So I'm trying to identify what may be the cause of this ticking noise.
I listened to all the LS1 ticking and knocking videos on YouTube but none are similar to mine.
It sort of sounds like when you hold a metal pen between two fingers and you tap it against a metal table. Best way for the to ...
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(Or at least give us a clear, defined process by which we can request it)
We've been requesting this for eons on Mechanics.SE (questions related to strange sounds, part identification, etc.), written meta.mechanics.SE posts about it, discus...
@RoryAlsop @anonymous2 Actually I am also struggling with that name. Detriment of keeping it: It creates confusion Benefit of keeping it: People know me; It creates confusion
@DucatiKiller Nothing exciting yet. Box is off my Ram, replacing cab corners, rockers, and some fab on the box itself, then paint. Going down to Boston before December to pickup my doors for the '31 Pontiac 5 Window Coupe. Really stoked about this project. Fuel injected 454 going in it :D
@DucatiKiller All depends on the year, really. However, this project will be quick. Everything is already mocked up from before, it's just assemble time for the most part. I'll be sure to feed y'all with lots of pics. This one is gonna be chopped and channeled, all steel body with clear coat for the spring.
I'm looking forward to it. I'm in process on two engine rebuilds right now. 81 Honda CB900C and a 1981 Suzuki Katana. Just got in all the gasket and seal kits.
@JonathanMusso I'm going to be laying out all the parts for reassembly today on the CB.
From advanced-auto-maintenance.com:
It’s widely acknowledged by automotive engineers that most engine wear occurs within this first ten minutes of driving before the engine has reached its highest, normal operating temperature.
From bloomberg.com:
When you first start the vehicle, do no...
Seems to me I'm making a good portion of my rep off of your back... Don't make me feel worse than I already feel!
.....and trying to clean a gasket off this CB900C's cylinders. Terrible, 35 years of being stuck to a surface makes a gasket really.....stuck to a surface....
@DucatiKiller I've been meaning to ask - the valve jammed into the piston that is your profile pic: is that your own photo, or did you find it somewhere?
The sentence about the non-replaceable 10mm allen key - bolt made me my head scratching: Could it be that the "bolt" would be the "counterhold" on the top of the shock absorbers? .
That being the case: Then you do not need to screw it out, you just need to hold it while turning the nut on top of...
I know, from the user manual, that my front wheel is locked with a 34mm nut. That's not to say that the wrench I use is size 34mm though. It's more likely to be 40mm or even 42mm.
I know there is a way to go from nut to wrench size and from screw diameter to key size, although this is not always accurate.
@NickC I wonder if there is a conspiracy with the tool manufacters and the building plant. . . how can we make this process painful, when it comes to hex
@JoErNanO I'll just read the news now. Nothing is worse than that. Unless your hammering a hex key into a Ducati. Which of course....your not doing....so everything is fine.
@DucatiKiller I had to check if my handlebar, or risers, or both are bent after that Hockenheim gravel-trap incident. The screw head had rounded off. Kinda.
Incidentally, how can I check if handlebar/risers are bent, assuming that I have driven the bike and it does feel strange but is still very rideable?
@DucatiKiller in seriousness, I did like the Ford F150, the price point for one used wasnt bad but their resale value was terrible compared to the titan
@DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ That's why kid got one......and it's been incredibly reliable....and he beats the crap out of it in the mountains constantly. Really uses it.
@JoErNanO It would only work if the base of the riser is perfectly round, or is supposed to be.
My motorbike took a pretty hard hit and I am suspecting that my steering is crooked. How can I check if my handlebars are straight/does not deviate from its originally intended shape?
My motorbike took a spectacularly violent trip into a gravel trap in Hockenheim. Long story short, I think my forks and/or triple clamps might be bent.
How do I go about accurately checking if forks and triple clamps are bent?
@DucatiKiller Don't get me started on that. The steering stop thingy bent and the triple-clamp hit the frame. Now the trellis frame has a nice bulge in it.
I'm gonna have to light up my underground garage and take pictures one of these weekends.
@DucatiKiller Thankfully no since the Hyper is quite tall. The bars hit the steering damper though which is what makes me thing that either bar or risers might be bent.
Steering stop is still bent and I can't do much about that yet.
@DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ I get flags in the bottom left of the chat in blue. I don't know if there are privileges tied to rep to get those flags though. @JoErNanO probably knows though.
Just by my knowledge of human beings: when it comes to the political arena, people are more likely to be interested in something negative about the opposing party than something positive about their party.
Oh look I finally found a picture that appropriately describes how I feel every time I try to fix anything on my car:
For example, that time the other day when I looked under the car to check for exhaust pipe damage, found yet another puddle of coolant instead, added some more, and discovered much to my pleasant surprise that it was missing 5L of it.
Once again igniting the internal struggle: Do I really love this car enough to keep it any longer?
It doesn't help that I live literally next door to a Zipcar garage.
Not yet. I'm gonna run some dye through today or tomorrow. It's coming out the side with the radiator <-> engine hoses, I suspect it won't actually be a hard fix. It's just that, I just fixed another coolant leak somewhere else a few months ago. And the misfires. And I still have to fix this oil leak, at least, I'm replacing all the seals on the timing belt side of the engine. But I've got oil slowly seeping out on the transmission side too.
I mean I haven't seen the problem since I cleaned the connections
But it was always cylinders 1 & 3, the chances of two connectors becoming loose at the same time seem... low. Although the car did take quite a hard hit.
I've been trying to do everything myself. I think though I might have to take it to a shop to replace the control arm, I don't have the tools for that, and also to replace the transmission side oil seals.
Yeah it's super convenient. He does all the work in his driveway. He'll give me a hefty discount if I help him out, plus I gain some experience from it. I just need to plan out a small salvage yard adventure.
Which I'm actually excited about, I love going to junkyards.