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I've been asking around on this one and I'm getting mixed answers. Hopefully somebody that's actually done this on their airhead starter can help me out. I decided to freshen up my starter - replace commutator bushings and replace brushes. No, I'm not messing with the Bendix bushes - they're ok anyw...

A tank slapper eh? Have you done any work or mods on the bike recently? Some possible causes ( I'm no expert ): - bad or loose steering head bearings - bad front tire or wheel - bad front wheel bearings - forks out of alignment - hitting a rock that makes the front tire airborne - accelerating on a ...

I didn't like the wimpy horn on my 82 R100 so I installed a Nautilus horn. When a horn is needed its just the ticket - it really gets their attention. I used a piece of 1/8" x 1" x 6" strap metal, drilled it, painted it black and mounted as shown below. http://i1313.photobucket.com/al...

I used this product 10 years ago on my R100-still in great shape. http://www.hirschauto.com/prodinfo.asp?number=CRK-01 The advantage is its supposed to be easily removable with the use of MEK as a solvent. The PO used POR 15, didn't drain the excess properly after coating and the POR15 ponded around...

Jean Do you find your diaphragms to be stretched or distorted when you change them out? That's what I'm seeing even though acceleration wasn't sluggish I was getting vibrations from imbalance. Never have had a tear or pin hole. I've seen the same thing on a lawn mower with Briggs & Stratton engi...

I appear to be getting about 3 years before diaphragms get stretched out making cable balancing for 3500 rpm next to impossible for repeatability. I typically run what's available near me, 93 octane ,(RON+MON)/2, with 10% ethanol....that's what we have near me and I'm in the Chicago fuel market area.

I'm curious as to what other people see with regard to diaphragm life in years, not miles before you see degradation.
Then what type degradation do you see - stretched diaphragm, hole, tear?

In your reply please tell us what % ethanol is in your typical fuel too.

Harbor freight sell a box of o-ring assortment made of nitril rubber. Part of that assortment is 10qty 9.8 x 2.4 rings. You can make them fit

Leaks there usually caused by overfilling

Hey Jean No need to insult me. Yes I had high school physics back in the 60s and went well beyond high school. The way I learned physics if you take two objects of same material and approximately same dimensions, the hotter one will expand more than the cooler. Seeing as the spigot should be hotter ...

Like I said originally my plan was to cut them off, sorry, no BFH for me. But then I went for a ride. Now I knew I put LOTS of anti-sieze on those suckers so when I got back, I put on the gloves and got the wrench, gave it try, and they came loose with a lot less of arm power than I was trying when ...