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What did you do in your garage today..?
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Everyone bitching about uncertified and unsafe lithium batteries. They have a point but when you are looking at 2x or 3x on cost to get certified ones, they don't serve the same clients. It's probably cheaper to buy something like a fire resistant charging bag than it is to step up from a crap scooter to a good one.
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On that note, anybody have any experience with fire resistant bags? I was charging some nimh batteries in the basement using a power supply and third hand to hold the leads against the battery terminals. I didn't love it. The bench is wood and I doubt it could get started by a battery (almost 1 3/4" thick and solid) but still.
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Don't tell my Squeeze that's a thing.
sburns
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Your car, sure why not, her car no way! That is a thing.
My wife would very much hate my garage parking spot and it would probably end badly. You have to back through the raised 4-post. There isn't a ton of space and hitting one of the legs would end very badly. I have put her car there when required but she never has and never will.
There's nothing like hopping into a warm dry car before a trip out.
I'll have to do some more training with my middle son, as he uses our car.
I've already replaced both side mirror plastics and one mirror, while they had their G1s & G2s.
There is no her car / my car. Just our car and my bikes.
sburns
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Lol I saw this meme recently, not sure how true this was, but in Germany they have car parking for women. It's marked on the spot and with a sign. And in this photo it was next to a cement pole.
Finally pulled apart the failed diff from my wife's cage. Cause was as expected. Pinion nut backs off which allows the pinion to move which screws up the gear mesh. The part I didn't expect but probably should have was when nut backed off, that screwed up bearing preload. Bearings had about 200 thou extra space. That allows the pinion to move laterally as well as allowing a ton of diff oil forward into the clutch packs. Pinion was cutting into the carrier. I don't know how much longer it had before it completely exploded.
One bearing got pounded. I havent decided whether to rebuild this to have as a spare in case it does it again. The part is a few grand and it is an unresolved design issue. There is nothing holding the pinion nut tight other than hopes and dreams. If I redo it I'll probably use locktite or bruise the threads after it is properly loaded to keep the nut in place. I need to try to figure out if these clutch packs are supposed to have oil flowing through them. If they were supposed to be dry, I may not be able to save this.
One bearing got pounded. I havent decided whether to rebuild this to have as a spare in case it does it again. The part is a few grand and it is an unresolved design issue. There is nothing holding the pinion nut tight other than hopes and dreams. If I redo it I'll probably use locktite or bruise the threads after it is properly loaded to keep the nut in place. I need to try to figure out if these clutch packs are supposed to have oil flowing through them. If they were supposed to be dry, I may not be able to save this.
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Mad Mike
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That looks nasty, has to be a lot of filings running around inside that diff.
Can you get parts to repair that? Bearings should be cheap, those ground up might be expensive.
Ouch!
Gears are in good shape and visibly undamaged. I don't care about the carrier damage. Lots of metal there and we aren't launching a high hp vehicle. Metal inside is silvery goo. Tiny particles that you can see but not feel. Cleaning out the vast majority wouldnt be difficult.
Now that I've have it apart, there is another repair option if it happens again. Drop the driveshaft, pull the engagement clutch and that gives you access to the nut that came loose. I think there is access to do that installed in the vehicle. That saves a crapton of labour as you don't need to pull the axles and hubs apart to drop the diff. Obviously you can't replace the bearings that way but if you get to it when it first starts acting up , damage shpuld be less.
Mad Mike
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If you’re just bearings and you can do the labour, that’s not going to be really expensive.
YouTube your repair to make back the cost of your bearings.
Not a lot of info on the inside of the diff. Lots of info on people R&Ring the whole part. I may have the service manual, I can't remember. First thing is figure out whether this clutch was supposed to be in an oil bath. If its supposed to be dry, carrier will become part of wall of destruction.
Relax
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Sounds like the rear sprocket carrier for my KTM 990 SMT. The one video I found on replacing the bearings really only showed the before and after with the guy saying he just gave it to a shop to do - well thanks a lot for wasting my time. None of the KTM forums had a DIY, nor were there any pics in any of the sparse threads where it was briefly discussed. And when I started asking for specifics, I was getting conflicting answers. This component's been around since probably 2007 on various models, so how was I the first to post the details on the job?
Mad Mike
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Youtube can be great... and not. There is so much pollution that it can be hard to find videos s that are step-by-step with relevant details on how to test/diagnose, repair, and test again.
I did a couple of youtube video 10+ years ago when a few thousand views and a few hundred subscribers was a big deal. Takes too long to do the videos.
I could make one on the internal repair but other people probably shouldn't be listening to a weekend warrior with no formal training and limited experience. As a start, there are no shims to set pinion depth which seems strange but I'm just going to pretend that gear mesh is good enough.
Starting the plan to renovate an old tractor shed into a new heated garage
50'x28'
Shed was built in 1958
Dirt floor presently
Steel siding is showing its age. Going to strip it all off, insulate etc.
What features should I plan for?
50'x28'
Shed was built in 1958
Dirt floor presently
Steel siding is showing its age. Going to strip it all off, insulate etc.
What features should I plan for?
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