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Post by marshabusa on Jan 31, 2013 20:08:21 GMT
Ah Thanks Ned, I've heard of the backing off technique before so thats what I'll do. Think I'll try and get a couple castle nuts too. I've sent a mail off now also to see if I cannot get onto the technical section. There is no build instructions for a mevabusa yet so hopefully I'll get a lot of questions answered there.
Cheers
Dean
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Post by marshabusa on Feb 1, 2013 18:39:19 GMT
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Feb 1, 2013 23:39:48 GMT
i like them wheels, look very.. sort of modern/technical, cant think of what i mean but they are pretty cool. id like them on mine
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Post by marshabusa on Feb 4, 2013 17:45:53 GMT
Bit more progress today, steering is in and complete now. The universal joint at the rack end needed about 1/2 inch cut off of it to get everything in, in a nice line. Installed the radiator today too. This is the one from the bike. Can anybody tell me what these things are for? They've come in the kit but I cannot figure it out yet.
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Post by andybaird on Feb 4, 2013 18:19:05 GMT
Hi Mate
They look like the bracket that you get with the Sonic7 kit to hold the gear change cable near the gear knob
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Post by marshabusa on Feb 4, 2013 18:24:19 GMT
Hey Thanks for the input Andy, I've gone for the paddle shift option so maybe I don't need these.
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Post by roadtrackrace on Feb 4, 2013 20:06:59 GMT
Can anybody tell me what these things are for? They've come in the kit but I cannot figure it out yet. You would have needed these if you had a manual shifter. Given that you have the Kliktronic, you won't be needing them. RTR
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Post by marshabusa on Feb 5, 2013 19:35:45 GMT
Moving ahead again today, stripped everything from the bike we need now. A snapped exhaust bolt cost us a lot of time rectifying today, managed to get started on a little engine prep work though, just waiting on parts for full service. I am a little apprehensive now to remove the sump after finding how easily some other bolts snapped today. I was wanting to fit a baffle plate, to try and eliminate any possibilities of oil serge.
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Post by marshabusa on Feb 7, 2013 19:51:06 GMT
Some good progress today even though a dentist appointment took up a large chunk of the day. Work has started on the tunnel run, foundations are 2x1 aluminium box section, these are bonded to the floor pan. This gives us a good base to secure all the clips and things too. Have got the inlet and the outlet of the hayabusa radiator plumbed in now too. I am really quite pleased with how this has worked. Have decided to go with an alloy header tank, this will hopefully be plumbed in next to (above) the engine. My sump baffle plate finally arrived today too. There are different arguments as to whether this is necessary or not but as I am hoping to track the car, I'd rather have it, against at the side of the track one day wishing I had done.
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Post by marshabusa on Feb 8, 2013 18:44:48 GMT
Some more good progress today, not a lot of photos, I want to wait until it's all in with the clips I want but am waiting on those being delivered. Continued working on the tunnel run, made some alloy stands to hold everything in the tunnel. Hand brake handle also have fabricated a mount for this. Brake lines are preliminarily in, again waiting on clips. Just about ready to fit the engine, getting excited now.
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Post by marshabusa on Feb 11, 2013 20:59:58 GMT
She continues, great mile stone passed today, engine is in! After some trial and error, it was found that the engine needs pulled up into the chassis from underneath, couldn't get it in from the top but these are the exciting discoveries and we got there in the end. The engine in place looks tiny Handbrake assembly in and with some bits and pieces arriving tomorrow we'll have fully functional brakes.
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Post by Andy Patey on Feb 11, 2013 21:18:27 GMT
Looking good mate I look forward to seeing more
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Post by marshabusa on Feb 12, 2013 19:53:01 GMT
Thanks Andy! Not as much progress made today as I was hoping but at least we're still moving forward. The tunnel run is starting to look really tidy, shame it's hidden away really. Guess it'll start to look more cluttered once we start running cables along. Everything being neatly P clipped into place. Hand brake connection completed, Exhaust going in, using the standard Hayabusa manifold for now, just wrapped. Will most likely sometime down the line change it out for a nice stainless one, probably next winter though.
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Post by marshabusa on Feb 13, 2013 18:28:02 GMT
Strange day today, been busy all day but haven't seemed to get much done when looking back. Found a mistake also, I thought that the bulkhead went onto the roll bar frame, seat side, turns out it goes engine side. Am glade I hadn't already fit it, found this out trying the fuel tanks in today. Bulkhead is now ready to go in at a later date now though. We're bonding some rubber pads to the underneath of the tanks at the rear. This is to lean the tanks forward ever so slightly, I just wanted a little more clearance between the filler necks and caps and the roll bar. Looking at the wiring loom today, we plugged it all back into the engine to establish what needs to run forward and where the extension needs put in. We've cut ours here, if I remember right thats between, the kick stand kill switch and the handle bar control plugs Ran out of connectors, loom abandoned until tomorrow, off for a steak and some beer!
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Post by marshabusa on Feb 14, 2013 17:39:40 GMT
A good day today, firstly a Big Thank you to Mark Harnett, another forum member and Mev enthusiast, for sending me some brilliant clips in the post. Some already installed Finished the wiring loom extension today, continued work on the cooling system and installed the exhaust back box. The bracket supplied with the back box look to locate right at the corners of the chassis, this will line them straight up with the brackets on the box section itself. We didn't like the idea of drilling the frame in this location though. Instead we have installed a flat bar along the length of the back box, from mounting bracket to mounting bracket. This has enabled us to move the chassis mounts to the angle iron section. A couple custom absorbers, as we've changed the hight d/t to added thickness of the flat bar and she's in. Clips going in everywhere trying to keep it neat.
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