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I have more spares than is healthy,
I had feeling you'd say that paul!!! .......you've got an entire bike haven't you?..or two?
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With quite a number of us keeping 'older bikes' on the road, I was just wondering what does everyone keep in stock in their shed/workshop/under the bed!
I've got a lot of bulbs and a spare clutch cable, a spare set of indicator lenses for my DT
and I keep a number of oil filters for my 400/4 with a spare throttle cable but thats about it.
I know that there are many spares available on ebay and the like, but in a few years time it might not be the same.
If i keep my MX for another 8 years it will be 40 yrs old. Buying and keeping a spare set of seals might not be such a good idea as over time the rubber will harden and perhaps start to perish and all the time the spares are available it doesn't seem necessary to stock them. but what about more hard to get parts or the parts which can be stored and will last. Like bearings and cables......
Ideally i guess the ultimate spares would be to have an entire spare bike: same model and everything!
but thats clearly not possible....or is it?
what spares do you keep or recommend for any biker?
NE0
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yes paul option 1, I saw the tutorial a few days ago, it helped inspire me to do it myself. to be honest the guy at your shop didn't seem to be over keen on just selling the spokes, as he strongly leaned on all wheels are individual approach, but hey....he's far more experienced than i am.
As regards option 2 its a very tempting offer,( geee i sound like Noel edmonds!!) If you lived just along the road i might say yes, but I'll have to decline. Although I make a counter offer ...is there a buy it now price for your wheels? i.e simply abandon mine and replace them!!
However, I do have a plan c which is a cunning plan which you could brush your teeth with and call it a weasel........(blackadder 3)
is to just put the new tyre on and leave the spokes until the summer when I take her off the road whilst I use the 400/4 again! then replace the spokes, i know it means taking the tyre off a second time but hey ho!!!......soon be summer again!
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Great price on stainless spokes.........but
Not so good news, no samples of Pauls found and they don't keep a record of the ones sold or fitted to Pauls.
He suggested sending the wheels to him, which means taking off the tyres and posting them up to him
I really only wanted to do one wheel at a time, and i wasn't looking forward to doing the rear wheel just yet.
Don't get me wrong its not the money side of things its the time it all takes and inconvience of having the bike off the road again for another couple of weeks, I know it will be a proper job its just so full of hassle for me at this time!
I was hoping to do one wheel at a time over a weekend and back to work on a monday
i could do with a plan b.
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I've just given them a ring , they would like samples but i said that Paul had his MX wheels done and had taken samples and that my wheels were identical to his (i.e standard yamaha 175MX wheels I assume they are not unique)
(I hope they keep a record of what bike uses what size).
Anyway, He'll look them up and ring back later...........
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They certainly look the dogs dangly bits Paul.
I didn't particulary want to take it off the road again and send the wheels away ,I was hoping I'd like to do it myself,
even if it means replacing one spoke at a time and until its all done, that way it would all remain true?
I'll give them a call, who do i ask for who knows you and this thread?
thanks for the quick response guys
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All powder coated and back together, along with new rings bearings and seals in the engine.
All fixings replaced with stainless steel ones.
I even made a new swinging arm pivot bolt from an M10 stainless bolt and put a hole in the side for the split pin.
Whilst the special washers with the seals might not be available i simply reused the old bottom swinging arm ones, afterall the seals were still relatively intact and they fitted a treat on the new bolt. Remember they were missing before i took it apart so replacing them with something is better than nothing!! -
Having just refurbished the motor with new bearings, seals, rings etc ready for the winter.
I also decided to replace the wheel bearings, which I've now done so she's back on the road.
I've already clocked up over a 1000 miles in 11 months, shows you i'm using it!!
The MOT is due in february and the front tyre is quite worn (to be fair i was surprised it went through the last MOT) Nonetheless, I've purchased a new Michelin X to go on before february.
Now on further inspection, I note the spokes are rusting quite happily and I could do with replacing them, even more so as I'll be taking the old tyre off (might as well do it altogether)
I'd like to do both wheels, not necessarily at the same time so i'd buy both sets.
it would be ideal if they were available off the shelf, I'd simply get on with it but I expect they're not.
I've looked on ebay and whilst there are a number of S/S spokes none are listed for my bike.
although other bikes must share the same sizes? anyone know?
it looks like each set will cost in the region of £60 (incl P+P)
So does anyone know where can I get new stainless spokes from for my 175MX?
Any recomendations?
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I've just done exactly the same as you on my 175MX and put it all back together without a problem.
(although I've stripped and rebuilt hundreds of engines in my time)
I renewed the main bearings and the gearbox bearings, all the seals and rings. Started 1st time and no smoke! other than the initial smoke on priming the oil pump.
As you're aware from the posts, oil has to remain in the gearbox and not get into the crank area.
Whilst there is no gasket between the 2 halves,
I assume you put "instant gasket" on the exposed face before reassembly. (I took photos of every stage to help others).
Plus.....
I'm also in West Sussex!!
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I'm a regular 'nodder' to bikes down here on the South Coast, including mopeds, sadly rarely seem to get a nod back.
Back in the 70's and 80's there appeared to be a lot more bikes around and it seemed that everyone used to 'wave' or nod irrespective of the bike.
