My R5 loved to try and spit me off at every opportunity. Miss that bike. Had the GP dual leading shoe brakes that would pull the back wheel off the ground at really high speed just to add insult to injury.
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A Cautionary Tale
- Thread starter Team Junk
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I wasn't even looking as I was just scrolling down past the Honda and thought that was another XS650 with bad clip!
OK Jim you are right, I took your advice and safety wired my master link clip.
And a damn fine
I particularly like the loop through the sprocket...
Ooohhh, youze guyz....
Happy now, Mr fussy pants?
Actually a redo of this whole master link was badly needed. Now for a test ride..
Ps R&R'd the kill switch too. (Madness ) Nothing jumped out at me in the switch as being the issue....
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In aviation you have places where you cant use pliers... so when I was teaching I'd always start out with hand safetying, then move on to the pliers. You can do just as good... even better by hand.
This guys a little wordy.... but he shows a good example of doing it by hand.
Pincers..........that's what i used when steel fixing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pincers_(tool)
No way could it be done by hand using that wire around the link...........wouldn't get any tension............Also need to use some needle pliers to flatten the wire around the chain as per Gary's pic........can see the plier marks
A single strand wire being wrapped around twice is still a single strand...........doesn't give it extra strength............If the wire was doubled before wrapping it around then it would
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pincers_(tool)
No way could it be done by hand using that wire around the link...........wouldn't get any tension............Also need to use some needle pliers to flatten the wire around the chain as per Gary's pic........can see the plier marks
A single strand wire being wrapped around twice is still a single strand...........doesn't give it extra strength............If the wire was doubled before wrapping it around then it would
If you don't have safety wire pliers in your collection, I recommend that you use needle nose vice grips.
These allow you to really grip the wire, and PULL HARD, then twist, then PULL HARD, then twist, then PULL, then twist .....
just the way the orthodontist did on my braces in the 1960's....OUCH !!
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These allow you to really grip the wire, and PULL HARD, then twist, then PULL HARD, then twist, then PULL, then twist .....
just the way the orthodontist did on my braces in the 1960's....OUCH !!
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Have a set of (cheap) aviation safety wire pliers but the twister died, so this was just needle nose work as ole' eagle eye skull surmised. I might do it one more time, if i get it just right I can tuck the pigtail back under the loops. Maybe even drill sergeant Dent (SIR!) would approve.
And yes form the first set of bends with the pliers before you pass it behind the plate, helps keep things snug.
And yes form the first set of bends with the pliers before you pass it behind the plate, helps keep things snug.
I recently tried something like this to hold some parts in place while tack welding. MIG wire wouldn't take more than a couple twists before breaking. Some of that stainless wire would be handy to have around.
Scott
Scott
If you get the loops fully tight, you shouldn't be able to tuck the pigtail underneath..
sounds like a challange...
Once you have the SS wire on your shelf, you'll find a multitude of uses for it.
When I was racing karts, I wouldn't even think of using anything else on my fuel lines. Lose a race because the fuel line came off? never.....
Mini zip ties fail.
And you seem to have suspected such: "Actually two, in case one rots and comes off"
Fatigue, heat weakening, mechanical failure , inadequate circumferential binding. Very bad idea.
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