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Never Mind All That!!!
NEVER MIND ALL THAT!!!!!
GIGI SHEARING BOLTS OF MY ENGINE CASING.. IS JUST A LITTLE DIVERSION FROM THE REAL MIRACLE:::
YOU ARE READING THE WORDS OF ONE, SUPER SMUG XT GIRL... WHOSE BEASTY JUST STARTED!!!!
JUST TO REMIND YOU:
FIRST I HAD TO FIND THE PROBLEM, SOME WEEKS AGO, OF MY BATTERY NOT CHARGING... THIS EVERNTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE A FAULTY STATOR.
THEEENNNN..
HAD TO REMOVE THE OLD STATOR (and all the electrical connections and wires etc.)
AFTER INSTALLING THE NEW STATOR -- I SINGLE HANDEDLY DID UP ALL THE WIRING, CONNECTIONS AND ELECTRICALS...
STARTED IT TODAY == AND SHE IS PURRING AWAY LIKE A KITTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND - NO OIL LEAK EITHER!!!!
(I made the gasket with my OWN HANDS!!! )
(AND - I DID IT WITHOUT EVEN A BIKE WHISPERER TO KEEP WATCH!!)
Only Gigi... and fat lot of good she was!! (only kidding gigi !)
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Your bike, next time!
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But hey - a lesson well learned, and you don't learn anything unless you get your hands dirty and make a few mistakes along the way -
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Yeah GIGI... next weekend, we're learning on YOUR bike... I really need to learn how to do a GEARBOX REPLACEMENT... and I know EXACTLY which cogs go where....
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Yeah GIGI... next weekend, we're learning on YOUR bike... I really need to learn how to do a GEARBOX REPLACEMENT... and I know EXACTLY which cogs go where....
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First XT gearbox to have 1 first and 4 reverse 
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Kak luck there guys.
if you wont remember which way to undo/redo the bolts, try to think why is it so hard? I dont think there are any reverse threads on an XT are there?
On a side note I really really admire your website. Your photography is great, but your web design awesome. (the charity one, not the work one)
For me thats something to aspire to be able to create.
Keep going with the bike maintenance, the mechanical side is reasonably easy, but the electrical side is a nightmare.
Cheers G
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Rather than use a simple SPANNER why not invest in a quality SOCKET SET? A good quality socket is much less likely to slip and cause damage to the bolt and your hand!
By the way CLOCKWISE does the bolt up and COUNTER-CLOCKWISE undoes the bolt! 
Seriously, I do hope you managed to get the thing fixed without costing too much?
Onwards & Upwards....
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Best to brake the bike now then on the road. Easer to fix at home to.
Wrench on stuff alot and you will shear off bolts, strip threads, cross thread things. On the other hand you will know how to fix all that to. Your skills have already came along way.
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Painfull to watch
That was painfull to watch, may be there is a lesson here girls, some times us guys have are uses. Skip
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I dont think there are any reverse threads on an XT are there?
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I hate to be pedantic but I believe that there is one reverse thread.... in the words of Rolf Harris 'can you tell where it is yet??'
The electrical side shouldn't be too much of a nightmare, get the basics right and a multimeter and you are away!
As for spanners vs. sockets the best you can get are sockets with 6 faces where the faces are convex - this means that they contact the bolt in the middle of the face rather than on the corners - very trick! Also get a socket arm that is not a ratchet so you can hit the back of it - saves hitting the back of a ratchet (have knackered my good one doing this).
For badly seized bolts put some pressure on the arm then tap the socket with a hammer, you should notice a tiny bit of movement each tap - basically a more sensitive and much cheaper impact driver!
A good hammer should always be to hand....
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ok guys - do you think you could give me a break now - jeez man! Mardi certainly exacted her revenge by posting the video!! 
But hey - said XT did start and is purring away beautifully  so not completly the end of the world....
guys going off on another completely different tangent - anyone know about some live/work warehouse space up for rent in south east London - ideally need to be able to ride the bikes into the space so we can work on them and prepare them (and try not to shear anymore bolts) ..... any ideas greatfully received (sorry - I know this is not the forum - so please email us through the website) - muchos graticius... err you know what I mean 
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See now you two are worrying me, you're just trying to be Ewan & Charley aren't you? Only without the beards of course.
PS, Say the word "Derbi" to Mardi and see what she does.
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On a side note I really really admire your website. Your photography is great, but your web design awesome. (the charity one, not the work one)
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You CLEARLY have a lot to learn, when complimenting women: because.. I have'nt slept for days, worrying about... whether that means, our WORK one is kak.
So. I refuse to gracefully accept the compliment, until you clear that up.
TIP: The right answer to this is: "The Work site is BRILLIANT, but the charity one is AWESOME".
That should settle things.
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Pictures please...
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I hate to be pedantic but I believe that there is one reverse thread.... in the words of Rolf Harris 'can you tell where it is yet??'
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Please do tell.. you know you want to!
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The electrical side shouldn't be too much of a nightmare, get the basics right and a multimeter and you are away!
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Yes. This is true - I am quietly confident about the electrics now. HOWEVER -- it took me HOURS to figure out WHICH SETTING on the DAMN MULTIMETER to use...
WHY IS IT SO COMPLICATED??? WHY are there TWO holes for the POSITIVE lead?
On second thoughts - PLEASE don't answer that... cos my head will explode.
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As for spanners vs. sockets the best you can get are sockets with 6 faces where the faces are convex - this means that they contact the bolt in the middle of the face rather than on the corners - very trick!
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I have been trying for some time, to figure out WHAT YOU MEAN... 6 faces?? Convex???
HOW DO YOU REMOVE ALLEN KEYS WITH THAT???
HAVE YOU GOT PICTURES??
PS: Why does a clever bloke like you, live in Sheffield and deliver things?
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A simple SPANNER? Gigi used a hex key (ALLEN KEY) - because.. the bolt had a hex head... A SOCKET would not have worked??
I'm confused.
We HAVE a very lovely, shiny socket set, that came in a BLUE BOX to match our BLUE TOOLBAG...BUT, they DONT WORK ON ALLENKEYS... just bolts with FLAT bits ontop.
WHY CANT TOOLS COME WITH THEIR NAME ON THEM?? There seems to be all sorts of other COMPLETELY USELESS information printed on it: "DROP FORGED" "CHROME VANADIUM"... Who needs to know that? What IS that anyway?
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FOUND IT!!!
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Yes you can buy Hex (Allen) Bits for Ratchets either as a set or buy an Adapter which takes inserts. For travel Inserts with Adapter are best as you can use them with your Ratchet or a Screwdriver handle provided the square drive is the same.
Much easier to use than an Allen Key with a Spanner as leverage.
Good source is UK Suppliers of Britool, Sykes Pickavant, Gedore, Stahlwille, Facom Tools - Workshop Consumables
Look under 'Screwdrivers and Bits' or 'Sockets and Ratchets'
Halfords also sell them individually or as a set.
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Does anyone on the PLANET pay £900 for a set of ratchets????
UK Suppliers of Britool, Sykes Pickavant, Gedore, Stahlwille, Facom Tools - Workshop Consumables
And I thought us GIRLS are high maintenance!!!
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Because I left my office job to ride round on a bike, there are no jobs for bike couriers in Sheffield so the only way I get paid to ride around is delivering pizza, plus my company is trying to sell IT system development to the government. Blood out of a stone...... Sheffield is cheap
I don't have the fancy spanners to take pictures of I'm afraid, too pricey for me! they are for bolt heads only though rather than allen....
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diffrent account.
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