By the end of the 70's i moved 'indoors' with a Reliant Regal 3 wheeler and all 3 wheelers and many bikers used to wave' or flash lights. However, these days my 400/4 gets more nods than my DT175 (i'm sure many think its just a 125!!) but there does seem to be a very noticeable lack of the friendly nod from others especialy over the past 15 years.
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As Regards to your spelling......
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Incredible eh?
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it turned out to be the same problem I had on my replacement ignition switch
This post from
shows it in detail.....
Its just that I purchased a new ignition switch from yambits the other week, fitted it and the bike would NOT start, no matter what I tried. everytime i turned the key to ON it was being grounded, yet everything checked out fine until I turned the key... you can see the culprit arrowed, I simply moved the leg away from the solder and it all worked.
whats the chances of it happening twice???
glad to have been of service!
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Very kind of you OG, and I might well have taken you up on the offer if the seals were only a few years old, however, 20 year old seals won't last forever, and perhaps prevention is better than cure.
I do recall, back in the late 70's, a neighbour who used to replace all the hoses on every 2nd hand car he purchased, and he never had any problems with leaks and coolant loss (something which many cars had back then) years later he went on to replace the cam belt on his new cars to reduce the risk of future problems and be reassured that the parts were new and fitted correctly, so perhaps a little of his philosophy has rubbed off on me!
The latest news is all the engine parts have now arrived...just got to pick them up from the post office as i was at work when they arrived.
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The good news is ALL the parts are now here (Thanks to Paul
for the S/S tube) and the swinging arm is now back on along with the rear wheel.The bad news, and don't ask me why! but for some MAD reason i decided to strip down the engine and replace all the seals and bearings!
The receipts I got with the bike show it had a rebore and seals replaced around 5000 miles ago BUT that was over 20 years ago,
so whilst they might not be worn that much I think the seals may have become hard and brittle over time and I want it to be reliable for the forth coming winter, so i made a decision and its now it's being reverse engineered!.....full strip down
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Nice one OG, ...if he takes a brand new one apart it might be a miracle if it still worked after he puts it back together!
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I wouldn't bother, its not really an issue.
Nobody expects NEW clocks or replacement clocks to reflect the true mileage of any vehicle, you just tell them its go new clocks.
But if you're really serious you could dismantle your new clocks completely into its components and manualy advance the wheels of the odometer...... but honestly you risk F***g it up!!! it really would not be worth it,
However, before you start thinking shall i attach an electric drill and run it at high speed to advance the mileometer.....it doesn't work in the way you might be thinking.!
i can assure you with the drill at high speed you might even get the needle to show 100 mph,
But this means it will therefore TAKE 1 hour to advance the mileometer 100 miles!!! if you left the drill on for 24 hours the mileometer will ONLY read 2400 miles.
To advance the mileometer to say 40,000 miles it will take the drill 16 days running 24/7 to reach 40,000 miles and a load of electricity and probably a new drill!! or several!!!
the drill method is really an Old wives tale...........
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George, I'm from Brighton, and living along the road, I'm sure I can spare some time to help you out... PM me and i can arrange to come over.
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which looks to have the wrong swingarm
There is currently another thread of mine which is about refurbishing my DT175MX's swinging arm, and there is a photo of the earlier round tube version form 78-79. Is it anything like the photo i took or is it a square tube one?
However, It might be helpful if you can take a photo and post it so we can see what you're referring to.
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Well good news folks the new chain rollers arrived to go on the nice new swinging arm,
I'll shall be busy this weekend putting all back together....hopefully.
Any news on the stainless tube Paul?
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I've noticed when you reply to a topic, the most recent post is truncated (if its a long post) so you can't see what was written in order to reply.
Plus the images are missing in the summary.. Previoulsly this worked fine
The workaround is (to view the most recent post in full) is to open another tab and bring up the post again.and simply tab between the two as you write your reply......
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heres my nipple...well one of em !a grease nipple to lube the pivot bolt
You like your nipples don't you Paul... lol
I think I need to adopt your improvement to the tensioner arm, not sure where I can get a bit of stainless tube though!
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Good news, all the parts are back at home and all looking the dogsdangly bits in gloss black.
5 parts in all:- swinging arm, chain bracket and tensioner arm, sidestand and brake pedal.
£50 the lot. Just waiting on a new chain roller to arrive and I can put it all back together.
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I have an original MCM 'Road Test' from 1978 anyone want me to scan it
Yes Paul you can put me down for a scan, be good to read it.
Yes the original panel decal for 1978 had the D, R, O and 5 all filled in with black.I've also only just noticed but the tank graphics are slightly smaller on Clives restored version.
The original coloured panel takes up a lot more of the tank than Clives new decals. Clives before photo has the same tank graphics as mine.
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Latest news...the company who's doing the powder coating has mislaid the parts with someonelses order!
When i phoned they asked which parts did I bring to them and could i describe them!
They took some notes and said they would phone back...that was yesterday, today no phone calls!
I'm not over concerned (at present) afterall they have had a finite number of parts since last week and a finite number of customers.
Shouldn't be too dificult to trace the parts....one hopes!
Plus I guess someone else may be wondering why the swinging arm for a DT175 doesn't fit their Harley!!
for the S/S tube) and the swinging arm is now back on along with the rear wheel.
.........its now in bits and waiting on more parts! doh!
DT175MX Stainless steel spokes
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yup!
Ok OG I think it will be a combination of option1 and 3 .........do it my self...........next year!
just got to find the right lengths of spokes to just purchase them.....where's me tape?