Safety wire alternative

I have used my drill press some when safety wiring. I even bought one of those guide things, which I think stinks. However, I've gotten reasonably good at drilling while still on the bike. Maybe not proper etiquette, but I rest the spinning drill bit up against my finger, after center punching a hole. Seems to work great.....and so far I still have all 10 digits and I've safety wired quite a few bikes and haven't pulled a Dustin....yet!!!!!

 

Yeah, some come from Kawi, where they use the lock washer and then use Thor's hammer to tighten the sprocket to the output shaft with the goofiest nut ever. F those things.

 

Thread locking compound. RTV is for hacks, IMO.

 

You should see the Panigale. Livengood has marked every....single....bolt.

Every bolt also is either safety wired or has silicone or blue loctite.

It vibrates alot, especially at race RPMs. The shift rod backed out in a race earlier in the year so when he took the bikes back to his shop for service between races, he took the bodywork off and secured every single bolt one way or another.

 

I thought I was the problem. I still may be, but Kawis seem to use Red loctite on errythang

 

The spaghetti monster is a sewing machine compared to Buell vibration

 

Very inconsistent as well. Some get a reasonable amount, some get blasted.

 

He is going to name it "Semi-Pro bolt"

 

I've done it on the bikes a bunch but usually just pull them off. And I rest the spinning portion of the drill cupped in my hand because it gets hot. I will prolly drill for 10 seconds or so then oil it. Repeat this process on or off the bike.

 

Here's a titanium front sprocket nut I had drilled…

 

I dig the paint job on the counter shaft... you can hypnotize the guys you pass in right hand turns ...and the guys in tech won't notice it's a cheater bike if they are hypnotized either

 

Best advice right here, I have a decent amount of stuff wired on the dirty bikes even.

 

I blue loctite almost every bolt as well. One of the sticks work great as you can just turn the bolt gently over it so you don't over do it.

 

Lol