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Safety wire because I was bored

Started by ratz, September 08, 2005, 11:34:40 AM

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ratz

I  can appreciate your logic, Maybe I will redo the drain. It is just hard to get to because of the confinement of it (exhaust pipe, and being upsidedown under a bike)

werase643

you will have plenty of room when you remove the exhaust...to safety wire the exhaust bolts.

:cheers:
want Iain's money to support my butt in kens shop

ckirtner80

anybody here still have "safety wire pliers" you know what I'm talking about.  
I haven't heard anyone talk about safety wire since I got out of the AF.

davipu

I have a couple pairs.  harbor frieght carries them for 15 bucks a pair.

werase643

The $15.00 HF ones suck compared to $75.00 MIL SPEC ones
but
are better than hand twisting

some times they go on sale for $8.00
also in 6 inch and 9 inch
want Iain's money to support my butt in kens shop

dgyver

I use the cheaper ones, guess I do not know what I am missing since I have never used any MIL Spec ones. Mine still make nice pretty twists. I used to be able to get them for $8 from a jewelery supply catalog.
Common sense in not very common.

JamesG

Since we are critqueing...

Run the safety wire to that bolt on the top of the engine case behind the oil filler plug to a safety clip that will fit on the hole in the filler plug with just enough slack to get it on. That way you don't have to re do the wiring each time you change/check the oil. If WERA Tech is ok with it, I imagine just about anyone else will be.
James Greeson
GS Posse
WERA #306

calamari

I am confused about this safety wiring stuff...

how about just do something else (what I currently do), like re-torque every nut we can see and access with our tools, every few weeks?

is that what we are talking about here?
Caturday yet?

werase643

safety wiring for race bikes....
is to prevent bolts from coming out
even if properly torqued....really weird stuff happens to a race bike
with it safety wired it will only loosen...at most 1/4 turn

before I started racing...
I was riding my street bike one day and both caliper bolts came loose on one fork.  One bolt fell out and the other one was about 1 turn from falling out
since then every brake caliper has been wired....including my 50cc bikes
when i bought my RS-50, this spring, the front axle was loose....wired now
want Iain's money to support my butt in kens shop

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