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  1. AlanD
    I have been trackng my sleep for a few days now which is pretty cool. It shows I have a lot of light sleep and not much deep sleep..i blame the toddler and baby for waking up at night...lol Is there a way to show the movement graph for a longer period of time other than just for the night?
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    Managed to finish the service today with mo hassles -
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    Yeah, thought of doing that before. Sometimes its the ones looking for food that are the culprits.
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    Option 1 & 2, can't exactly wait for them to come round then go to work. If it were only "Dude" and not "Dudes". There is not only one "dude", there's many of them looking for different things.
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    These guys really bug me a lot. They really are not doing it for recycling purposes and only for an income which I guess is ok as recycling happens non the less. The problem is that they rubble through your garbage tossing things out to get to what they want and don't put it back and tie the bags properly with the result that garbage gets blown everywhere and the waste collectors don't pick up the stuff lying around.
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    Looking for a 1.5 inch, 50mm Stem. I can run that with a shim to fit my overdrive2 steerer. Thanks
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    Yup, just lossened it a little so that when i get a new one it will be easier. My buddy had a breaker bar and appropriate socket and turned out so easily. Really need to get a set for sure.
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    I didnt take the bolt out to see the damage but i did smack it a little woth a punch to try turn it so it should be fairly battered. Will first get a new one, then take it out and change the oil. Lol...ive had like 3 beers already.
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    Eventually found the bearing so don't spds anymore. What a stroke of luck ☺
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    I got up early this morning to tackle my problem. There i was, tapping, spraying, gripping, tapping, banging, cursing, throwing tools everywhere...no luck at all. Called up a buddy who had a full socket wrench sey with that power bar. Drove on over and in 5 minutes everything was undone...SUCCESS. Need to phone around for a new bolt as the spares place i went to didn't have and said would need to get from tge agents. The lesson learnt is too invest in a full socket set with power bar.
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    The WD40 was R118 for the can...jislaaak.. :-(
  12. AlanD
    Yup, thats the tool i have and yup, it sure is not enough leverage this time. Might have to get the one you mentioned. Any tool is an invesment so its always worth it. Thanks for the advice. I managed to get some WD40 so will be trying to get the nut off tomorrow with that and the vice grips and tap, tap, tap...do it tap clockwise then anti...and so on?
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    Ive always serviced my tazz, its simple and quick and cheaper than taking it in. I have done it for years with mo problems at all. It was the mechanics that worked on my car when my head was replaced that tight tightened everything to hulk strength
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    Thanks. I have a that spark plug tool with the red handle, t shaped with the socket at the end. Thats the right tool.
  15. AlanD
    Just did some googling. Metal expands when heated but becuase bolt is constrained inside the oil sump, it should expand upwards. Then when it cools, the contraction is not constrained and happens all over. So theoretically, the bolt should became slightly smaller and hence easier to get out
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    Will try the vice grips (I have a par). What does heating the bolt head do? Allow you to hammer a smaller socket on?
  17. AlanD
    I dont have a welder but that is a good idea. Was also thinking of sawing a slot in it and then use a screw driver to unscrew it. Will go get some penetrating spray and keave it overnight and try again. Such a pain
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    HELP - Started servicing my toyota Tazz today and wanted to drain the oil first but could not get the oil plug bolt loose. Its now stripped, the bolt head, and cannot get the thing out. Any ideas how i can get it out? Problem 2 - the sparks plugs, they are so tight that they don't even budge, none of em. The last time it was serviced was when the cam belt pulley failed amd damaged the head and had to be replaced. I think the mechanics called on Hulk to tighten them. Thanks
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    Fork seal kits?

    AlanD replied to JXV's topic in Technical Q&A

    Finally finished, took longer than expected but I did it nice and slow. So after getting all the parts I got going. Thanks Hubber Jaqkar for organizing the Fox GOLD 20w oil. Took the fork off the bike and put it in the workstand and started to undo the lower nuts and take the lowers off. Took a few bangs with the rubber mallet on the socket attached to the nut on the damper side for it to come loose, oil started to drip out. did the other side and let it drip for a while and then got the lowers off: The inspected the lowers and they were quite dirty: The old seals and foam rings: Cleaned the lowers and added the new (soaked in the oil) foam rings: Then I put in the new seals and oil as per the Fox oil chart, put the lowers back on (this was tricky), put new crush washers and the nuts back on, put some air and cycled it through some strokes and all seemed well. This was all in all not too bad but there are few tricky parts to this procedure where you need to be rather careful but super chuffed I managed to do this without an emergency trip to the LBS. The true test is when I go ride and all hold together. Thanks everyone for the advice.
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    Fork seal kits?

    AlanD replied to JXV's topic in Technical Q&A

    Quick Question: are thise seals in enough? Ive been giving then a few knocks in and they dont seem to go further. Ive seen on videos they just use that took and push it in by hand.
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    Personalized, nice touch.
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    Keen on the intermediate class.
  23. AlanD
    You lucky that it sealed instantly heading down the rock face or else it would have been a very different and far more painful outcome....
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    Noted. It was rather steep so getting back felt good and easier. Next time i will be going so fast that i will just ramp right over that massive rock face...LOL
  25. AlanD
    Hehehe...its a little steeper than the video depicts and a few sections that can stop that front wheel quickly if you going too fast
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