Those who hit the tarmac on a constant basis, beating up differentials, can be expensive. I’ll always be glad to take someone’s money if they want to get it built, but if they want to learn I can show. Just don’t borrow my tools.
Blowing out a tire is never a good thing. That’s why most vehicles have spare tires as backup. But if you fail to maintain the spares air pressure, make sure you have an air compressor as backup. Luckily the fifty is equipped to deal with these type of situation.
Been on the hunt, for an adventure, that requires 2 less wheels. But out of all the bikes I checked out, I’m always drawn to the Monster. It’s styling just doesn’t compare to the bikes from the rising sun. Trolling forums and talking to some owners, all of them say they get lots of looks and 
Weather doing hub bearing, and/or differential service, requires the removal of the brake caliper, pads, and bracket. It’s a bit of a chore to remove the pieces and I’m a bit on the lazy side, I’ll usually take care of it in fewer steps. Rather than doing all that nonsense. Just undo the caliper bracket assembly and then shove a rolled up newspaper or cardboard in between the brake pads. This will ensure they don’t fall out, while the caliper assembly is set off to the side safely while the main work is done. Once done with installing them sick cross slotted rotors, reinstall the brake assembly. Ready fo’ sho’.
First time I saw one of these was back at Battle of the Imports in the 90’s, when drag racing Hondas were setting new 1/4 mile records. Nowadays programmable ecus are commonplace and uber cheap that you can fuel inject anything. Why would anyone use one of these anymore? But to last this long we’ll just call it bulletproof.
One thing about the early Datsun Zs, was that you either loved the 280 and wanted a 240, or was it the other way around. But the dirty laundry that was a 260 was left out to hang. So picking one of these up is pretty reasonable and since it probably won’t be missed, modifying them isn’t much of an issue. Behold the new adventure.
I was on an interweb search on how to fix an axle housing. Since there was one sitting out back that was slightly bent and not really usable at the moment. Many techniques I came across were found on the on dirt track and stock car boards. Makes a lot of sense, since the thing that the oval racers and dirt trackers in the east share with the AE86, is the use of the rear solid axle.
Santa san dropped off a package for the next adventure. The dark side is strong with this one.
I used to comment, about never getting cars from Oakland, now I should add Palm Springs to that list. It shouldn’t be no surprise, as the AE86 is traded hands by many bandwagon enthusiasts. Cars are violated modified by many hands. With a unique set of problems, I think this is only the beginning.
Buying stuff sight unseen has always been a gamble. Owner bought this on the net and brought me it to for installation. The seller informed him it was rebuilt by his “buddy”. Upon initial inspection, everything looked in order and function properly. Disassembly revealed something completely different. While taking apart the differential, all the bolts were loose. Bits and pieces of the LSD were falling out as I continued the disassembly. My guess is that the LSD was subjected to a lot of horsepower. Then the “buddy” took it apart for inspection, found out it’s been grenaded, put it back together and sold it off to an unsuspecting buyer. That’s why sometimes it’s better to pay a little extra and buy local so that parts can be physically inspected.
Some say trouble comes in threes. Others may look at it as third time’s the charm. For me I got the latter. After failing 2 times to attend another F1 event, since my last one in 2012. It took me a third try to get it right. It was an austin trip to remember.
As the 80’s Japanese cars enter their mid 30’s, the people who brought you the Japanese Classic Car show, have done it again, with the Neo Classic Car show. Bringing out the next generation of Japanese classics from the 80’s and 90’s. I figured it would be cool to check 80’s cars with side markers and fuba antennas and 90’s cars decked out in ridiculous amount of stickers and colored vinyl interior. But that wasn’t the case.
I seem to be getting a lot of requests to get differentials built. These guys didn’t have a solid pinion spacer. But that won’t be the case after I’m done with them.
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