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Oldog
| | Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 11:36 pm: | 
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I have not had to drill out the replacment isos that I have installed (2)
I am not a materials engineer but I wonder what the twisting forces do to the rubber metal bond / I also wonder what the heat does when the part is reamed / drilled?
YMMV. |
Ezblast
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 12:48 am: |
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Buellistic - Hows that Blast you Blew up? - lol
EZ |
Eshardball
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 06:57 am: |
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I am running the drag specialties part which is listed for FX. It feels a little too stiff and I notice a difference in vibration below 3K. I replaced the part marked "BARRY" at about 19K and will probably replace this one before it fails with the improved part from American Sport Bike.
I have been wrenching on Harleys for 30 years but do not do it for a living. This is my first Buell. For those of you that know more than the rest of us novices, try to not be so condiscending. |
Buellistic
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 07:52 am: |
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Saving money(retired on a fixed income)to buy the better after market parts ... |
Jramsey
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 09:41 am: |
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Oldog
I chuck the 79D from the bottom side where the molded in "T" bushing is exposed and use lots of coolant, no twist or heat.
Nice dumpster diving pic. |
Ezblast
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 11:31 am: |
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Thats cool Buellistic - know the feeling - 16207-79D cross references to this Buell part number though - L0501.2 - and that is the part that I'm running - if your hardware should be replaced with each isolator replacement (manual) and yours doesn't fit, perhaps you should try the Blasts hardware which does and has been upgraded in hardness.
EZ |
Oldog
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 09:05 pm: |
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Jr you put it in a collet? and spin the part?
coolant is a great idea I would have guessed that 1/16" was a little much meat for reaming. |
Buellfighter
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 09:34 pm: |
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I set my iso to be drilled on a piece of wood and stood on both sides (what can I say, I'm old school) then ran a drill through it all in about 4 seconds. It's more of a cleaning out the hole than a drilling. No twisting or heat. |
Jramsey
| | Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 04:45 am: |
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Oldog
Chucked in the lathe, drilled with a worn but sharp 1/2" bit and then reamed to size because of the high chance of it being made from mystery metal. |
Oldog
| | Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 06:16 am: |
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Ahhhh Mystery Metal!
I thought that using worn out drill bits (re-sharps) was a see-kret we had where I worked (Decades) Ago, 
I hope that you are enjoying that S3
If I had the coin at the time!
BF, If I have to drill them out I'm with you, I might have to borrow that wood block
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Jramsey
| | Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 06:35 am: |
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The S3T is really growing on me.
Its waaay more comfy on long rides than my X1.
I tell my harley buddies its Buells version of a bagger. |
Naustin
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 09:58 am: |
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 It's a nice bike.  |
Preybird1
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 05:41 pm: |
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Hey naustin...
why do you have a Honda on your profile pic.
thats sac-religious here!!
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Naustin
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 08:42 pm: |
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It's a long story....  Its all archived here somewhere... |
