How to ruin your 1VJ engine (warning: GRAPHIC)

[XT GIRL]

Here's a video clip of this weekend's work on my 1Vj.

It is not for the feint hearted - but very funny. (except for me)


If its ANY consolation: the actual job, was to replace the faulty stator. This job was achieved with aplomb. The work being seen in the video, was completely gratuitous and had no purpose other than to cost me money for a machinist, and yet another week without my bike.


I'm not bitter. I'm in therapy!




YouTube - How to Kill an Engine

[DarrenM]

, so much better trashing someone else's bike. Took some strength to snap it. We have all done the same while learning though we do lack your finesse and style. My tools usually fly across the garage.

You do have my sympathy, after 15 years of engineering I still have to think Twice as to which direction to unscrew a bolt. I always have a mental picture in my head of a clock face when I look at the bolt to ensure I do it the right way. Buy a Ratchet with direction arrows on it.

Just completed my pre-trip mechanical training by removing, rebuilding and refitting an engine into an Yamaha XV; in the front garden without spilling a drop of oil.

YouTube - Lesson #3 - Stripping Keep the videos coming Hope to see you both in Africa.

[XTZ66097]

That's a classic

What has really impressed me is the amount of grief that bolt took before it actually sheared......

Never mind a painful lesson but well learnt

[Alexlebrit]

I decided to take the Mini Cooper out for a run today as the sun was out. Took a bridge slightly too fast and this is the result, one totally cracked through front subframe. The engine's dropped, the wheels are splayed. Oh well.

[XT GIRL]

Originally Posted by DarrenM

.... Buy a Ratchet with direction arrows on it.

THanks for the kind words.

We DO have a ratchet with arrows on - but it doesn't do allen keys... do you get a ratchet for them???


PS: EVERYBODY -- I JUST WANT TO BLANKET APOLOGISE FOR THE FOUL LANGUAGE ON THE VIDEO... WE DONT NORMALLY SWEAR THAT MUCH... BUT IT WAS EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES!

[DarrenM]

Originally Posted by XT GIRL

We DO have a ratchet with arrows on - but it doesn't do allen keys... do you get a ratchet for them???

Yes you can buy Hex (Allen) Bits for Ratchets either as a set or buy an Adapter which takes inserts. For travel Inserts with Adapter are best as you can use them with your Ratchet or a Screwdriver handle provided the square drive is the same.
Much easier to use than an Allen Key with a Spanner as leverage.
Good source is UK Suppliers of Britool, Sykes Pickavant, Gedore, Stahlwille, Facom Tools - Workshop Consumables
Look under 'Screwdrivers and Bits' or 'Sockets and Ratchets'
Halfords also sell them individually or as a set.

You seem better prepared than most, met people who have travelled with little or no knowledge of their bikes. Have you done tyre changes yet ???

[Big Yellow Tractor]

I had to watch through my fingers, with my hands over my face.

I could say, in a Mr Chumley-Warner voice; "WOMEN, KNOW YOUR PLACE" But that would be very sexist.

Girls, better to find out the difference between clockwise and anticlockwise now, rather than on a piste somewhere. (I do worry for the generation that is growing up with digital watches)

I would recommend buying a good quality torque wrench for doing things back up. It takes some experience to judge how tight is tight, with fine threads in alloy.

Try to get one where the settings you use are in it's mid-range. I have a little 3/8" Norbar.

Have fun

[Ten660]

Oh Dear......
Who else was shouting at the video.......

I had it literally Drummed into me many years ago

Lefty Loosey
Rightey Tighty


And always have a coffee sitting nearby..

Andy

[Hustler]

Originally Posted by Ten660

Oh Dear......
Who else was shouting at the video.......

I had it literally Drummed into me many years ago

Lefty Loosey
Rightey Tighty


And always have a coffee sitting nearby..

Andy

And wear gloves.
And I know it's no consolation but I did the same thing some years ago.
But I haven't done it since and I doubt you will either.

[MotoEdde]

"Lefty loosey...righty tighty..." for taking off bolts or tightening them.
That means...turn to the left(counter-clockwise) to loosen...turn the spanner to the right(clockwise) to tighten

Rarely...very rarely are things reverse threaded...where the above adage is backwards.

HTH

[henryuk]

D'oh indeed, but its happened to us all. There is a knack to getting sheared studs out that comes with time....... Luckily this definitely wont be the last bolt that gets snapped so you will get to practice!

Its worth remembering that snapped bolts are just spilled milk - worse case scenario you try and drill them out and the bit snaps, then you need a spark eroder.... still not the end of the world though.

[Alexlebrit]

Ah, but lefty loosey, righty tighty is back to front if the bolt's upside-down like it was in this case.

If the worst comes to the worst, pack a small nut and bolt in your tool kit, then just orient that to match the thing you want to loosen/tighten and voila, instant reminder.

Now can anyone weld?

[XTHeadGirl]

oh how I laughed..... after the fact of course

Well guys - the most embarrassing part is I taught Mardi the 'lefty loosy, righty tighty' saying!!!!! aaggghhhhh!!! No actually the worst part was thinking, nay - believing that I was following my own advice and turning the bolt the right way......

But hey - a lesson well learned, and you don't learn anything unless you get your hands dirty and make a few mistakes along the way - which is why we're doing all of this now - a long time before we find ourselves stranded with mechanical problems in the middle of the Sahara

One small sweet thing to come out the weekend spent up to my elbows in grease though - Mama XTHeadGirl shared with her daughter the very old and well known 'drag you nails over a bar of soap to keep the grease out' adage..... aaaaahhhhhhh - don't you just love moms?

Gigi

[Babybadger]

Originally Posted by XT GIRL

Here's a video clip of this weekend's work on my 1Vj.

It is not for the feint hearted - but very funny. (except for me)


If its ANY consolation: the actual job, was to replace the faulty stator. This job was achieved with aplomb. The work being seen in the video, was completely gratuitous and had no purpose other than to cost me money for a machinist, and yet another week without my bike.


I'm not bitter. I'm in therapy!




YouTube - How to Kill an Engine

Err...... oh dear, unlucky with that one.....I liked her confidence though..... gigi will not be working on mine though under any circumstance......... A lesson for those without a torque wrench and work table ...... You guys in London?

[tomwest]

I would have hated my self sooo much after that,and I don´t think I would ever ever post a video as evidence of me doing it,my male ego would die in the process.Thumbs up for shareing it with us

At least now you know what to do next time.Keep up the good spirit!