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Post by olivertwisted on Dec 9, 2015 22:08:04 GMT -6
Okay. Thank ya, Alleyoop ! Hey, hows the hand? |
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Post by cyborg on Dec 10, 2015 7:00:47 GMT -6
Ha Ha!!!! You listen to kfi !!!!! That was Gary Hoffman on the radio in your video
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Post by olivertwisted on Dec 10, 2015 14:50:59 GMT -6
cyborg LOLOL!PEGGED! I do. Seems that someone else does, too! 
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Post by cyborg on Dec 10, 2015 18:35:43 GMT -6
I do,,,,
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Post by olivertwisted on Jan 4, 2016 19:34:47 GMT -6
Dagnabbit!
So, I have a similar dilemma with the rear caliper on this scooter, frozen guide bolts. So my question now is , are the front and rear calipers the same? Just a matter of orientation? It appears that way (By looking) unless, I'm overlooking something.
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Post by Alleyoop on Jan 4, 2016 20:34:13 GMT -6
We are not there to help you looking at them and seeing if they are the sameo sameo. So YOU MAKE THE CALL AS THEY SAY (HAHA). But it should be pretty simple you have the old one out see if if matchs the rear one, if so then get another one like the one you got for the front.
Thank you for asking about my hand. I get stabbing pains and it has been quite a while already. I called the surgeon and I have an appointment this Friday and see what he says. He did say it takes at least 3 months for it to heal so I hope that is all it is and just bite the bullet.
But let me tell you what happened which may have something to do with it.
After the first week I was scheduled to go in and have the stiches taken out. Well the nurse messed up on the 1st stich which was the lower part of the cut toward the center of my palm. She pulled on the stich and accidentially cut through BOTH stichs top and bottom SO the only thing that came off was the KNOT. The stich was left in.
Ok now the third week I went in cause I did not like the looks of it and it was hurting where the stich was left and the rest did not look good. Doc came in and he looked at it and said that is all DEAD SKIN and began to peel if off and sure enough under there beautiful new skin UNTIL he got to the bottom where the stich was still in. He pulled that off and there it was a 1/4 stich sticking up and a little raw all around there. He said I do not want to pull it out and cause it to bleed so he had the nurse cut the 1/4 stich that was sticking up. BUT now the lower half of the stich is still in me!!!!
OK now another week goes by and I have a scab on just that part of the hand and you can see the dark line where the stich is. It is not healing and I went in and told the nurse now get this, this is the same nurse that messed me up in the first place. So I explained my theory and SHE KNEW DARN well what she had done in the frist place when she took the stichs out. So she went out and got some tools and began to take the scab off along with the stich and you could see the channel left by the stich and it was bleeding slightly. She swabed it and then the doctor came in. I told him what the nurse had done taken the scab off with twizzers and HE RESPONDED "SHE DID" as if to say she should not have done anything until he saw it.
So as I was going out He is having a conversation with them at the desk. Now I am leary of having my other hand done.
