hey i know someone else posted this in another thread, but i'll go ahead a repost:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_LpxYHi5Zg
it shows you how to remove the diaphragm from off of the slider. by doing this, one could save like beacoup bucks by not having to buy the assembly whole $100 assembly and just the diaphragm. but i don't know who sources just the diaphragm
Here is the link to the guy who sells them oh Ebay............
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DIAP...2449860QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
Last set I bought the bid ran up to about 87 buck shipped........this one/link has 4 days left to bid. If you decide to dissamble slides to do the install DO NOT USE GORILLA GLUE ON REASSEMBLE, the expansion rate is so great it will bust open your slides. However you can use it for diaphram repairs.
Just be very careful doing this, spray some WD-40 around the top of the slide and let it sit for a few days. I use a small broom handle that will fit inside the slide, then tap the other end on the floor.....I'm running about a 75% success rate, the slide shatters on the other 25%....they're very brittle! :bang head:
The best way to disassemble, that I use is to find a deep well 12 PT socket and an 4 or 6 inch extension 3/8 drive, that fits into the slide easily. Then find a pice of pipe or PVC that the slide fits into kinda snug. The pipe or PVC has to be perfectly square on the top and bottom so the slide recieves no irregular stress on any point of slide structure while tapping with small light hammer. By useing a deep well socket that fits into slide rather snugly you don't have to remove retainer screw which holds the needle in place , because the deepwell socket (12 Point) does not come into contact with retainer screw. Use light taps with hammer and as soon as you see the gap start to open up you can usually stop hammering a pull the rest apart with you hands. Reassembly ,Clean retainer ring which held diaphram into place fine grit sandpaper until retainer fits into slide with very little resistance. You have to be carefull of the type of glue which you use on reasseble and not to use an abundce, If you notice on dissasembly they used a thin glue you don't want glue oozing out from under the retainer ring after assy, it must be resistant to petrolium products but still make a strong bond. Reassemble the making sure you have the diaphram facing inthe right direction and not upside down and the plastic washer with recess facing in the right direction. I take the deep well socket off the extension, turn socket with 3/8 drive facing up towards you insert the needle end into the small end of socket on a flat surface and give the retainer a few very, very small taps to ensure tightness. I always use a small soft piece of wood to tap with. I have had a 100% rate of istalling diaphrams with this method. If any one else has tampered with diaphrams , I usually send them away or let them tap the retainer out, then if it breaks their slides, the cost is on them not me.
The best way to disassemble, that I use is to find a deep well 12 PT socket and an 4 or 6 inch extension 3/8 drive, that fits into the slide easily. Then find a pice of pipe or PVC that the slide fits into kinda snug. The pipe or PVC has to be perfectly square on the top and bottom so the slide recieves no irregular stress on any point of slide structure while tapping with small light hammer. By useing a deep well socket that fits into slide rather snugly you don't have to remove retainer screw which holds the needle in place , because the deepwell socket (12 Point) does not come into contact with retainer screw. Use light taps with hammer and as soon as you see the gap start to open up you can usually stop hammering a pull the rest apart with you hands. Reassembly ,Clean retainer ring which held diaphram into place fine grit sandpaper until retainer fits into slide with very little resistance. You have to be carefull of the type of glue which you use on reasseble and not to use an abundce, If you notice on dissasembly they used a thin glue you don't want glue oozing out from under the retainer ring after assy, it must be resistant to petrolium products but still make a strong bond. Reassemble the making sure you have the diaphram facing inthe right direction and not upside down and the plastic washer with recess facing in the right direction. I take the deep well socket off the extension, turn socket with 3/8 drive facing up towards you insert the needle end into the small end of socket on a flat surface and give the retainer a few very, very small taps to ensure tightness. I always use a small soft piece of wood to tap with. I have had a 100% rate of istalling diaphrams with this method. If any one else has tampered with diaphrams , I usually send them away or let them tap the retainer out, then if it breaks their slides, the cost is on them not me.
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