He is pretty sure it has been like this as long as he has owned the bike. He spotted it while performing his 3rd oil change.
It should be a much better handling bike once fixed!
Frame Engine Mount Weld Failure!
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Frame Engine Mount Weld Failure!
These pictures were posted on the R65 forum. I thought it warranted spreading the word. There could be 1 or 2 other frames out there like this!
He is pretty sure it has been like this as long as he has owned the bike. He spotted it while performing his 3rd oil change.
It should be a much better handling bike once fixed!
He is pretty sure it has been like this as long as he has owned the bike. He spotted it while performing his 3rd oil change.
It should be a much better handling bike once fixed!
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Kurt in S.A.
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Re: Heads Up!
Hmmm...and I thought this thread was about heads? Makes it kind of hard to search for something in the future... Just sayin!
Kurt in S.A.
Kurt in S.A.
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Re: Frame Engine Mount Weld Failure!
better?Kurt in S.A. wrote:Hmmm...and I thought this thread was about heads? Makes it kind of hard to search for something in the future... Just sayin!
Kurt in S.A.
and I really hate the phrase "just sayin'".
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Kurt in S.A.
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Re: Frame Engine Mount Weld Failure!
Wow! Thanks...I like it when the subject matches and I don't have to guess. How 'bout "my two centavos"?
Kurt in S.A.
Kurt in S.A.
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Re: Frame Engine Mount Weld Failure!
That one doesn't bother me nearly as much (not at all, actually).Kurt in S.A. wrote: How 'bout "my two centavos"?
Kurt in S.A.
I found out why that phrase grates on my nerves so, when I saw a clip someone posted of a FOX "news" program, and one of the broadcasters used it in their "banter".
Or maybe I'm just getting old. Probably should start pulling my pants up...
Re: Frame Engine Mount Weld Failure!
That was a really bad weld from the factory. Not enough heat and missed the target.
The weld was laid on top like it was squeezed from a tube of toothpaste.
The weld was laid on top like it was squeezed from a tube of toothpaste.
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Re: Frame Engine Mount Weld Failure!
Friday afternoon/Monday morning?robtg wrote:That was a really bad weld from the factory. Not enough heat and missed the target.
The weld was laid on top like it was squeezed from a tube of toothpaste.
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Re: Frame Engine Mount Weld Failure!
R65 Rob wrote:Friday afternoon/Monday morning?
Neither one. It was the Heidi effect.
Heidi effect:
Peripheral effect which occurs when Heidi, the quality manager's appealing secretary, strides purposefully across the factory floor to summon one of the supervisors to an emergency meeting about a quality problem of which her boss has suddenly become aware.
Ken
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There's no such thing as too many airheads
Re: Frame Engine Mount Weld Failure!
Or maybe the Hans effect.
Wolfgang the welder can's keep his Hans off Heidi.
Chuey
PS I'd get that bad boy back into place and braze it into position!
Wolfgang the welder can's keep his Hans off Heidi.
Chuey
PS I'd get that bad boy back into place and braze it into position!
Engine Mount Weld Failure. Maybe not Hans' fault ?
Could it be possible that an owner of this bike
neglected to maintain proper torque of the engine mount fastener
i.e. it was loose, possibly for some length of time, and the resulting vibration / stress ...
might be the source of the cracking / weld failure ?
I have witnessed similar results of continued vibration / stress.
neglected to maintain proper torque of the engine mount fastener
i.e. it was loose, possibly for some length of time, and the resulting vibration / stress ...
might be the source of the cracking / weld failure ?
I have witnessed similar results of continued vibration / stress.