Alleyoop
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Post by olivertwisted on Jan 4, 2016 22:12:20 GMT -6
I do know that, Alley. I had already looked and compared them . I always do my best to help myself find the answers before asking anything . I wanted to check if I had missed something obvious to others with some experience.It's that one slight variation thing that auto makers do with parts to make them non-interchangeable, that makes me very wary of trusting any inclination to assume anything . Vendor information on specs for the scooter parts I've needed has often been sparse at best. But the question arose because they then list calipers (even without a brackets) as "Front caliper" and "Rear caliper". Why, if they are not different? I myself, am not seeing a difference between them. The caliper itself, looks to the eye to be interchangeable. The bracket is all that appears to be specific to front or rear. I've spent more than I thought I'd have to on this so far, but still worthwhile, I hope . But I'd rather ask the questions than to lose the money, if the parts aren't right. Also, being a first time scooter owner and of a less popular Chinese model, it's been quite different for me than it has always been to shop for parts for my common pickup. The only thing that I haven't disassembled to clean up and/or fix is, the engine itself. So truly, I have done much without asking questions but, certainly appreciate the input from anyone with experience when I need it. Wow! Your experience with that nurse certainly isn't confidence inspiring but, hopefully yes, everything is just a matter of time to heal up. My buddy's operation just like yours, did take quite a few months to feel back to normal so, take heart and time for it. If you are too leery of that nurse, I would think that you could talk discreetly to the DR about having a different one to help ? My buddy had such terrible pain with his crapal tunnel that, I'd hope you'll see it through. He's doing very well with it now and basically pain free  |
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Post by olivertwisted on Jan 5, 2016 1:14:29 GMT -6
Oh as a important side note,,,,USE NEW CRUSH WASHERS!!!! when installing the brake line on the new caliper,,,please This seemed like sound advice cyborg , thanks for the kind reminder So, I've been looking at "Crush washers" for when I'm ready for final assembly.But those that I find are different from the ones that are on my banjo bolts. Mine are a black (rubber or, at least softer than metal) material on the inside and appear to be copper otherwise (Under the corrosion, that is!) They measure 15.16mm O.D. (minus rust = 15mm, lol!) x 10mm I.D. x 1.8mm or so thick at the copper .But, I'm not finding them in online scooter shops or Ebay.   It seems, it's not vital that I get these exact same washers and although, these are slightly thinner at 1.5mm thick, in theory these at Ebay should work as long as they straddle the bolt. Seem so, generally speaking ? www.ebay.com/itm/10mm-ID-COPPER-CRUSH-WASHERS-/330625585664?hash=item4cfad21200:g:pPIAAOSwd4tT0Ag2&vxp=mtr If I need do for any reason, need O.E.M. type, where in da world is anyone sourcing them ? |
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Post by olivertwisted on Jan 5, 2016 1:23:10 GMT -6
OH HEY!!!! I found em, afterall!!! When I stopped filtering China out of my search, lol! Would take forever to get these but, just in case anyone else is looking for them. I'll need to get some sooner than 2 1/2 weeks from now, though. Looks like, that is SOONEST they would come. Up to 7 weeks, lol! link |
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Post by Alleyoop on Jan 5, 2016 12:22:27 GMT -6
Thank you for the good thoughts about my hand and having the other one done. But let me say I would not be discreet about telling anything to the Dr I would say either you take the stichs out or get someone else, its my hand and my pain  Great find on the washers  Well how about taking some pictures of the caliper that is on there and we already have pictures of the front one and the one that you replaced it with. We can try and see if they are sameo sameo and give you our opinion. Alleyoop |
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Post by cyborg on Jan 5, 2016 13:02:52 GMT -6
Glad the hand feels better Alley,,, Oliver just take one of your originals and get a stack of Em at any auto or bike parts house,,, copper ones,,, aluminum works good too but I prefer copper
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Post by olivertwisted on Jan 5, 2016 16:36:54 GMT -6
You're welcome! You GO , Alleyoop ! You are exactly right, to take charge . Now, I won't have to worry about ya so much . Was thinkin' to send me posse out after her! I ordered one last night, thank you much! I had already had it off. It looks the same. That's why I was perplexed as to why listings showed them as "Front" or "Rear", even without a bracket included to dictate it's compatibility with the front, or rear. Get me? But, I'm pretty confident that they are the same. I suspect that the way they get listed is just a kind of carry-down, an artifact in the communication gap from China to vendors here. Thanks, cyborg ! To be clear, are you confirming that crush washers without the rubber insert do work well? Or that I can get the exact ones, with the rubber at a bike shop? It does make sense that copper, being softer, would mold better. I've found plenty of options for the type without the inner rubber seal, as long as they will generally work to seal a hydraulic line. |
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Post by olivertwisted on Jan 5, 2016 17:16:13 GMT -6
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Post by Alleyoop on Jan 5, 2016 18:34:40 GMT -6
Well there you go , if there good enough for the HARLEY's its overkill for the CHINO Scoots.  |
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Post by cyborg on Jan 5, 2016 19:00:18 GMT -6
Bingo you win
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..BAD TO THE BONE..
