Gimp Ma Ride

[McJim]

Was gonna post this in the Bike Mechanics Forum but last time I went there I got my head bitten off so once bitten....

Anyway - my Ducati had some "adjustment" made to the baffles, carbs etc. which required the stock can to be rivetted back together again. Problem is with the heating up and cooling down which is part of the natural order or things for a can the rivets gradually starrted to rattle and pop out, one by one. I drilled out all of the rivets and did the whole thing again and once again they started rattling....so....I used some bolts to bolt the end back in this time....with an interesting aesthetic effect. Made my can look like it had a gimp collar on it made me laff - thought I'd share.

[rudolph]

you should use dome hed capscrews

[McJim]

I hadn't intended anything different - I just wanted the damn rattling to stop - might invest in those chrome pointy little fookers for a laff!

[Big Dave]

gump yoo jummy.

[MotoGirl]

I hadn't intended anything different - I just wanted the damn rattling to stop - might invest in those chrome pointy little fookers for a laff!

Yeah, that spikey pitbull effect wouldn't look out of place!

[McJim]

Yeah, that spikey pitbull effect wouldn't look out of place!

'Cept pitbulls pack a bit more muscle

[MSTRS:Me]

McJim - none of that Hebribean enjunuitee. That's horrible. Can I send you a sticker or two to cover it up??

[McJim]

McJim - none of that Hebribean enjunuitee. That's horrible. Can I send you a sticker or two to cover it up??

Yeah, well I'm in search of some lower profile bolts that won't look so much like studs but at least the rattling ain't happenin' no more.

[geoffm]

Use stainless steel or monel rivets, and seal up the gap before you rivet with high temp RTV. It is the vibration that kills ali pop rivets or flogs out the holes. Goop seals it up and stops the 2 parts fretting.

[scumdog]

Looks like some weird rendition of a WW2 sea mine - have you tried hitting one of those horns yet McJim??

[Macktheknife]

Looks just like the collar you keep in that 'special box' mate, well done!

[Forest]

Sorry ... was that "gimp my ride" or "ride my gimp"??

http://www.gimpsgonewild.com/




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[jim.cox]

Made my can look like it had a gimp collar on it

Fark that's ugly :(

You're bringing backyard bodges to a whole new low

[007XX]

Yeah, well I'm in search of some lower profile bolts that won't look so much like studs but at least the rattling ain't happenin' no more.

I got just the thing for you...and you could always throw a quilt over it for the colder months!

[Ixion]

Your riveting problem is because you are riveting from the wrong side. This puts the pressure area of the rivet head on the outside of the curve instead of the inside where the nature curvature of the can would constrict the rivet from moving (Think of something movi ng sideways on the outside of a sphere. Easy. Now on the inside. Hard cos it hits the 'side' of the sphere.)

You need to rivet the ends from the INSIDE of the can. Sorted.