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Bodgers anony mouse
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:45 pm
by jonnie_r
Went to change my oil and filter today, only to discover what someone obviously passes as acceptable.
Not only had they stripped some threads on the oil tank drain plug, they also neglected to change the filter housing seal and decided using shit in a tube, which I had to scrape off, would be better.
I'm sure it was round once upon a time, thats why they are called 'O' rings afterall
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:29 pm
by fatboy
Aaaargh ! Makes me cringe.
Think I would be casting an eye over the rest of the bike if I was in your shoes
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:53 pm
by jonnie_r
Pissed me right off and it was too late to get an O ring tonight, so it'll be the 955 daytona tomorrow.
I know all brake pads are good as I just changed them, air filter is a K&N and the CO has recently been done by Griff.
When my local bike place, who I trust, has space it will be going there for a check over. I just needed to get the oil changed as it was due and I could be sticking a load more miles in this week.
To be fair it rides and goes really well, so I'm hoping this is the only thing wrong, but I might get extra attention paid to the suspension linkage bearings.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:14 pm
by fatboy
Lets hope they didn't go beyond oil changes !
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:38 pm
by flatlander
nothing wrong with a bit of bodgery some of us prefer to rfere to it as thinking outside of the box
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:06 pm
by D-Rider
fatboy wrote:Lets hope they didn't go beyond oil changes !
Look on the positive side.
Even if they didn't have the proper seal to hand, it does show that they've at least had the filter housing open and there is a fair chance that they've actually changed the oil and the filter.
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:36 am
by jonnie_r
Yes, well it appears they didn't know how to use a torque wrench either.
The bolts and engine drain plug were suspiciously tight when I undid them and needless to say snapped one of the cover bolts and the engine drain plug before they got near the required torque level
Luckily managed to extract said parts and new ones should be here today.
If it leaks when I put it all back together I'll just overtighten then cos that always stops things leaking
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:24 am
by mangocrazy
If they've overtightened the oil tank plug, then you could be in for some grief as it's been known to strip on more than one occasion. I did an oil change a year or so back, and was torquing the pug up to the correct value when I felt it go all 'mushy' on me. Sure enough, it had stripped the thread in the tank and I had to get it Time-Serted. It's now better than new, but it was an unnecessary and annoying faff at the time. Here's the thread about it:
https://www.ridersite.com/viewtopic.php?t=8885
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:14 am
by D-Rider
I do have more than 1 spare Falco oil tank if needed
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 1:33 pm
by jonnie_r
You guys must be psychic, or is that psychotic??? The oil tank drain plug came out with threads attached on Tuesday when this whole debacle started.
Been to get it sorted today, £18 for a TimeSert job.
Time to reassemble and see if anything else breaks
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 4:19 pm
by mangocrazy
jonnie_r wrote:You guys must be psychic, or is that psychotic??? The oil tank drain plug came out with threads attached on Tuesday when this whole debacle started.
Been to get it sorted today, £18 for a TimeSert job.
Time to reassemble and see if anything else breaks
Good job - it will be better than new now...
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:21 pm
by jonnie_r
All is now good in the world of the Falco.
Torqued up the fixings correctly, replaced O ring on oil tank filter just to be safe, refilled with oil, let it warm up and no leaks, TFFT
