V12man

Can I suggest an anti-biotic if your equipment itches.... 4g Penicillin will stop the drip too..... :ph34r:

Cover ALL your exposed skin with talcum powder (lots of it) before sanding - then when you are done, go straight into the shower and let the water do the first bit of rinsing before you touch skin with a hand. And use a proper dust cartridge mask You won't itch at all (I used to glass and sand surfboards as a kid - was the boss man's trick - and he HATED sanding too...

You should do it yourself - plenty of advice on refurbing machines and examples on garagejournal.com Should not bee very difficult, just time consuming.

http://www.specautotools.co.za/product_view.php?id=615 Although ideally you would find one with a 6mm puller too - I will have to check my set to see what it actually is - came from specialised tools in ormonde.

Blind bearing puller - there are some hacks using rawlbolts and the like - but they dont work as well as the real deal imho - think you can find chinese sets for about 1500 if you look around - enduro bearings resell one - check with rushsports or your local speciality tool store.

Jannie says this is a team effort - kudos to the whole team and the donors as well.

The Tig torch provides and opportunity to turn a small problem into a HUGE problem... - as does my plasma cutter..... an expensive huge problem...

Havn't seen one that stuck yet (plenty of other things on cars that have been well and truly stuck) - my favorite tool as a starting point for stuck things is fire.... nice hot flames... but not so hot as to discolour the metal - and a shot of penetrating fluid - and several repeats over a week or so. The guy who does my engineering work for me likes to use his tig torch - but I don't have his skills with a tig.

I don't dispute your credentials, method or warnings - but I suggest you look at how to hold that bolt still while cutting the race - without damaging the bolt - even a small die grinder is not an easy cut without accidentally touching the grinding wheel to the bolt, especially if you don't have it securely fastened. The problem with these "stuck" bearings is that they are small bolts and hard to hold and apply force - they are not actually stuck that tight at all that requires major force to remove them - more a question of how to apply that force in the right direction - not everyone has a tiny bearing splitter to use (ok - I do have one, but it would not be my first tool of choice unless it was not going to move any other way) Sometimes a less than perfect way works well enough - that said all the ones I have done - have not required much more than a light tap or two with a smallish ball peen to shift them - clearly I am not suggesting a major smack with a 10 pounder - as much fun as that might be

Done it maybe 10 times - never separated one yet - in any case - provided you don't damage the bolt when tapping it and it does separate, then you have only the inner race to cut - but that is not an easy cut on that bolt - not even close to easy without risk of damage to the bolt from the cutter.

Strip the bearings first, then inspect and decide whether to clean and regrease or replace. Only advice is with new bearings - fill them with grease before installing - they don't have enough in for use as pivot bearings.

1 - ask wife if you can have one 2 - show picture of said device 3 - if you are brave play clip of sounds.... 4 - duck.... 5 - go back to dreaming..... In my case my pinball machine didn't last long afte we got married.... a sad day indeed.... didn't pass the WAF test (wife acceptance factor).... Practically the issue is finding spares and someone who has the skills to maintain them - more of a problem than it seems these days.

That does not really count as a puncture does it.. Happens to me too occasionally - but I only use old road tires that I have taken off when they start to look dodgy.

You could also tig the bearing outer race a bit bigger and use a puller.... but overkill.... Vice, nut and hammer - 20 sec and done... just don't clamp the bold head in the vice - bearing only.

Clamp the bearing in a vice and tap the bolt out - use a nut to protect the thread end where you hit it

So you are going to stop watching her movies????? OK - I will believe you....

Probably why Vida is shutting down a lot of stores - Rosebank, Greenside and parktown north are all gone in the last year.

Ishan Natalie is involved with the new *$ setup - at least he knows what coffee should taste like. That is not to say it will.... despite their flagshit store being 100m away from my desk, I have not bothered yet.

Off to the drakensberg - pretty flat there - going to take SS..... back in time for the 7th... You best catch up with Mig and Shona - your new local ride partners (see fb)

I always suck.... in between being blown.... :ph34r:

Picked up some saints yesterday.... time to go on holiday...

No worries - just whatever you do - DO NOT buy a reverse osmosis setup - instant bad tasting coffee

http://www.bluespotwater.co.za/p/68390/3-stage-under-the-counter-purifier The one I have looks like the first 3 stages of the 4 stage filter setup - contact them and ask.

I use a 3 filter setup - from a place in Pretoria - will have to search for the invoice - will revert.

Definitely need filters - but somehow I don't think a brita jug is good enough - rather use a speciality filter set for espresso.