I fixed it and I'm proud!! (metal content)

Do not bee suprized if you receieve Instead I took a 1/4x20

It's sure a nice feeling when you can mend/repair a part instead of

You may feel nice now, but you have offended the French as that motorcycle is supposed to be all metric, not any silly English measures.

Do not be shocked when you receive a letter from the French society for purity of the metric system for your callous disregard of their sense of the way things should be.

"Roger Shoaf" wrote: (clip) Do not be shocked when you receive a letter from the French society for purity of the metric system for your callous disregard of their sense of the way things should be. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you do hear from them, I wil be glad to help you mount a defense. It is one thing to replace a metric thread with SAE. The only thing worse would be replacing it with a wood screw. But, you did not REPLACE a thread. You created an ingenious substitute for a weld, in an area which originally was just solid metal. Anyone working on this in the future would have the option of buying a new original part for big bucks.

"Amen" to that, brother. That feeling is what makes us RCM'ers. All others are imposters.

Bob

The French are easily offended. Sometimes they are offended by not being offended.

Wes

While everyone else is offended because they are French.

He shoulda used one of the 1/4 - 20 nuts that I got a number of years ago, all sized for a 10mm wrench. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

"Gerald Miller" wrote: He shoulda used one of the 1/4 - 20 nuts that I got a number of years ago, all sized for a 10mm wrench. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You could fix those with a bastard file.

That's funny, I have a couple of hundred bolts like that, 1/4-20, 10mm head. Need any to make up sets?

For some ungodly reason someone decided to use such on wheelchairs. It can get interesting when the 10mm wrench in the service toolbox isn't in the service toolbox.

Somehow neither a 3/8 nor a 7/16 wrench just doesn't work worth a darn on a 10mm head.

Gradually, all the mobility equipment manufacturers are going metric, probably because almost all of their products are made in China by Phisiang Electric Machinery Corp.

By using it backwards to build them up to 11.1125 mm. (7/16")? Gerry :-)} London, Canada

I had a tough one Sunday. Backed my bush hog into a gopher hole at speed, and twisted off/snagged/bent/mangled the rear caster wheel fork pretty bad. Broke one side of the fork off, and twisted up the rest to where it was going to take heat and hammers to straighten... plus some welding.

I realized pretty quick that with the heavy iron those members were made of (about 40lb of 1/2" x 3" strapping), I wasn't going to generate enough heat with my little Victor torch, even with the rosebud on it. No fab shops open on Sunday, either.

Out comes the propane turkey cooker. Set the burner on high, trickle in a little O2 with the torch, and "cook" the fork cross-member until it's a nice dull red.

THEN work the torch over the piece while it's still cookin', and get out the

Kind of like a propane forge, I guess.

The fork doesn't quite meet new specs now, but it's back on the mower, and it trails straight.

LLoyd

Clever!!!

Ivan Vegvary

Well done! Might you now be considering a pyrotechnic salute to Mr. Gopher?

Unfortunately, the "gophers" around here are Gopher Tortoises -- a Federally protected species, and the object of much "neighborly" arguments and arrests. I have no use for 'em... they twist horses' ankles and wreck pasture vehicles, but if _caught_ molesting one (that means even picking it up to re-locate it), it's good for a $10K fine. Since I have a _really_bad_neighbor_ who's always peering over the fence to see what law I'm breaking today, I'll be avoiding that right now.

And avoiding the hole. Hmmmmm.... maybe I can coax the thing with some kind of bait or repellent to move its abode to my neighbor's land.... Hmmmmm....

LLoyd