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Title: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Lozza on May 22, 2015, 10:28:24 pm
TORQUE WRENCH (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVR6T0cxXg&index=8&list=PLWdpiGCq-K68YreZWdcZyuK6Jqc1eRfX3)
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Moto on May 22, 2015, 10:32:44 pm
Wire Buffing wheel.Makes all your dirty rusty bits new again.
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Daryl Jones on May 22, 2015, 11:16:06 pm
Plenty of Time!
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: SON on May 23, 2015, 04:21:15 am
TORQUE WRENCH (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVR6T0cxXg&index=8&list=PLWdpiGCq-K68YreZWdcZyuK6Jqc1eRfX3)
Lozza wins!
It's the first question I ask any Mechanic or so called Mechanic who walks in with a Resume
What's the torque setting on the sump plug of a 450 Motocrosser ?
What brand ? doesn't matter ?
Make a guess ?
What's your guess ?
Or a 250 2 smoke?
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: oldfart on May 23, 2015, 07:07:22 am
Son .... till it strips then back it off  a 1/4 of a turn.  When do I start   ;D
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Doc on May 23, 2015, 08:10:05 am
 Calibrated click method
1 click (elbow) - 40f/lbs
2 clicks (elbow and wrist) -  60f/lbs
As above with torn bicep - 80f/lbs
As above with shoulder dislocation - 100f/lbs
Burred knuckles you've gone too far! 
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: crossedup2 on May 23, 2015, 04:44:35 pm
Two young apprentices on the end of a 3/4 drive socket - 2" nut and 2 metres pipe extension on a bobcat gear box drive nut to undo. Wouldn't move!
Boss thought we were whimps! and had a go himself. No luck! Started using all different methods he had up his (older) sleeve and still no luck. So he cut the nut off!
Didn't have the heart at that point to tell him the manual said that it had to be torqued up to over 250ft/lbs.

A week later and about $500 in parts to fix bosses handy work and $500 on a torque multiplying tool and some free choice words, one apprentice had the jobs done.

It was known for quite a while that two young barred up apprentices could F#@K the boss every time. (The joke lasted for years!) ;) ;) ;)

Peter B




Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: TTezza on May 23, 2015, 05:23:44 pm
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Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Slakewell on May 23, 2015, 05:27:41 pm
(http://bachelorpadgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/bar_kegerator_beer_fridge.jpg)
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Momus on May 23, 2015, 06:16:15 pm
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(http://s7.postimg.org/467vkaenf/image.jpg)

Multi tool only counts if you display something you made using it...

My suggestion is a couple of humble 100 ml veterinarians syringes with a clear flex tube attachment.

Invaluable for decanting and adding any workshop fluid.  Mine get used as everything from a burette for compression ratio checks to calibrated fork oil top ups/reductions to priming grumpy starting 2 strokes.
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: 80-85 husky on May 23, 2015, 08:12:06 pm
a laptop with internet connection to:
1. look up how to videos
2. post here
3 watch "idiots on motorbikes" videos
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: FourstrokeForever on May 24, 2015, 08:25:03 am
Daisy Duke to do all the shitty cleaning and polishing jobs ( oh, really, ok then) while I take care of the important stuff like check the beer fridge is stocked....
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: TooFastTim on May 24, 2015, 08:35:42 am
TORQUE WRENCH (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVR6T0cxXg&index=8&list=PLWdpiGCq-K68YreZWdcZyuK6Jqc1eRfX3)

All that effort and then he sticks a pair of vice grips on the end  :o
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: fred99999au on May 24, 2015, 06:16:38 pm
They were calibrated vice grips.
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: g465b on May 24, 2015, 06:49:06 pm
a well organised area for all those spare parts,that may come in handy one day....(http://[URL=http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/gbankier/media/bikes001_zps689e40f9.jpg.html][img width=800 height=582]http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a561/gbankier/bikes001_zps689e40f9.jpg)[/URL](http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a561/gbankier/bikes001_zps689e40f9.jpg) (http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/gbankier/media/bikes001_zps689e40f9.jpg.html)[/img]
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: GMC on May 24, 2015, 10:26:22 pm
TORQUE WRENCH (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVR6T0cxXg&index=8&list=PLWdpiGCq-K68YreZWdcZyuK6Jqc1eRfX3)
Lozza wins!
It's the first question I ask any Mechanic or so called Mechanic who walks in with a Resume
What's the torque setting on the sump plug of a 450 Motocrosser ?
What brand ? doesn't matter ?
Make a guess ?
What's your guess ?
Or a 250 2 smoke?

Reminds me of a bike shop owner that was telling me a few years back that he knew his new mechanic was going to be a dud when he saw him using a torque wrench as a breaker bar to undo an axle nut
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: TooFastTim on May 25, 2015, 07:23:17 am
They were calibrated vice grips.

