Modern Vespa

I jacked up front tire of car, slid scooter tire under car tire lowered jack. I was on cement and have one of those hydraulic floor jacks you can roll under vehicle.

I like the idea of the screw/bolt/impact driver method the guy in that video used. I have a suitable mounting plate, i.e. a water meter/shutoff valve cover I found while scavenging rebar at a construction site for electrolytic rust removal that's probably a 75 pound hunk of cast iron that'll be a perfect mounting base.

I saw another one at another construction last week as I was driving by, but didn't feel like wrestling it into the car when I still have one that lacks a purpose.

When pulling the rear axle into the bearing, an old main bearing is just tall enough to pull it through, but also just low enough that you can get the nut onto the threads.

Always keep an old main bearing or two lying around. They come in handy for all sorts of things.

Take the guesswork out of "heat the cases" while removing/installing bearings.

Cheap infrared/lazer temperature sensor, unadjusted for emissivity -- 140C. The entire perimeter needs to be more or less there for a frozen bearing to drop.

And finish seating on the cheap by using a PVC plumbing connector and a light hammer tap or two. Common plumbing sizes at a hardware store fit most all bearings.


$15 on Amazon

*280 or so° Fahrenheit. The temps dance less on C.

Takes a lot of patience to get there around the main bearing using a propane torch (without preheating the case), but it does.

Awesome modification to gear selector box that fixes a common wear point and removes play in the selector box. Tip comes from our friends at SLUK.

Thats a great trick to rebuild the selector box. I'd like to see about fixing the slop in the main shaft that connects the selector plate, to the arm.

That's nice and simple. Thanks.

Wire puller from horncast to under tank.. on crack:

Solid wire from any hardware store. Looped at one end.
Cordless drill at lower speed.

With the drill connected to the other end, feed the looped end with gloved hand. Takes 3-5 seconds from horncast to under tank -- at least based on 2 happy tries
so far.




That's my wife's beer, btw

I replaced my cables few hundred miles ago, and the clutch cable was stretching a bit. I was getting a slowly increasing, miniscule "tug" when I had the clutch lever pulled in at stops. With the Sim pipe, it's a bitch to get to the adjustment screw. I took a 1.5" cotter pin and opened the very end just enough to get it over the cable between the clutch lever and the pinch bolt. It was the perfect width to fix the issue. It beat the the hell out of pulling off the pipe and using the 3rd hand tool. I've left it on for now, to see how enduring it is. Anyway, it's a quick, easy, on the road fix if the clutch just needs a little adjustment.

freakmoped youtube channel
u can spend DAYS watching all that shit
its over 1000 videos now


& after 8y i have nearlly all tips online
ie see the service guide playlist

the ULTIMATE vespa SERVICE guides / FMPlaylist - Solid PASSion /: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLri8t7DWSkg2-T6EkceoJjSUD0Jt2WFaG



but i still dont run out of ideas

Your videos are an amazing resource, I've used them many times. Thank you so much for your effort in producing them.

I just found this tool, might be a good one for adjusting the mixture screw on the SI carb (as long as you've slotted it).

http://www.mighty8tools.com.au/415mm-carburetor-pilot-screw-adjust-tool-110-angled-360-rotated-head-for-atv-utv-p2550.html

Pretty sure we all have spent days watching your videos. ha!

Me and my buddy Chris always say "that's what our favorite Austrian says", or "Cheers guys" when we do something. In other words,we've learned a lot from your vids. They are priceless, so thank you!

I found it possible to replace knackered pod glovebox rubber without actually removing the pod entirely.

Loosen all the nuts and you get just enough gap. Use a couple of bank cards, or whatever, to guide the rubber and keep it from slipping out of the groove.

Might work on front shield gloveboxes too. Haven't tried myself.

Oh...you can also iron t shirt transfers straight onto the bike! That DKs one on the pod lasted about 20 years but the last clean and polish finally wrecked it. EDIT: My old school type paint was pretty shit so I wasn't worried if it melted it....

Chur


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