odd and old time fixes and tricks. Lets hear 'em

[muddog]

have heard of a Soup can used on old Tundra's (sleds) For a piston with blown skirts to get ya home....Works...Just destroys everything else...Better than being stuck in the middle of nowhere in -35...

i have heard the same thing for a model t ford with a hole in the piston

[p26575r16]

Lemon scented Pledge when you are detailing... Works awesome as a tire shine, not greasy, satin finish and smells great! (not really a trike trick, but I now want to go wash the BR and shine the ITP's...)

The dealership I work for uses pledge to detail all of our new cars prior to delivery. The first time I saw them pledge a $100,000 range rover I about crapped myself! Works great!

[Ryah]

Original Shoe Goo is great for fixing holes in tires. Takes overnight to set up, but it stay flexible enough to seal large holes and tears. I have even used it to glue paddles back down on low power atv's.

[Walkerallen]

for those stubborn flywheels that you cant get off for nothing, rather than going out and buying a flywheel puller, grab an air and it the center bolt, after taking the nut off of course, stick a screw driver behind the fly wheel and apply some pressure and the air should vibrate the fly wheel off. thats all i got for tricks and it came from my dad

[CRAZY70MAN]

when your Kawasaki, Yamaha, or Suzuki will not start..........go out and buy a Honda! Kidding everyone.....just kiddin, easy now

[Merge_88]

When you have a stripped screw or your tip won't stay in the head of the screw, dip your screwdriver in valve grinding compound, usually the grit in the compound is enough to break the screw loose. Works great on those stubborn case screws on ATC engines.

[jeswinehart]

Another inexpensive and very effective way of bleeding the brakes out is to take a short piece of clear tubing sized to fit over the bleeder screw tightly and open the bleeder ( that is the first step).
2nd. step, place the other end into a clean container on the floor and pour that container with enough brake fluid to cover the end of the hose about 1/2 inch.
#3 - start pumping the brake lever.
You will need to keep a eye on 2 things.
First is that the reservoir don't run dry and second is the the clean container on the floor don't get to full as to make a mess on the floor. If it gets to full, simply pour the excess back into the supply bottle.
Once you are not pushing air out anymore,,, close the bleeder and pump brake lever once or maybe twice and you should have good brakes as long as all components are in good working order.
This method saves on the tighten/loosen ~ squeeze + hold crap and normally you will not have brake fluid all over everything

[Walkerallen]

o i thought of another, stripped Phillips case screw get a cutting wheel to make a notch in the screw to make it a flat head. when you get it out get a new screw. also a impact driver is a must for case screws

[muddog]

stripped nut use a chisel to hit them on the edge

[Mr_RPM]

when your Kawasaki, Yamaha, or Suzuki will not start..........go out and buy a Honda! Kidding everyone.....just kiddin, easy now

agreed. i dislike Yamaha badly, their newer stuff anyway. raptor 350s/warrior 350s are some of the worse stuff made. electrical problems galore, and thats on 3 different models i have had spent time with, oh wait 4

[TheRealFatShady]

I had a gas tank leaking from several pin holes. Candle wax and crayons weren't working. Used solder and a blowtorch and its still holding up perfect.

[Mr_RPM]

my airbox boot is long gone lost, so i cut a plastic toy baseball bat that was hallow to length and it works great, water tight!
(the tube that goes from airbox to carb)

[jeffatc250r]

This thread could get interesting. One I can think of off the top of my head is seating a tire bead on the rim. If you are having problems, and the air and compressor cant get it to go, all you need is a can of starting fluid and a match. Spray a little inside the tire, then around the bead/outer rim lip. Make a trail going off the tire onto the ground, stand back, and drop a match on it. BOOM! Bead is set on the rim. It is really neat to watch, and also freak people out. Be careful!!

Just dont do what this skid does...............http://www.break.com/index/inflating...fire-fail.html

[ailll1]

to replace crap o-rings, use silicone white tape used for pool
as long as it doesnt melt, it will work like a charm

[blue27]

the easiest way to remove stripped case screws is to take a drill and a 1/4 inch bit and drill the head off, (just like a pop rivit) then when the cover is off there will be plenty of screw to remove with pliers. but before I get to this point i try to remove them with a phillips bit in my impact gun , but you have to use very little power, (turn the air down, or light trigger) if you just hit it full blast they will strip, but let the impact pound on it lightly they come out.