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Originally Posted by pjcr12
We did use a lump of wood to hold the flywheel, because it most closely resembles what our heads are made of....it worked well enough though, both on undoing those forking-tight flywheel bolts and then doing them up again afterwards, although I seem to remember we didn't go the whole hog of doing them up to the book-torque of a massive 105 Nm........you have to leave a bit of room for creativity when wrenching, or the machines think they're better than the humans and that would never do.
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Wooden brane bones indeed, but it worked, and that's what mattered :-) I don't recall exactly which NM/FtLllb figure we used, or if the threads were dry or oiled, but either way it was what was said in both the Clymer & Haynes, in that I recall we were fastidious in checking that. I just remember feeling very nervous as they approached the book torque, as we could really have done without them snapping.
As far as this current weeping rear crank seal/oil cover is concerned, I think it'll take a good couple of days work to get in, get it done, and get out again. 'Days' taken as in the universal measure of chatting/drinking tea/pointing etc.
Were I to get it done by the Dave I guess I'd be looking at dropping the engine out for delivery, in which case I seem to recall DBD getting a rear seal done for around £30 including parts? That rings a bell anyway. It would of course be the most sensible route, but I've enough trouble raising the funds for a rear seal & oil cover O ring, let alone the labour costs of someone else doing it. Anyway I'm inclined to leave it for a while as it's only weeping/misting slightly so it can wait a bit, not least because the DMW is my only form of transport and I could do without being stuck off the the road...
I'm slightly inclined to deal with the rear wheel bearings first tho/ough, and to get the wheel balanced as that's the only real drawback to having recently changed the rear tire/yre myself. I got the tire/yre swap done easily enough, but I don't have the facility to balance it myself. Still, onwards & sideways
I'd be happy to take a bike from your aforementioned stock, but would it be possible to select one from your secret stash as pictured below?...
And now, back to sleep for a bit.
Toodle Parp!?!