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  • #1

    Emergency Tribig needs help

    Just got a call from Todd. He is broke down near Wildersville, Tennessee and needs a complete U-joint as the splines went bad on his.
    If anyone is near or can help him out call him. 580-421-5782
    XJ1100 Ruby Red
    XS1100LH "Midnight"
    1972 MGB Roadster "sold"
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  • #2
    Hey Cruiser,

    I hope that he also had the Ph#'s of the others that he rode out there with to try to contact, Harry, JohnH, Greg...they were going to get a late start due to having to wait to put a tire on Greg's bike. I hope heTrbig/Tod get's someone to help him and he eventually gets home safely....that way I won't feel too guilty about teasing him about yet another possible reason for NOT doing the 750/850 FD mod....too little spline depth contact for the amount of stress put on it with the higher ratio FD, not to mention the level of stress that TOD normally puts on his bikes/engines!!

    T.C.

    I copied this to the Southeast Forum in hopes that the OK group will see it there.
    T. C. Gresham
    81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
    79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
    History shows again and again,
    How nature points out the folly of men!

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    • #3
      It was JW's bike that needed the tire TC, not mine and the problem Tod has isn't do to the FD mod, Tod messed it up putting it back together. He got it cocked in there And wiped out the splines when he tested it on the center stand.

      I guess the vibration was caused by water getting into the middle drive. The vent tube isn't up under the seat where it belongs it just hangs uner the bike.

      We're all here in a hotel in somewhere Tennessee about 100 miles east of Memphis.
      Last edited by BA80; 10-01-2012, 08:59 PM.
      Greg

      Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

      ― Albert Einstein

      80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

      The list changes.

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      • #4
        I have one in the garage, could overnight it, tomorrow.
        Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

        When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

        81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
        80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


        Previously owned
        93 GSX600F
        80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
        81 XS1100 Special
        81 CB750 C
        80 CB750 C
        78 XS750

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        • #5
          Well, I didn't get as far as I wanted to today. I felt a weird vibration @ 75-80mph. I thought about just going a bit slower than that, but decided I'd better make sure it wasn't a bearing or something. I pulled in to a truck stop and they were nice enough to let me pull it under the awning. I pulled the rear tire and the rear bearings were good. I decided to check the U-joint, then remembered that to really do that, I'd need to pull the middle drive. I decided to check the middle drive fluid. I had just changed it before leaving, but noticed it didn't look like oil any more with so much water in it. It was running fine when I stopped for lunch, but as it cooled, apparently drew in water... or had been doing that all weekend and finally had enough. This is the "Oil" I drained.









          After trying to put it back together, the driveline was being a PITA to install, so I thought I got it and mounted the final drive. Just to make sure, I started it and let out the clutch and I apparently didn't get the driveline in all the way and it wobbled inside the shaft housing and the hardened driveline gear ate up the first 1/8 inch of splines on the u-joint yolk.
          So... pulled the middle drive to get access to the u-joint and had to sit there for a couple hours with the little file in my Gerber tool grinding out new slots. Finally got the driveline to slip into the yolk, and took a couple pics before reassembly.














          Just when I finished and started putting my tools away, the other three showed up. They'll do anything to get out of work. Grabbed a hotel and will try to make another run for home in the morning. Arlan, thanks a bunch for posting for me. I used to carry a spare u-joint all the time and quit for some reason.
          Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

          You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

          Current bikes:
          '06 Suzuki DR650
          *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
          '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
          '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
          '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
          '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
          '81 XS1100 Special
          '81 YZ250
          '80 XS850 Special
          '80 XR100
          *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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          • #6
            I used to carry a spare u-joint all the time and quit for some reason.
            It's Murphy, I tell you!

            Tod, it looks like you're the man to have around in a crisis. I hope you guys all get home without further incident. It's times like these that make for great stories tomorrow.
            Marty (in Mississippi)
            XS1100SG
            XS650SK
            XS650SH
            XS650G
            XS6502F
            XS650E

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            • #7
              Ahhhhhh was in a hurry to post so-- correction Tod/Trbig.

              Safe travels the rest of the way home guys.
              XJ1100 Ruby Red
              XS1100LH "Midnight"
              1972 MGB Roadster "sold"

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              • #8
                Only on this list does a guy do fairly major bike surgery on the road and take pictures while he's doing it...
                "Time is the greatest teacher; unfortunately, it kills all of its students."

