if a slight pressure against the 3 washers are applied. Hope these pictures help. Also somebody asked what tool I made to assist in the lower bolt removal. I used a 22" piece of 1/2 inch PVC with a 1/2 "T" on top. I then placed a 5/8 2-inch long bolt with a nut turned all the way up to the head, into the pipe which screwed in snug. Before screwing in the bolt I placed some plastic epoxy in the PVC and on the threads. After screwing in the bolt I lightly tightened the nut against the PVS like a lock nut and let cure. It has worked perfectly and cost me about $6.00 with the epoxy being the most expensive part.
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    Regarding the headlight not coming on all the time. Make sure your starter switch is not sticking, even just a little. If it has a little grime in it, it will not fully return and the head light will not come on. Happened on my 89'
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    See if you type REAL s l o w and show pictures I can keep up .
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    Okay got it. I will take one of mine apart tomorrow and look at it and take a picture of it. I think it will be worth it for you and anybody else that might need an answer to that question. won't be until after 2pm EST since i won't get back from church until 12pm MST. Bill
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    Okay..still a little confused on your question and we may have to turn this into a phone call tomorrow. But if you are talking about the part name the cylinder in the first attachment below and the part number 12.42 in the 2nd attachment, then yes it has a beveled end that after the oil lock is installed it bevels down to a pointier end and is flush with where the bottom bolt ( part #10.49 ) in the 2nd attachment bolts in. Sorry I'm so slow in understanding exactly what you are asking... but if you want to talk about that 'Life is like a box of chocolates" I can have that discussion easy. Bill
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    Thanks. I will.
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    Gary, All my pieces fit well together, once I figured it out. The 5th picture does show how it should set in. I could drop the seal plate in from the top and let it slide all the way down and I could see from the bottom hole that it appeared flush with the inside bottom of tube. The oil lock sits on the top with the 3 washers on top of it. I believe mine is original since nothing appeared to have ever been apart, I apologize for not completely understanding your request for pictures. I have taken some ( below) of my lower forks. If you want some others, just explain to me s l o w l y what you want and I will to get them posted.
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    Got them back together and the bushings are now level with the lower lip. Will try the seals again tomorrow. Thanks for all the help and special thanks for the phone conversations with Rocket who helped walk me through a few spots.
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