Doh! Silly me.
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Photomike666 on May 25, 2015, 07:42:41 am
WD40, Duct Tape, large hammer. 
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: KTM47 on May 25, 2015, 09:04:24 am
Essential things for your shed.

1. Stocked beer fridge.
2. Good stero or radio.
3. Bed in case you get locked out of the house.
4. Maybe a big flat screen TV with Foxtel connection.
5. And some tools.
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Andrew L on May 25, 2015, 10:05:23 am
Essential things for your shed.

1. Stocked beer fridge.
2. Good stero or radio.
3. Bed in case you get locked out of the house.
4. Maybe a big flat screen TV with Foxtel connection.
5. And some tools.

1. Check
2. Check
3. Futon couch that folds into bed with doonas but have a spare key to the house stashed in shed
4.Got the TV with DVD built in , surround sound , no Foxtel though it is hooked to the internet through a computer to watch catchup episodes and YouTube videos
5.Check
6. Row of bikes to look at when nothing is on Television (hoarder/collector whole other thread)
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Lozza on May 25, 2015, 10:38:42 am
TORQUE WRENCH (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVR6T0cxXg&index=8&list=PLWdpiGCq-K68YreZWdcZyuK6Jqc1eRfX3)

All that effort and then he sticks a pair of vice grips on the end  :o

(http://i.imgur.com/M7GgFg3.jpg)
 This might help
HOW TO REBORE  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT1nRq-cM7M)
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Jumbo J on May 25, 2015, 02:26:17 pm


(http://i.imgur.com/M7GgFg3.jpg)
 This might help
HOW TO REBORE  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT1nRq-cM7M)
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Lozza i couldnt stop laughing....
here's another ichiban classic tip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB0eRYHtpYo
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Slakewell on May 27, 2015, 03:37:14 pm
A Mid seventies KX

(http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q747/Slakewell1/IMGP0534_zpsbn1znuif.jpg)

Everyone should own one once  ;)
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Jumbo J on May 27, 2015, 05:48:12 pm
A Mid seventies KX

(http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q747/Slakewell1/IMGP0534_zpsbn1znuif.jpg)

Everyone should own one once  ;)
78 ? Slakewell
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Slakewell on May 27, 2015, 06:05:15 pm
Yes A4 125
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Nathan S on May 27, 2015, 08:29:50 pm

TORQUE WRENCH (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVR6T0cxXg&index=8&list=PLWdpiGCq-K68YreZWdcZyuK6Jqc1eRfX3)
Lozza wins!
It's the first question I ask any Mechanic or so called Mechanic who walks in with a Resume
What's the torque setting on the sump plug of a 450 Motocrosser ?
What brand ? doesn't matter ?
Make a guess ?
What's your guess ?
Or a 250 2 smoke?

I might be missing the joke here, but I'd suggest that any "mechanic" that needs to use a torque wrench on a sump plug isn't worth employing.
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: N22 on May 27, 2015, 09:59:35 pm
Yep a Torque Multiplier is Number 1, you can put 500ft/lbs on with an 1/2inch drive(just don't use your inch rattle gun on it),and a couple or 3 leathermen on your belt,especially the "Crunch" which has its own mini vice grip,great for undoing stubborn Phillips head screws.

You don't need a torque wrench on the sump plug,just belt the spanner a couple of times with a copper hammer(don't want to hurt the spanner),and if it leaks plug it with Quick Metal epoxy,easy.
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: SON on May 28, 2015, 04:47:21 am
Pack of sooks,
Not one guess,
And Nathan no joke estimate the cost of a replacement of a set of crank cases on a M109 at 900klms?
Just a little over $5k??
New crush washer $2.00
Using Torque Wrench additional 30 seconds
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: Nathan S on May 28, 2015, 08:24:57 am
Having half a f$&king clue: priceless.
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: FourstrokeForever on May 28, 2015, 10:22:39 am
Having half a f$&king clue: priceless.

^^^^Priceless ^^^^  ;D
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: KTM47 on May 28, 2015, 10:49:56 am
The title of this post is "Something we should all have in the shed"

If I was running or working in a commercial workshop yes I would use a torque wrench.  If a thread strips and you aren't using one it is your fault.  Simple as that.

For my own shed I don't use one all the time, but on certain things it pays too.  eg the triple clamp bolts on USD forks.  They have a lower torque so you don't restrict the movement in the tubes.

I still say the stocked beer fridge is more important.
Title: Re: Something we all should have in the shed
Post by: chrisdespo on May 31, 2015, 08:43:45 am
the one thing everyone should have in the shed. "a concrete floor" i have a 3x6 bit of concrete the rest is dirt cant do anything. oh and don't forget a bike.