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by LoHo View Post
                  Only on this list does a guy do fairly major bike surgery on the road and take pictures while he's doing it...
                  Yeah, and the crazy thing is, after all that all it needed was the oil changed in the middle drive.

                  The rest of us got to Wildersville about 8:30 and trbig had disassembled and reassembled the middle drive, final drive, and driveshaft to change the MD oil.

                  What a drama queen.

                  Glad it was something simple.
                  Greg

                  Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                  ― Albert Einstein

                  80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                  The list changes.

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                  • #10
                    So, did everyone make it home still running?....
                    Fast, Cheap, Reliable... Pick any two

                    '78E original owner - resto project
                    '78E ???? owner - Modder project FJ forks, 4-piston calipers F/R, 160/80-16 rear tire
                    '82 XJ rebuild project
                    '80SG restified, red SOLD
                    '79F parts...
                    '81H more parts...

                    Other current bikes:
                    '93 XL1200 Anniversary Sportster 85RWHP
                    '86 XL883/1200 Chopper
                    '82 XL1000 w/1450cc Buell, Baker 6-speed, in-progress project
                    Cage: '13 Mustang GT/CS with a few 'custom' touches
                    Yep, can't leave nuthin' alone...

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                    • #11
                      trbig and I did, waiting to hear from Bigfoot and JWHuhges3.

                      Ahhhhh.......you were talking to me right?
                      Greg

                      Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                      ― Albert Einstein

                      80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                      The list changes.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by BA80 View Post
                        Ahhhhh.......you were talking to me right?
                        I figured you'd know if everyone made it home safely and running, or at least if Tod did after his drivetrain repairs....
                        Fast, Cheap, Reliable... Pick any two

                        '78E original owner - resto project
                        '78E ???? owner - Modder project FJ forks, 4-piston calipers F/R, 160/80-16 rear tire
                        '82 XJ rebuild project
                        '80SG restified, red SOLD
                        '79F parts...
                        '81H more parts...

                        Other current bikes:
                        '93 XL1200 Anniversary Sportster 85RWHP
                        '86 XL883/1200 Chopper
                        '82 XL1000 w/1450cc Buell, Baker 6-speed, in-progress project
                        Cage: '13 Mustang GT/CS with a few 'custom' touches
                        Yep, can't leave nuthin' alone...

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                        • #13
                          Tod, it looks like you're the man to have around in a crisis.

                          Sure! I can drink a beer and point at stuff with the best of them!

                          With everything I messed up and forgot to tighten this trip, I may be the LAST guy you want around.. lol.
                          Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                          You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                          Current bikes:
                          '06 Suzuki DR650
                          *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                          '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                          '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                          '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                          '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                          '81 XS1100 Special
                          '81 YZ250
                          '80 XS850 Special
                          '80 XR100
                          *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by trbig View Post
                            Sure! I can drink a beer and point at stuff with the best of them!

                            With everything I messed up and forgot to tighten this trip, I may be the LAST guy you want around.. lol.
                            That's right, as long as your the last guy in the pack we wont have to swerve.
                            '79 XS11 F
                            Stock except K&N

                            '79 XS11 SF
                            Stock, no title.

                            '84 Chevy K-10 "Big Blue"
                            GM 350, Muncie SM465, NP208, GM 10 Bolt with 3.42gears turnin 31x10.5 Baja Claws

                            "What they do have is an implacable, unrelenting presence and movement that bespeaks massive power lurking behind paint and chrome. They don't wail like a screeching ninja, the don't rumble like a harley. They just growl like a spactic, stressed out badger waiting to rip your face off and eat your soul." Trainzz~RIP~

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                            • #15
                              Tod usually leads because he has the GPS. Some of the things he's done and the places gone with his bike you really don't want to follow.

                              What happened to you Wade, I figured you would be there.
                              Greg

                              Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

                              ― Albert Einstein

                              80 SG Ol' Okie;79 engine & carbs w/pods, 45 pilots, 140 mains, Custom Mac 4 into 2 exhaust, ACCT,XS850 final drive,110/90/19 front tire,TKat fork brace, XS750 140 MPH speedometer, Vetter IV fairing, aftermarket hard bags and trunk, LG high back seat, XJ rear shocks.

                              The list changes.

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