IF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR OEM CHAIN OILER...

L.A.B. said:
You could replace the "Dust covers" and O-rings...
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...with the "sealed pivot" seals?
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That does look like a much better solution
 
MichaelD said:
Definitely using 140w, but I guess the o-rings could have gone off, I last replaced them in 1981, but in my head I know I replaced them so they must still be new :rolleyes:
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That's why you need a maintenance journal . Log in the maintenance and the dates of . Helps the memory to refresh .
 
Torontonian said:
That's why you need a maintenance journal . Log in the maintenance and the dates of . Helps the memory to refresh .
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I do record everything, and keep the receipts, thats why I know I changed the O rings in 1981. I could even tell you what I paid for them , but it a very large pile of receipts and I'm sure nobody is interested.

Its more a state of mind that says that everything on the bike that I haven't examined is suspect, everything I've replaced is now OK. But unfortunately some things have been replaced and now need replacing again, I need to adapt to recognise that.
 
MichaelD said:
I do record everything, and keep the receipts, thats why I know I changed the O rings in 1981. I could even tell you what I paid for them , but it a very large pile of receipts and I'm sure nobody is interested.

Its more a state of mind that says that everything on the bike that I haven't examined is suspect, everything I've replaced is now OK. But unfortunately some things have been replaced and now need replacing again, I need to adapt to recognise that.
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Yes Mike , I also have a bag full of receipts myself ,totaling well over $40,000 over owning 4 Nortons over 50 years . For the first 35 years I kept no maintenance logs on the first 3 . Now I realize the importance of doing so over the past 15 .
 
Torontonian said:
That's why you need a maintenance journal . Log in the maintenance and the dates of . Helps the memory to refresh .
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Is there a computer versed person taking the challenge of creating an electronic maintenance journal for our bikes? Preferably a program not linked to Excel or other software, thus not affected by becoming out of date.

- Knut
 
One of the best "upgrades" I did to my Commando was to blank off the chain oiler pipe from the oil tank with silver solder!
 
mdt-son said:
Is there a computer versed person taking the challenge of creating an electronic maintenance journal for our bikes? Preferably a program not linked to Excel or other software, thus not affected by becoming out of date.

- Knut
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There probably is out there in the cloudy thing . I use paper and pen . Whenever I do any work it's written down with date and recorded as an ongoing maintenance event . It never ends , until the next person takes over .
Don't forget about factors like : The earth's magnetic poles reversing suddenly , without warning . We are presently overdue .
Remember this forum started off with friendly , free , Photobucket ?
Giant solar flares that toast computer programs .
Hackers who steal into programs just for fun and profit . My bank just got hacked / compromised info . Thank god I don't do online , which was targeted . Nothing to see here , my bank's public statement , not in those words .

O.K. , a tad paranoid , and I don't smoke the weed . Just having fun with everyone , that's why I joined the Flat Earth Society , just for the fun of it .
Ask me where and how I met flat earth people . Enjoy .
 
daveforty said:
The Earth is most certainly not flat. If it was, the cats would have pushed us off the edge by now.

I scribble notes on the last pages of the workshop manuals. The problem is reading my own writing years later.
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I scribble purely technical notes into all 5 of my manuals . Jammed with notes . The 3 earlier manuals are all oily and greasy from fixing things when I was poor and asking for help from other brit bike folks nearby . We all helped each other . Still do , but here .
We both know nowadays the earth is not flat . Only 100 years ago or so people believed . I met a man on a remote Indonesian island only 30 years ago who was not to budge . He asked me how I got to his island . I drew a globe in the sand with a stick . He guided me up a hill where the Christians had leveled the local Pagan temple and built a cross topped cairn . We looked out at the ocean and he said if you sail into the distance you would fall over the edge . No argument from me , we went downhill to the beach , to collect coconuts .
 
daveforty said:
The Earth is most certainly not flat. If it was, the cats would have pushed us off the edge by now.

I scribble notes on the last pages of the workshop manuals. The problem is reading my own writing years later.
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Careful what you say, 10 cats here!
 
Britstuff said:
One of the best "upgrades" I did to my Commando was to blank off the chain oiler pipe from the oil tank with silver solder!
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If any of you do this be careful. I did it and I am embarrased to admit that the first time I started the bike I discovered that I had soldered the return line closed with the original solder plugging it, preventing oil return and blowing the oil line off if the filter housing. I had to remove the tank and correct the problem before restarting the engine. Not my finest moment but I did not realize the solder used on the tank originally would reflow so easily.
 
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