What did you do in your garage today..?

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Gaoler said:
'Not my garage, but a buddy's workshop.
The kind of guy you seems to know everything about bikes and talks about swapping engines and rebuilding forks like it's nothing... Always has more than one project underway...

'Went over the other day to check up on a project...
1972 Honda I have forgot what model (CB350F?), but he told me it's the smallest displacement 4cyl. ever made.

Coming along nicely...

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Is that a complete bike he is restoring or is that 4 cylinder being swapped into a bike that previous had a much less interesting engine?

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There is strange information on the internet about he 350 being the smallest four cylinder but honda made tons of four cylinder 250's.
 
GreyGhost said:
Is that a complete bike he is restoring or is that 4 cylinder being swapped into a bike that previous had a much less interesting engine?

EDIT:
There is strange information on the internet about he 350 being the smallest four cylinder but honda made tons of four cylinder 250's.
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It's an original 350 that came with the bike.
The bike will be better than new when he's done......the man is genius.
I saw it just after the frame was freshened up, last autumn.
 
As per the other thread…what is the recommendation for cleaning the rims on my bike?

Any recommended cleaning agents that would help it out? Spoked wheels unfortunately.
 
mimico_polak said:
As per the other thread…what is the recommendation for cleaning the rims on my bike?

Any recommended cleaning agents that would help it out? Spoked wheels unfortunately.
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Any degreaser and plenty of elbow grease will do. Do it by hand. Be prepared to spend an hour or so. Clean the rim, each spoke, the hub, and the sprocket. It should be looking brand new when you're done. It'll be well worth the effort.
 
GreyGhost said:
Aren't you selling it? Pressure washer is fast and easy. If you hurt the bearings, that's a problem for the next person. /s
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Surprised and disappointed at this reply. You usually dish out sound advice on all matters. This, unfortunately, is not.
 
Replaced the torque converter in my sister's 2017 Escape. What a hateful fcuking car it is to work on. Every damn bolt is a bi+ch bolt. Unquestionably the worst designed car as far as repairs are concerned that I've ever personally had to deal with. You would think that a car company that holds every record for number of recalls would make their garbage at least easily fixable. Nope. Oh, and the transmission has no oil pan and no filter to remove and replace, no magnets to clean. Failure really is the design objective of these transmissions. Is short, F you Ford.
 
Renboy said:
Replaced the torque converter in my sister's 2017 Escape. What a hateful fcuking car it is to work on. Every damn bolt is a bi+ch bolt. Unquestionably the worst designed car as far as repairs are concerned that I've ever personally had to deal with. You would think that a car company that holds every record for number of recalls would make their garbage at least easily fixable. Nope. Oh, and the transmission has no oil pan and no filter to remove and replace, no magnets to clean. Failure really is the design objective of these transmissions. Is short, F you Ford.
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Impressed at the talent here to be able to get something like that repaired in a home garage.
 
I had been checking out part numbers at partzilla to try and figure out which rear caliper I had and which parts were interchangeable. So imagine my surprise when I'm at a thrift store with the Squeeze and see a bin with some Honda packages with numbers I recognize.
I spent $2 and bought two different packages of seals thinking one should fit.
Turns out one pack was the piston seal and the other was the dust seal - both the correct parts.
Caliper is together and installed.
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