cutting stock pushrods
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because you're get metal shavings all over everything. The only way to guarantee 100% that you're not gonna make a mess in your oil system is bolt cutters.
The grinder is going to toss around some debris from the rods and the cutting disk itself, none of which will do your motor any good if it finds its way inside.
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Thats pretty much what I thought. Im just going to do an oil change and hope the filter did its job. Its what I get for listening to someone who thinks they know more about bikes than they do
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I still don't see cutting anything...except lazy...also cutting a pushrod while in tension [holding a valve open] seems even More so....I would Not ..
If yer workin on yer own bike??? even more so...we ain't on Flat Rate here ... are we??
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Funny lookin EVO there UncleLarry
I still don't see cutting anything...except lazy...also cutting a pushrod while in tension [holding a valve open] seems even More so....I would Not ..
If yer workin on yer own bike??? even more so...we ain't on Flat Rate here ... are we??
I still don't see cutting anything...except lazy...also cutting a pushrod while in tension [holding a valve open] seems even More so....I would Not ..
If yer workin on yer own bike??? even more so...we ain't on Flat Rate here ... are we??
It was definitely sketchy. Would not recommend unless you are going to be doing it with bolt cutter.
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This is all a learning experience for me but 3/4 of the videos on YouTube mentioned cutting out the pushrods if you were going to be installing adjustables so I figured that was the norm 🤷*♂️
It was definitely sketchy. Would not recommend unless you are going to be doing it with bolt cutter.
It was definitely sketchy. Would not recommend unless you are going to be doing it with bolt cutter.
again.... I am Not on Flat Rate..
[meekly] or I would Starve....
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Funny lookin EVO there UncleLarry
I still don't see cutting anything...except lazy...also cutting a pushrod while in tension [holding a valve open] seems even More so....I would Not ..
If yer workin on yer own bike??? even more so...we ain't on Flat Rate here ... are we??
I still don't see cutting anything...except lazy...also cutting a pushrod while in tension [holding a valve open] seems even More so....I would Not ..
If yer workin on yer own bike??? even more so...we ain't on Flat Rate here ... are we??
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Just bustin yer *****... earlier today I jumped into a Conversation about Carbs...told what I knew ....about the Butterfly Keihin... not the CV Keihin, they were discussing...
Keeps folks on their toes eh??
Keeps folks on their toes eh??
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