March 2007
A silly question popped into my head today while lubing and adjusting the chain on the bike.
Modern motorcycles are masterpieces of precision engineering. Five figure rev limits, 150 bhp+ per litre and incredible reliability.
So why is it seemingly beyond the manufacturers to make the little marks used to gauge chain adjustment on the swingarm accurate enough to set up the rear wheel alignment by? It seems ridiculous that the only satisfactory method of doing this, which is also used by the MOT man, is to stick a straight bit of wood or metal either side of the wheel and line it up by eye against the front wheel? Is this the best that such advanced engineering can offer?
Sorry, a bit of a pointless rant, but surely the cost of making those chain adjustment marks accurate relative to each other must be negligible, and would make life so much easier.
Cheers
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can you tell me where i can buy a rear brake piston rewind tool for my vauxhall vectra 53 plate from as the ones on ebay dont fit Read more
Laser tools.
www.lasertools.co.uk/
www.lasertools.co.uk/item.aspx?item=3482&cat=378
Although you can't directly order from them. However, they do provide a list of stockists.
www.lasertools.co.uk/stockists.aspx
is there such a car?
thanks
ps:is there different types of cruise control? Read more
is there such a car?
Yes, but if it isn't already fitted, and the throttle is drive by wire (which I *think* all the diesels are if you're talking newer Astras), then it can be fitted afterwards with relative ease.
Evening to all in the BR. I have been offered a brand new Meta M36 T2 (cat 2) immobiliser for 50 quid. Its for fitting to a 1993 Xantia Td (no standard immobiliser). Its the type where you push the key into a dash mounted socket and it allows the engine to be started. I cant seem to find any reviews/comments on the net, and was just wondering if anyone in here has any experience with them? Many thanks Read more
Just had a look on the Thatcham website & the M36T2 is still listed as Cat 2 so it must be a pretty good immobiliser when fitted correctly.
Find someone trained to fit it & stamp the certificate & away you go.
Channel 523 on Sky - All day "Wheeler Dealers" today - great fun. Anyone else been enjoying the fettling? Read more
All they seem to be doing is copying stuff already shown (and repeated over and over again) on RealTime.
Caught up with some of the American Hotrod series that I had previously missed first time around.
I have a simple dehumdifying trap for my convertible when garaged, it relies on Calcium Chloride granules which sit in a grid in like a plastic "lunchbox" and absorb the moisture, then when liquid drip down to the bottom of the tin.
It is very effective, but I have come to the end of the sack of granules that came with it.
Can't remember where I bought it from,
Does anyone know of a High St retailer that sells the granules ??
I'm in SW Lonon - Sutton/Croydon area.
Woolworths and my local camping shop don't sell them and didn't know of anywhere either....
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I swear by de-humidifiers - excellent for keeping a house dry &
slightly warmer when you're off for the w/e.
Another motoring use of dehumidifiers is that they provide a source of soft water. When you wash your car, give it a final rinse with dehumidifier water, and it shouldn't leave any streaks.
Hi guys
I have had a pot of Extreme Wax in the garage for a while - it is in a Lime Green tin , I think it is a Turtle Wax product and thought I'd have a go on my newly washed car yesterday.
I applied it with the applicator sponge, which got a little wet as the car was still damp - don't know if this affecs the result ?
Rubbed it off with a clean worn-out cotton cut from an old T-shirt (but soft and freshly laundered)
Didn't seem to polish up very shiny, but in the rain today the water beads up like nothing I've ever seen before !!!
Does anyone have any tips on succesfully applying it ?
I am assuming it can be made to shine fantastically as claimed, or is it more of a polish for keeping the dirt off by waxy-repulsion, as it seems from the water-beading I've just seen.
It does seem a very "solid" wax - unlike most other polishes which seem too liquid to me to be a real "wax"
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Surrey, even if you´re not familiar with a clay bar, don´t worry, it´s dead easy and makes a massive difference to the finished result. I think Halfords stock them.
In the back of the garage do you have a polish as well? Maybe worth going in this order next time - 2 bucket wash, clay the paint, rinse and dry, polish, then wax.
Have fun,
Barchettaman
www.autogeek.net/pinnacleprod.html
scroll down, and there are some very useful instructional video clips.
just bought a 89 mazda 323 se, tried to fit a new cd player but on wiring it in i think i have done something wrong, i have since found out i need a connecting cable from new radio to car. but my interior lights & central locking no longer work, any ideas on what i might have done and how i can fix it.
many thanks,
fred Read more
looks like you have blown a fuse.If you have a handbook it should show which fuse protects these circuits.
The front carpets are wet and the car stinks. I initially shampooed everything, dried everything and stuck a bowl of white vinegar in the car to get rid of the smell. Would anyone have any ideas where this water may be coming from? I'm thinking of ripping the carpets out so at least the smell should go? Is this a good idea. Cheers Lenny Read more
Mss, when you ripped the carpets out, did the smell go
and where did you go to replace them? Did you
use a standard carpet fitter. Cheers Lenny
Yes totally gone now.
Erm...they're still sat in the garage :^D I will be replacing it all myself provided I can remember where it all goes, it's all shaped and cut to the car.
Need to fix the leaks first...
Does anyone out there know how to adjust the headlight angle on a 2004 Scenic, just bought one and the only thing wrong with it is that the nearside headlight is pointiong towards the path. Read more
It's almost certainly the headlight thats out of line, if you compare the two lights the gap on th n/s is very uneven compared to the o/s. Having tried to have a look I can see what you mean about changing the n/s bulb looks a bit of a pain.
Browse
It offers a guide though you cannot be sure that the bike is travelling plumb straight. I tell you, the swing arm marks do the job.
Regards.