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  1. ToothlessDrunk

    Rear Suspension 'clonk'

    If your really tight .. like me .. Then you can take out your ARB bushes ..you should see one side is worn more ..as one side does more work than the other .. sooo turn em around ,, and stick em back in to wear the other side .. so far I have had another year of no clunks out of mine for total...
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    Which toolkit?

    Got a set of those free with some oil , they were okay .. but not they ain't hammer through and for my mechanical purposes hammer through is the essential feature . .. along with a hex pounding point so a spanner can be applied at the same time as giving it a wallop .
  3. ToothlessDrunk

    Which toolkit?

    Halfords stuff is okay , but from a man who uses tools for a living .. this is a better set ...
  4. ToothlessDrunk

    Can you disable the ABS light by removing a fuse or something?

    I am elder gentleman rider .. I pay around 120 quid a year fully comp to insure a KTM 990 superduke and a Husky SMR 570R :D
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    Can you disable the ABS light by removing a fuse or something?

    I dunno, idea is good in theory ..... But .... I would hate to think what the average car driver riding a motorcycle would do to my motorcycle insurance premiums .
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    Can you disable the ABS light by removing a fuse or something?

    Well would you look at that .. seems honda agrees with me too . Also have you ever tried taking a car off road with the traction control switched on !!!! Leave you stuck on a damp lawn it would , my apprentice was trying to get my van off a site the other day .. he got stuck straight away .He...
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    Can you disable the ABS light by removing a fuse or something?

    There have been a few times I have wished ABS would go away as I would have been stopped before it had figured itself out . it should really have a disable button like traction control does . If I can manage to stop from 170mph + on 2 wheels without need for ABS to the point the tyres are...
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    Can you disable the ABS light by removing a fuse or something?

    Some uscruplious people disconnect the light from the ABS circuit and splice it into the oil light or engine managment light circuit , this means when MOT man switches on dash it lights up .. but when he starts the car it switches off .. just like it should do ... But thats unscruplious people...
  9. ToothlessDrunk

    Steering wheel controls.

    Mines a no .. but I am so used to them I don't need them to .
  10. ToothlessDrunk

    3 click indicator

    It is a handy gadget that you get used to , my van has it .. but then my van has many things my accord could really use .. heated front windscreen , heated mirrors , devastatingly cold aircon , automatic hill start .. which you get really used to and have to really really gotta must defo...
  11. ToothlessDrunk

    Wear on exhaust cam lobe

    The hardface is gone ,it's time is nearly over , I would be trying to source another one while I am already ferking about with clears and settings rather than have to open it up again . Or button it up as is and start looking at the ebay for the next car , and get that one ready for selling .
  12. ToothlessDrunk

    What sort of mpg do you all get on your diesels?

    These lower diseasel fuel prices are slowing down my shell points gathering , I might actually have to pay for petrol in the car at this rate !! And then maybe .. just maaaybe I might give a crap about MPG .. but probably not .
  13. ToothlessDrunk

    brake clunck noise

    Sheared a caliper bolt ?
  14. ToothlessDrunk

    theeized rear caliper ithues

    Should tell her the ring is loose and the blow by is reducing power ... you never know what she might like from that lot
  15. ToothlessDrunk

    theeized rear caliper ithues

    Minimum wage requirement and employers NI contributions would kill that as the cheap fix unless you went illegal ... which may be tricky on such a high profile project .
  16. ToothlessDrunk

    theeized rear caliper ithues

    No No no .. just clarifying what was used and reasons for use . .. ie . quick bodge job .. happened to be to hand and free :lol:
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    theeized rear caliper ithues

    Red rubber type grease went on the slides ,it wasn't red , cos it was CAT so it was a yellow colour . but it is safe around grease seals . pistons got seal safe squoosh for ease of application and it also blasts any bits out rather than stick em to the piston when your doing the job the speedy...
  18. ToothlessDrunk

    theeized rear caliper ithues

    It's just a spray but without all the silicone and nasties in it that WD40 has . I place an order and it appears by magic in my COSSH cabinet :D
  19. ToothlessDrunk

    theeized rear caliper ithues

    I am hoping so , will do the pads in the summer and see how the preventatives and repairs have done .
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