Oh, and if there's Loctite in there, heat melts it..

Thanks for the input so far. Why does heat help it come out ?? My very basic physics says that the two metals will expand and therefore tighten up when heated. What am I missing ?? Ta Aluminium expands more than steel, so the hole gets bigger. As Paul said, repeated heating/cooling helps as each ti...

Plenty of plus gas with heat,get hold of a set of left hand drills,get end flush center punch and work from small drill upwards hasnt failed me yet,usually it just twists them out.. He's got 15mm of stud left, it would be a shame to break that off, and a pain to drill straight through that much stu...

An air gun is not enough heat, and you need HEAT. Either a proper blow torch, not even just a plumbers torch or oxy acetelyne, or mig a nut to the stud to get enough heat. And hit it with a big hammer on the end. Those stud extractors tend not to work on seized studs, they just take a layer of stud ...

looking at that photo have you removed the cir clip from the shaft that locates the selector? all the spring does is return the gear change to its rest position. Agreed, it's perfectly possible to ride a bike without that spring, but you just have to manually move the lever back to the centre posit...

Look here: http://www.motorcyclestorehouse.nl/online-catalogs/Volume12/#352/z Part No 529022 £21.21. Order it from here http://www.harleyparts.co.uk/ just type the part number in comes up at £18.36. Or any independent Harley dealer that deals with Storehouse. Any other Harley aftermarket catalogue...

http://www.thumpertalk.com/topic/660781-installing-valve-springs/ This is what is confusing meself!!! hadnt seen the paint would have put em in either way as every set i have evet fitted.... I think that says what I said, but the conclusion is, if they are not variable rate, i.e. the pitch and wire...

I love this bike, it is exactly what my remodelling of Pigford's Ltd will be based on.

Not sure what paint is. Got some new APE springs here no paint so could go up any way. Don't think it matters but might be wrong. Sorry not much help, Buzzard. I've been thinking about this - if the springs are single rate, i.e. the same coil rate throughout the whole length, then they can go eithe...

Yer I think so but she won't be done over this winter, I have another project to finish first, my plan is to get it up and running assess the the motor and then strip it down, and find a few of the bits I need, managed to get a nos front mudguard the other bit I need is a seat, a fairing inner, the...

Paint is normally a rating code.

ie lb/in. Doesn't explain why the same colour on inner and outer, but we don't know their codes.

I don't think there is a correct way up, as far as the spring knows it is being pressed from both ends.

Thanks Neil, would be interested if you have.

As it says, I would like a set of standard steel engine mounting plates for a Z1000. I'm presuming A1/A2 are the same as the Ltd. Also need the spacer for the rear mount as that is shortened to fit the ally plates on my bike. Ally plates could be up for trade - see Pigford's Z1000 build thread - htt...

Too right Mark.....spent this afternoon polishing my Zed in the garden wearing just my mankini.......... Thanks for that, my turn to swallow a little bit of my own sick .. Noooooooooooo - thats the time you have to SPIT :!: I was in the lounge, if my Mrs does that in the lounge, I tell her off..