Topic: Things you don't want to see

[Grinnin]

Nice to see they selected a mid-grade bolt for the kick-start.



I don't usually complain about what a PO has done.  I understand that people will invest more in repairs on a new machine than on repairs to a beater.  But still . . . .

[750cafe]

Even worse is the fact that that is a grade 5 SAE bolt and now your threads are screwed up (literally!)   

Eric

[springer]

I know what you mean po oil change or not

[madmtnmotors]

HA! Looks like the bolt that I found on the brake lever of my current project:




Fortunately, the lever casting was harder than the bolt threads. The threads in the brake lever were fine, although I did chase the threads with a proper thread chaser/restorer just to be sure.

[DaveBarbier]

The OP for my bike, "The brakes feel almost spongey. Not sure why. Might just need to be bled."




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1978 Honda CB550K

[Jo3f1sh]

I know that "thanks P.O. feeling".

"Where's the bleeder screw? Oh well, I'll just use this big bolt I found on the floor. Probably never need to take it off again anyway..."



 

[strynboen]

if you can drill to klean material..this bushing type can seal the crack..but is alvays a littel risk to fittel on safty stuff..
better cut all craking off to freash matrial and tig veld up,,and drill/cut new threds/and machine surface to seal...
or bay a good used part...

[Grinnin]

HA! Looks like the bolt that I found on the brake lever of my current project: . . .

I can imagine someone needing a rear brake and doing the best they could at the time.  It's not easy to imagine this, but I can.  (Personally I can ride a fair distance with only a front brake.  This is not a recommendation.)

When I try to imagine why there's an SAE bolt in my kick-start, it requires me to imagine that the electric start doesn't work and they really need to find anything that'll make the kick work.  It becomes a really sad state of repairs that require an SAE kick bolt.

As far as chasing the threads, I may be ahead.  The SAE bolt is short, too, so if I start a metric thread chaser from the bottom, there's 6mm of unmangled thread before I get to the mushed part.  The bolt is visibly deformed, so the bore may be OK.  The rest of this engine has other examples of this kind of care, so the kick in the opening pic is a spare part.

More pics of heart-sinking repairs???

[ekpent]

Few more here from this very old thread and am sure other threads exist around here also. Almost every old bike has a little story    http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=24582.0

[brewsky]

New rear tire install!!

[mrfish2]

Just discovered this today, an exploded piston thanks to the PO running the bike out of oil.

[Bailgang]

New rear tire install!!

Now that's funny. 

[Garage_guy_chris]

Yoshimura 811 kit.....

[Indy72]

I guess the PO decided that two head gaskets would be doubly good.

[MiGhost]

New rear tire install!!

That must be one of those new auto inflate/balance/install tires

[Cabilao]

Brandy Bottle Oil Tank Cap, welded Intake Manifold, Oilpump Strainer. But anyway,it was running like this.

[bjbuchanan]

Brandy Bottle Oil Tank Cap, welded Intake Manifold, Oilpump Strainer. But anyway,it was running like this.

You take the cake

[Bob Wessner]

Brandy Bottle Oil Tank Cap, welded Intake Manifold, Oilpump Strainer. But anyway,it was running like this.

You take the cake

+!, maybe +2.