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[TheBoy]

My best mate Rik and I started around 10:30. Just finished. What an ordeal that was.

That was with the fairing/tank/seat already removed, and it hasn't gone back on.

The forks fell out surprisingly easily, which was something that I was worried about. The bearings fell out as expected. The shells....   ....well....   ....hammers, swearing, cursing, custom tool manufacturing, more hammers, cursing, welding, hammers, swearing, more welding, more hammers and an awful lot of swearing. But we got the shells out of the frame. Then onto the bearing/shell on the yoke. Swearing, custom tool making, hammers, swearing, welding... ...well, you get the picture.

About 7pm we had all the bearings and shells off. Then the fun and games of getting the new shells in the frame. That wasn't fun. Threaded rod trick, complete waste of time. More hammers, more swearing, done.

Forks and wheel all back on, along with tank. Just fairing to do now, then book back in for MOT.


My mate Rik and I always have a giggle when we do jobs together, so although it was hard work, frustrating, and took longer (much!) than expected, we had a bloody good laugh, and I have to say the entire job was thoroughly enjoyable. Sure as hell glad I didn't attempt it on my own.

[albitz]

Take it for a ride to bed everything in,then check and readjust as necessary.
Have had a set for my bike for about 3 years but havent got round to fitting them yet.Keep scraping through the MOT with an advisory about notchiness in straight ahead position.

[bertie1.8vectra]

I really miss working on a motorbike.... Sat and sundays where maintenance and repair days when i was a courier... Me and dad used to have a good laugh doing it..... Happy days....i need to get this shed sorted and get a bike again... every man need a somewhere to hide from the wife....

[albitz]

Dont know why,but I dont particularily enjoy working on bikes these days for some reason.Prefer to work on cars,which is the complete opposite to how I was for many years. Must be something to do with getting being old.

[omega3000]

Hope you didnt use pattern parts 
Days of sniffing petrol tanks and bending over bikes has gone  Most enjoyable time was had though , miss the old bikes and tinkering in the shed Always handy to speed up the repair process with a couple of hammers to hand ..

[feeutfo]

So what was the agro? Press fit and rust?


The shells are not normally that hard to knock out IME...? 

Inner race/shell on the bottom yoke stem can be awkward, but not usually as bad as described.

[TheBoy]

So what was the agro? Press fit and rust?


The shells are not normally that hard to knock out IME...? 

Inner race/shell on the bottom yoke stem can be awkward, but not usually as bad as described.

ZX10 has a ridge in the frame, stopping you getting a drift on it. Make an angled tool, it just bends. Looks like there is a special tool (Sealey MS040), but even that looks like it needs a good idiotting with a BFH.

Yoke one, was equally a pig, even after cutting out lower seal, to give a gap to get a perch on.

[feeutfo]

So what was the agro? Press fit and rust?


The shells are not normally that hard to knock out IME...? 

Inner race/shell on the bottom yoke stem can be awkward, but not usually as bad as described.

ZX10 has a ridge in the frame, stopping you getting a drift on it. Make an angled tool, it just bends. Looks like there is a special tool (Sealey MS040), but even that looks like it needs a good idiotting with a BFH.

Through the centre..?

Yoke one, was equally a pig, even after cutting out lower seal, to give a gap to get a perch on.

Yeah they can be a fiddle.

[TheBoy]

For the shells in the frame, welded on a fairly substantial bead - partly to get lots of heat in it, but also allowing a better place to get a purchase on with a drift.

For the shell of the yoke, welded on a bead, and we simultanteous idiotted it with cold chisels from both sides to get it to lift up off it.

This was after trying other methods, including fabricating tools...  ...got through a load of metal cutting disks today

[feeutfo]

For the shells in the frame, welded on a fairly substantial bead - partly to get lots of heat in it, but also allowing a better place to get a purchase on with a drift.

For the shell of the yoke, welded on a bead, and we simultanteous idiotted it with cold chisels from both sides to get it to lift up off it.

This was after trying other methods, including fabricating tools...  ...got through a load of metal cutting disks today

oh no, not the cutting discs. those ones, well, I'm not sure if the discs cut the metal, or the metal cuts the discs.

[TheBoy]

For the shells in the frame, welded on a fairly substantial bead - partly to get lots of heat in it, but also allowing a better place to get a purchase on with a drift.

For the shell of the yoke, welded on a bead, and we simultanteous idiotted it with cold chisels from both sides to get it to lift up off it.

This was after trying other methods, including fabricating tools...  ...got through a load of metal cutting disks today

oh no, not the cutting discs. those ones, well, I'm not sure if the discs cut the metal, or the metal cuts the discs.

On some (marginally!!) better quality ones now...