Can I see some sweet safety wire pics yall?
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The oil filter cap was definitely harder to do. I also did the toe pegs for the shifter and brake to stop the rubber toe piece on the Rizoma rearsets from turning. Same method you’d use if wiring handgrips. The key thing with grips is that the wire has to wrap around twice.
I don’t have a pic of my oil plug right now. I ended up wiring it to a bracket that hold the black rubber piece which keeps the fairing off of the left Akra exhaust pipe.
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Probably easier to buy pre-drilled bolts, but if not spend the money on some type of a jig:
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Gold standard:
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DMCs are the standard in aerospace, if you've used one before you'll know how quickly and easy it is to set the cable/ferrule. You route the cable, set the ferrule in tool nose, pull tension on the cable via the handle, the tool clips the cable for you and there's no overhang of wire. If you use the manual pliers, .032" is also the standard gauge for safety wire, .020 is light and more for tags/identification labels, .04 are application specific (extreme pressure/heat) and used in very high retentions not typically seen on motorcycles
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Those caliper bolts are interesting and offer 0 torque retention, the clips would hold the bolt if it backed out completely but I'm sure you would notice the bolt coming out before these clips hold it. With the DMC tool it's too easy, I always prefer to work smarter not harder, you don't worry about the twists as it's a manufactured cable and you're guaranteed a a tight tightening feature when routed correctly.
This needs to be replaced asap, both of the rear master cylinder bolts are pulling in a loosening direction - lefty loosey righty tighty
The wire will hold if bolt looses torque similar to the caliper bolts, but done properly the bolts go across the top into individual holes (red/orange are the 2 wires), they cross to make an X in the center of the bolt, and when exiting the bolt, twist back together and pulls to the left to put force in a tightening direction on the right hand threads.
I use Dykem paint pens for torque stripe, to indicate a bolt has been torqued, along with wire if needed. It's a very durable paint that wipes off easily with ipa/alcohol. Torque stripe works well with the rear sprocket nuts for undrilled bolts & studs, it seems these also have a metal locking feature - so double retention here. The stripe would tell you it's backing off before you notice the wire holding it.
This needs to be replaced asap, both of the rear master cylinder bolts are pulling in a loosening direction - lefty loosey righty tighty
The wire will hold if bolt looses torque similar to the caliper bolts, but done properly the bolts go across the top into individual holes (red/orange are the 2 wires), they cross to make an X in the center of the bolt, and when exiting the bolt, twist back together and pulls to the left to put force in a tightening direction on the right hand threads.
I use Dykem paint pens for torque stripe, to indicate a bolt has been torqued, along with wire if needed. It's a very durable paint that wipes off easily with ipa/alcohol. Torque stripe works well with the rear sprocket nuts for undrilled bolts & studs, it seems these also have a metal locking feature - so double retention here. The stripe would tell you it's backing off before you notice the wire holding it.
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Nice job. We also were required to run tywraps on the rear wheel nut retaining clips. It's the only thing I actually still do.
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Nice job on the first attempt. For the front brake caliper, run it like this:
You also forgot to put a pigtail in the end. If you leave it like that, there's almost a 100% it's gonna dig into your hand next time you're cleaning your bike. Like this:
For the oil, do it like this instead:
You also forgot to put a pigtail in the end. If you leave it like that, there's almost a 100% it's gonna dig into your hand next time you're cleaning your bike. Like this:
For the oil, do it like this instead:
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Forgot to mention, if you have a couple dimes and quarters laying around you can get these which will make your life easier when working on the bike:
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