Thank you Dale, I'm certain I would have broken my trip meter reset button, had it not been for you letting us know the button is left hand thread, Thanks so much!
Great work Dale. Very interesting. I am about to do similar on a Yamaha '79 DT 125 ....similar issues to your Suzuki except no spider involved....just some previous baboon shepherd who cracked the lens and the speedometer does not work. Thanks for the great video guidance. Stay well .Best rgds, Roy. 🇦🇺
Awesome Repair on the trip meter Knob!! Having a lathe Really saves the day sometimes! I have an old Navy lathe has a brass tag on it says " built under the war act of 1942" Has double 3 step pulleys and a leather drive belt with big metal staples in it. You swing the motor up to move the belt and change speeds! Goes Clack Clack Clack when its running but Really handy. 3 ft bed good for small stuff. Luckily my Dad has a Monster 9 ft bed auto feed lathe with huge 4 jaw and 3 jaw chucks for Big Stuff. My Wrecker Truck Hydraulic Wheel lift main pivot pin broke and Holmes wanted $220 for new one! [ it was 1-1/2 " diameter 19-1/2 inches long threaded on both ends !! ] We made one on his Big Lathe instead - used old boat prop shaft 1-1/2 stainless steel and ran threads on it --saved Me Lot of $$$$ !!
Thanks Philip, you bet the lathe comes in handy almost everyday. Dont know what I would do with out it. I have seen some of those naval lathes, they are well built and plenty rugged. I have a small Atlas that uses a belt drive, but not a flat belt. I use it for some smaller stuff. Would love to have a bigger lathe but not sure where I would put it. Thanks for watching, more to come.
@@montana2strokeracer The right tools makes life easier for sure. My Dad was Machinist and Millwright for Ford Motor Company Manufacturing Plant (Which is where I am right now- I been Electrician here 26 years! ) and years ago they got a New CNC Lathe for the shop and they put the old school one built in the 60s in storage. My Dad talked them into selling to him and we changed out 440 motor for 220 motor. So heavy we put it on his trailer but tires were mashed into floor of trailer and wouldn't move. Had to call my buddy with his Rollback and even his tires rubbed the bed on bumps. Weighs over 20 thousand pounds! Had to use Dad's backhoe to drag and push it I to his Garage. Backhoe couldn't lift it! Dad and his friends build Airplanes and he builds and threads airplane axles on it. Definitely worth the $100 dollars they let him have it for!!
@@philipolah7279 Wow, what a great story. Im a big Ford guy myself, been so all my life. Would have loved to work at Ford. Did work at a Ford dealership for some time. But not the same. Still enjoy many cars and trucks Ive had most of my life. But starting to get rid of some now. Just getting to old, time to let them go. Still love that story about your dads lathe.
Motor repair has not called me yet, I have a 3 phase motor I am adapting to get it running again. Hope a pulley will be here tomorrow. Im in the middle of a job and need to finish it up. Yeah thats why the lathe needs to be running, if I need it, it does no good to have it, if its not running.
Hi Ken, I am assuming by analog you mean, you have a speedo cable coming from the front wheel to the speedo. I am not familiar with the XTZ125 for it is a little newer than I deal with. I have seen in the past on some of the bikes I deal with, one year they came out with an 18-inch front wheel, the next year a 21 or a 19, with those you could go to another year model and take the gear and swap to the other to change the ratio. Not sure on yours. I think you may be stuck with what you have unless you go to a digital. Pretty sure this is no help to you, but I hope it gives you something to think about. Thanks for watching.
Hi, Steve, I think it was just old and dried out by the sun. Those parts are just fragile after all these years. Thanks for the comment and for watchin.
A real craftsman in action. Thanks for your time on that refurb.
Thanks for the kind words. We just have to do what's necessary to keep them running. Thanks for watchin Mark.
Thank you Dale, I'm certain I would have broken my trip meter reset button, had it not been for you letting us know the button is left hand thread, Thanks so much!
Your very welcome, glad folks are getting some useful info from these videos. Thanks for hanging out with me in the shop.
