Went for my MOT re-test today. Arrived well on time only to be told that I need to bring along my failure sheet. "Surely its on your system?" I asked. Apparently not. What a stupid system.
So I rushed back home to pick it up, but had a breakdown on the way back - the sound of scraping metal and then the engine stalling. This didn't sound good at all - I tried a light kick on the kick start and heard the same noise, and stopped straight away. So I pushed the scoot back home.
On closer inspection at home it turned out the flywheel cowl had come loose and was resting on the flywheel - what a relief! There was me thinking I'd holed the piston or lost a piston ring or something similar. So £2 on a set of new cowling fixings, but back to square one with the MOT.
Saturday 4 July 2009
Wrong rear brake cam
Here's the reason I couldn't get the rear brake set up right:
On the left is a rear brake cam from a GP, on the right one for an LI. It seems my LI had a GP cam fitted (and presumably the old shoes I threw out were GP too) but I fitted new LI shoes (as you would, on an LI). This resulted in the available brake pedal travel not being enough to apply the brakes fully.
Sorted now.
On the left is a rear brake cam from a GP, on the right one for an LI. It seems my LI had a GP cam fitted (and presumably the old shoes I threw out were GP too) but I fitted new LI shoes (as you would, on an LI). This resulted in the available brake pedal travel not being enough to apply the brakes fully.
Sorted now.
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