So what frivolous things have you bought lately? Why?
- Thread starter GaleForceEight
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I 'm on a farcebook page for the new BSA Goldstar , The bike has had a couple of minor teething problems, which is no biggy with a brand new product but talk about them in the wrong way and a ban for 28 days happens, Say anything or stir the pot for a debate and ...... you're out permanently , You are encouraged to report anything you find offensive, It's just like the Stepford Wives film in there
MartytheMartian
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I have a mate here, a retired merchant navy chief engineer and biker and bike builder and he was telling me that he had looked over the new GoldStar and his considered opinion is that it's a piece of crap. He said something about how he thought the frame design was bad in particular.
One make, or even one model, forums tend to be highly resistant to any perceived criticism of their pride and joy.I 'm on a farcebook page for the new BSA Goldstar , The bike has had a couple of minor teething problems, which is no biggy with a brand new product but talk about them in the wrong way and a ban for 28 days happens, Say anything or stir the pot for a debate and ...... you're out permanently , You are encouraged to report anything you find offensive, It's just like the Stepford Wives film in there
I'm sure @DD67 will be along shortly to confirm.
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Just treated myself to a digital torque adaptor.
Next time I need to undo the sump plug on one of Judd's bodged bikes. Instead of just proclaiming it to be..."Tighter than a Nuns fanny!"...
I'll be able to put an accurate figure on exactly how tight that Nuns fanny was
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Not what you'd call cheap. But nowhere near as expensive as they used to be years ago.
The one I've purchased has a huge range of 3.4 - 340Nm. So it should be good for hundreds of different jobs
And of course, every wrench I own can now double up as a torque wrench
Next time I need to undo the sump plug on one of Judd's bodged bikes. Instead of just proclaiming it to be..."Tighter than a Nuns fanny!"...
I'll be able to put an accurate figure on exactly how tight that Nuns fanny was
...Not what you'd call cheap. But nowhere near as expensive as they used to be years ago.
The one I've purchased has a huge range of 3.4 - 340Nm. So it should be good for hundreds of different jobs
And of course, every wrench I own can now double up as a torque wrench
Don the Don
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Nice find jez, will be a usefull tool for many job's,..........check to see if it needs calibrating from time to time as the majority should, sort of what test's the tester.
The way it's designed means you can clamp the end that the sockets would normally go on into a vice. Then put a regular torque wrench in the other side & use the digital unit to check the calibration of the manual torque wrench. Which in turn also kinda checks the calibration of the digital version.
Don the Don
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The pic below shows a standard type torque analyser for testing torque wrenches, It has to be calibrated to make sure it's not telling bollocks and thus giving wrong readings, what I mean't Jez was that both items have to be giving a specific reading + or- a specific amount so if the tool started giving higher or lower readings how would you know as the torque wrench could be out thats why both should be checked periodicaly.
Fair comment Don, but it's only for DIY use, not for working on F1 cars.
And TBH I rarely use a manual torque wrench unless the required setting is less than 25Nm. As I find small amounts of torque are much harder to judge than larger amounts.
We all know when a wheel nut is tight enough without using a torque wrench. But not necessarily a fuel injector.
Don the Don
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"Quite right Jez", it's just getting used to not having to write down serial Number, calibration date for torque wrench & analyser for every job done for flight safety issues, god help anyone if there was an issue and it was traced back to something out of cal, those boys went to town on you so it's almost like paranoia old habits die hard,
By the way were did you get that one from if it's not top secret
PM sent with a link
Scrappy
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I didn't think it would have universal appeal ScrappyWhat, not for us non-engineers then?
Scrappy
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No, mine was cheaper than that. Do you want me to post a link?
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As you know, you need to add 20% to £26.74 (£32.08)
I paid £26.50 all in Inc postage & vat
But the price has since increased. So there's no point in posting the link.
Check out the prices on UK eBay & UK Amazon. For the exact same item!
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MartytheMartian
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At the top of the certificate it also says that it's 2% Accurate clockwise and 2.5% anti-clockwise Hmmmm..... Hopefully they mean it's accurate 98% and 97.5% accurate.
Yeah, hopefully that's just a translation issue Marty.
They are sold on all kinds of UK tool sites & Amazon etc & they get rave reviews. And at prices ranging between £50-£125 for exactly the same unit.
But I can't help thinking that calibration certificate is generic. If @Don the Don buys one we'll see if the calibration data is identical.
Mind you, I don't suppose that would be conclusive one way or the other either mate?
MartytheMartian
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Ach well I reckon that as long as they are 'close enough for jazz' they will do for automotive duties. I must admit that I am bad for just racking up the bolts and nuts to 'that'll do' estimates of how tight they need to be and not bringing out the torque wrench. I'm still alive so far and nothing important has fallen off. If anything I probably tighten everything up a little more than it's supposed to. In my youth I learned that there is a very fine line between tight enough into alloy and 'fuck where's the helicoil kit' torque levels and I've so far managed to walk that line.