Great work Dale. Very interesting. I am about to do similar on a Yamaha '79 DT 125 ....similar issues to your Suzuki except no spider involved....just some previous baboon shepherd who cracked the lens and the speedometer does not work.
Thanks for the great video guidance.
Stay well .Best rgds, Roy. 🇦🇺
Awesome Repair on the trip meter Knob!! Having a lathe Really saves the day sometimes! I have an old Navy lathe has a brass tag on it says " built under the war act of 1942" Has double 3 step pulleys and a leather drive belt with big metal staples in it. You swing the motor up to move the belt and change speeds! Goes Clack Clack Clack when its running but Really handy. 3 ft bed good for small stuff. Luckily my Dad has a Monster 9 ft bed auto feed lathe with huge 4 jaw and 3 jaw chucks for Big Stuff. My Wrecker Truck Hydraulic Wheel lift main pivot pin broke and Holmes wanted $220 for new one! [ it was 1-1/2 " diameter 19-1/2 inches long threaded on both ends !! ] We made one on his Big Lathe instead - used old boat prop shaft 1-1/2 stainless steel and ran threads on it --saved Me Lot of $$$$ !!
Thanks Philip, you bet the lathe comes in handy almost everyday. Dont know what I would do with out it. I have seen some of those naval lathes, they are well built and plenty rugged. I have a small Atlas that uses a belt drive, but not a flat belt. I use it for some smaller stuff. Would love to have a bigger lathe but not sure where I would put it. Thanks for watching, more to come.
@@montana2strokeracer The right tools makes life easier for sure. My Dad was Machinist and Millwright for Ford Motor Company Manufacturing Plant (Which is where I am right now- I been Electrician here 26 years! ) and years ago they got a New CNC Lathe for the shop and they put the old school one built in the 60s in storage. My Dad talked them into selling to him and we changed out 440 motor for 220 motor. So heavy we put it on his trailer but tires were mashed into floor of trailer and wouldn't move. Had to call my buddy with his Rollback and even his tires rubbed the bed on bumps. Weighs over 20 thousand pounds! Had to use Dad's backhoe to drag and push it I to his Garage. Backhoe couldn't lift it! Dad and his friends build Airplanes and he builds and threads airplane axles on it. Definitely worth the $100 dollars they let him have it for!!
@@philipolah7279 Wow, what a great story. Im a big Ford guy myself, been so all my life. Would have loved to work at Ford. Did work at a Ford dealership for some time. But not the same. Still enjoy many cars and trucks Ive had most of my life. But starting to get rid of some now. Just getting to old, time to let them go. Still love that story about your dads lathe.
Well the lath paid off again any luck on the motor? Hate that the speedometer broke. But glad you had the tools to fix.
Motor repair has not called me yet, I have a 3 phase motor I am adapting to get it running again. Hope a pulley will be here tomorrow. Im in the middle of a job and need to finish it up. Yeah thats why the lathe needs to be running, if I need it, it does no good to have it, if its not running.
Good video. With an analog speedometer on a motorcycle (XTZ125) is it possible to adjust for a wheel size change or do I need to change to digitial?
Hi Ken, I am assuming by analog you mean, you have a speedo cable coming from the front wheel to the speedo. I am not familiar with the XTZ125 for it is a little newer than I deal with. I have seen in the past on some of the bikes I deal with, one year they came out with an 18-inch front wheel, the next year a 21 or a 19, with those you could go to another year model and take the gear and swap to the other to change the ratio. Not sure on yours. I think you may be stuck with what you have unless you go to a digital. Pretty sure this is no help to you, but I hope it gives you something to think about. Thanks for watching.
Loctite sometimes attacks certain types of plastic. I've seen that happen where it just crumbles.
Hi Corey, you are right...I have seen that too. It sure works good but it does have some bad effects. Thanks for hanging out in the shop with me.
Is it possible the solvent in loctite made the plastic go brittle or were they jus taged?
Hi, Steve, I think it was just old and dried out by the sun. Those parts are just fragile after all these years. Thanks for the comment and for watchin.
As the Brits would say (fiddley).