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**cheesy** · 04-04-2018, 03:45 PM

Looking good. Is that a pigsicle being consumed?

Sport Rider · 04-05-2018, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by cheesy

Looking good. Is that a pigsicle being consumed?

No....BBQ chicken leg. we were out riding and happened to see a stand beside the road.

**cheesy** · 04-05-2018, 06:22 PM

As long as it was BBQ, then.

Cone replacement showed up today, too bad I'm in NOLA. But I have an early flight out tomorrow, so who knows.

**cheesy** · 04-09-2018, 10:01 PM

Ever have one of those jobs that things just seem to fall together...up to a point, then it falls in the toilet. That's the FD of the Ural.

Got everything done up to, and including, the setting of the gear lash. Man, it was perfect. Next step required separating the halves and installing the forty odd needle bearings on the driven hub. Then reassembling and buttoning up. Yeah, right. After getting all the needle bearings installed, I went to put the cone on the case and all the freaking guts fell out of the cone. Driven hub, ring gear, super duper humungo driven hub bearing, and all them stupid needle bearings.

Getting it back together caused me all kinds of grief, so I threw up my hands and said next weekend.

Weldangrind · 04-10-2018, 10:17 AM

You seriously have to install the needle bearings by hand? I thought they would be caged. I'm surprised that something would be that labour-intensive from a manufacturing perspective. Is it possible to switch to caged needle bearings?

**cheesy** · 04-10-2018, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Weldangrind

You seriously have to install the needle bearings by hand? I thought they would be caged. I'm surprised that something would be that labour-intensive from a manufacturing perspective. Is it possible to switch to caged needle bearings?

Yup. They are located on the center of the driven hub. One end of the hub is toothed for the rear wheel and the other end has the ring gear bolted to it.
https://live.uralcatalog.com/details/18369

Item 30 is the driven hub and 29 is the needle bearing. One of the bolts, item 41, went south and ruined item 42. There's a lot of parts in this booger.

Trying to decide if I should stay home and wrap it up this weekend or go visit my Dad for a couple of days. I think Dad may win this round.

Sport Rider · 04-11-2018, 10:04 AM

you know, between those crazy machines at your shop in SC and this Ural, I'm beginning to think you're just a glutton for punishment.

**cheesy** · 04-11-2018, 08:29 PM

It's getting pretty obvious, isn't it. I also rebuild Sturmey Archer three speed bicycle hubs for fun.

BlackBike · 04-12-2018, 01:22 AM

**cheesy** · 04-13-2018, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by cheesy

Trying to decide if I should stay home and wrap it up this weekend or go visit my Dad for a couple of days. I think Dad may win this round.

Mother Nature, that crabby old biddy, made my decision for me. Dad's looking at 12 to 18 inches of snow over the weekend and told me not to bother. Thought about going up next weekend, but that's when Dad is going to DC on a US Veterans Honor Flight. Couple more weeks.

With us getting the wet and windy southern edge of this storm, if the house doesn't blow down, I should wrap this up.

**cheesy** · 04-15-2018, 07:35 PM

Finally, finally, finally, got the FD back together. The gear lash is dead on and it spins oh so nice. Should have had it back on the bike, too, but I did one of those old people things and decided to swap out the u-joint while I had the FD on the ground. Idiot.

I thought the front axle u-joint I did on the Jeep was a PITA. That was nothing compared to this little SOB. Three hours to swap out a u-joint that will fit in my shirt pocket. It was the original unit, so it was really stuck in there. Had to break all the caps to get it out. A punch flew out of my greasy hand and smacked the DeSoto. Nice paint chip there. Dropped one of the new caps and that rolled under the very middle of the DeSoto, jelly side down. Finally got the booger together only to find I oriented the cross wrong when I went to grease it. Had to do it a second time.

Knocked over a spray can of 1st Ayd Penetrating Gel Lube, snapping off the nozzle and it sprayed all over me and my bench. Broke the nozzle off an ether can, too. At least that didn't spray, but it would have probably washed off the gel lube.

Many, many, four letter were said today.

Darkrider · 04-15-2018, 10:51 PM

Was this you mr cheese?

**cheesy** · 04-16-2018, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Darkrider

Was this you mr cheese?

Several times, in fact.

Emerikol · 04-16-2018, 09:11 AM

It really sucks that you're so far away, Cheesy. I would have been happy to lend a hand and learn more about what I may get to look forward to with my own Ural. I spent most of my time in the service working on persnickety jet engines, and then was the head mechanic for a small flight school in West Georgia. For as much as some things seem like they're built for ease of maintenance, sometimes it just twists your tail and you have to persuade things with a really big hammer. Glad you got it back together, and the swearing builds character. Hope you have a fantastic week!

