Oz Boxerworks Rally, September 2010

[Airbear]

That'd be a log, Mal. I reckon there's plenty of room to fit a bit more on.
Thanks for doing the wood thing Jeff. The Talbingo wood bloke sounds a bit like me. I'd bugger off for winter too, if that was my occupation.

[grant81rs]

Jeff wrote

"I let him know that we were a BMW splinter group and that we wouldn't be burnt buying firewood as we weren't green when it came to buying wood."

Butt we wood beat him to a plup if he tried!!

[grant81rs]

Mal thats jeffs new compact camping matress

[ME 109]

Butt we wood beat him to a plup if he tried!! [/quote]

Grant, you're a chip of the old block!
The wood man will be barking up the wrong tree if he thinks he can pull the wood over our eyes. We're no saps!
He can get rooted if he tries.
Not mulch we can do until the woodman comes back from holidays but I think he'll come on board.
Dunno why but I had to log on to post this.

[Airbear]

It's been pretty quiet down here for a few days.

I'm just making a general announcement. Most will know that I'm off on the weekend for a bit of adventuring in the hills. This ride will basically fill the next two weeks and most likely merge with the Talbingo run. I won't be contactable unless I get the chance to look at a computer somewhere (unlikely).

I'll see you there. Safe ride - we don't want any tragedies.

Edited to add: My place is available to anyone who wants to stop over on their way. Get on the blower (02 6026 4559), PM or email for details before Saturday arvo, or just make yerself at home if you already know where I live. House is not locked, plenty of beer in fridge, plenty of firewood for the catwarmer etc.

[grant81rs]

Have a great ride Charlie and bring over a bag full of Snowy River trout for the frying pan at the boxerworks gathering

[DucatiPete]

Heya AirHeads,
It's been a while (again) but good to hear the spring run is under planning controls...
I've taken that w/end off so will be attending (godt in himmel, willing).
Charlie has offered his home (& beer) as a wayside stop-over on the way through.
At this stage I'm intending to take up that kind and generous offer and plan to lob there on thursday arvo.
R U going to be there then Charles?
Anyhoo, will be good to catch up agen.
c u there,
pete

[Airbear]

I'm glad you could get back on Pete. Thanks for the call this am.

Wheel wobble mystery is solved and a good ol' bush solution found. The left side rear wheel bearing has spun. Diameter of receptacle is 0.3mm bigger than the cup, and tapered. Must have been spinning for a while. I assume my preload was overdone, so I reduced that by lapping down the outer spacer. Then I saturated a strip of manilla envelope paper with epoxy (West System with a colloidal silica filler - good shit) and set it in the receptacle, tapped the cup in, torqued up the stack and it is quietly curing by the fire while I get other stuff done. It'll probably work. Maybe. I'll keep a good i on it. Hans has a spare wheel if it is looking dodgy by the time I get there.
I'll grab a couple of bearings in Melburg. There might be somebody in Jindabyne who can put a sleeve in.

Have a good ride, and see yez there.

[Mal S7]

gday charlie. Hope your ride goes well. Have bodged up a spun bearing before and it worked fine for about ten thousand kms. Feeler gauge makes excellent shim, cut to size and tap it in so it wraps around the outer bearing. A bit of blue loctite and you can go.
Btw reading a grear book, 'shop class as soul craft. ' seeya at the rally.

mal

[Steve78RS]

Afternoon Gents

First post back on the new forum. Bit slack I know. I've been on holidays to Noosa and Sydney and just catching up on rally news. Good news about Jeff getting wood. A mighty fine log indeed.

Plenty of options for us to get down to Talbingo. Not long now.

Cheers dudes

Steve from Dubbo