-E

Weldangrind · 04-16-2018, 11:31 AM

It's much better to cuss in a controlled environment. I can't imagine what a PITA that would have been as a field repair.

04-04-2018, 03:45 PM	#301
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,759	Looking good. Is that a pigsicle being consumed? __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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04-05-2018, 06:22 PM	#303
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,759	As long as it was BBQ, then. Cone replacement showed up today, too bad I'm in NOLA. But I have an early flight out tomorrow, so who knows. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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04-09-2018, 10:01 PM	#304
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,759	Ever have one of those jobs that things just seem to fall together...up to a point, then it falls in the toilet. That's the FD of the Ural. Got everything done up to, and including, the setting of the gear lash. Man, it was perfect. Next step required separating the halves and installing the forty odd needle bearings on the driven hub. Then reassembling and buttoning up. Yeah, right. After getting all the needle bearings installed, I went to put the cone on the case and all the freaking guts fell out of the cone. Driven hub, ring gear, super duper humungo driven hub bearing, and all them stupid needle bearings. Getting it back together caused me all kinds of grief, so I threw up my hands and said next weekend. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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04-10-2018, 10:17 AM	#305
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	You seriously have to install the needle bearings by hand? I thought they would be caged. I'm surprised that something would be that labour-intensive from a manufacturing perspective. Is it possible to switch to caged needle bearings? __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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04-11-2018, 08:29 PM	#308
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,759	It's getting pretty obvious, isn't it. I also rebuild Sturmey Archer three speed bicycle hubs for fun. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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04-11-2018, 10:04 AM	#307
Sport Rider Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Mooresville NC Posts: 2,029	you know, between those crazy machines at your shop in SC and this Ural, I'm beginning to think you're just a glutton for punishment.
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04-12-2018, 01:22 AM	#309
BlackBike Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: George West, Texas Posts: 4,097	__________________ ***************************************** 2015 Bashan"Blaze" BS250GY-31 (DB-07K-250) GONE 2017 Suzuki V Strom 650 XT "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~Benjamin Franklin~
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04-15-2018, 07:35 PM	#311
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,759	Finally, finally, finally, got the FD back together. The gear lash is dead on and it spins oh so nice. Should have had it back on the bike, too, but I did one of those old people things and decided to swap out the u-joint while I had the FD on the ground. Idiot. I thought the front axle u-joint I did on the Jeep was a PITA. That was nothing compared to this little SOB. Three hours to swap out a u-joint that will fit in my shirt pocket. It was the original unit, so it was really stuck in there. Had to break all the caps to get it out. A punch flew out of my greasy hand and smacked the DeSoto. Nice paint chip there. Dropped one of the new caps and that rolled under the very middle of the DeSoto, jelly side down. Finally got the booger together only to find I oriented the cross wrong when I went to grease it. Had to do it a second time. Knocked over a spray can of 1st Ayd Penetrating Gel Lube, snapping off the nozzle and it sprayed all over me and my bench. Broke the nozzle off an ether can, too. At least that didn't spray, but it would have probably washed off the gel lube. Many, many, four letter were said today. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts Last edited by cheesy; 04-15-2018 at 07:37 PM. Reason: Punctuation.
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04-16-2018, 09:11 AM	#314
Emerikol Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Carrollton, GA Posts: 1,465	It really sucks that you're so far away, Cheesy. I would have been happy to lend a hand and learn more about what I may get to look forward to with my own Ural. I spent most of my time in the service working on persnickety jet engines, and then was the head mechanic for a small flight school in West Georgia. For as much as some things seem like they're built for ease of maintenance, sometimes it just twists your tail and you have to persuade things with a really big hammer. Glad you got it back together, and the swearing builds character. Hope you have a fantastic week! -E __________________ First Rule of Aviation: -Never Pass Up The Opportunity to Pee I was struggling to get my wife's attention; I sat down on the couch and looked comfortable. That did the trick! My wife says I only have two faults. I don't listen and something else... If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way I told you to... The Stable: 2005 Yamaha V-Star 650 - SOLD 2015 Suzuki DR 650 2015 RPS Hawk 250 - SOLD 2016 Ural Gear Up
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04-16-2018, 11:31 AM	#315
Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	It's much better to cuss in a controlled environment. I can't imagine what a PITA that would have been as a field repair. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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