Showing posts with label zip tie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zip tie. Show all posts

Friday, April 9, 2010

2000–2003 Honda S2000 Center Grille Installation Instructions and Care guide

Step 1 – Place the grille inside the opening. The grille should conform to the center opening on the car and fit snugly. This will actually provide the support for the grille.
Step 2 - Use a pencil or magic marker to mark the holes where you want to route the zip ties. On the center grille, the cable ties will attach to the plastic OEM grille slats.
Step 3 – Route a zip tie through an opening in the grille (from the back) and then through the front of the grille via an adjacent hole. Unless you have tiny hands, you may need to attach a second zip tie to the end of the first to add length.
Step 4 - Wrap the zip ties around or thru the OEM grille slates. Now, complete the zip tie loop, go ahead and push the zip tie “tail end” thru the back of the grille and out the front. This way you will be able to pull tight from the front side. Loosely fasten the zip tie, do not tighten at this point. Repeat steps 3 & 4 for the other sides. You can add as many as you like but two cable ties should be plenty. Each cable tie has a 40 pound tensile strength rating, you grille only weighs a pound or so, don’t over do it.
Step 5 – Go back and secure each zip tie by pulling slightly on each one. Use an alternating pattern. This will ensure the grille is pulled in evenly and has a secure even fit. Do not over tighten, it is possible to damage the grille insert during this step. Clip off excess cable material.

Side Grille Installation Procedure:
Step 1 – Place the grille insert inside the opening. You may need to push the trim out a little to get the best fit. We won’t worry about fine tuning the fit until we get the side grilles attached.
Step 2 - Use a pencil or magic marker to mark the holes where you want to route the zip ties (4 places). On the side grilles we will be drilling some small holes. A 5/32” drill bit works well but you may want to go up one size if you have large hands, this will make things easier. Approximate locations are shown in the picture below.
Step 3 – Your markings should look similar to this, now let’s go ahead and drill the holes.
step 4 – We will have to go beneath the car and remove a couple of pop rivets and some screws so we can get our hand behind the panel for the side vent. The view below is from underneath, use the tire as a reference point. Go ahead and remove these fasteners and drop the plastic panel down so we can get our hand behind. (this is a typical configuration for most late model Hondas)

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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Ducati Suite- Rear Suspension Adjustment

The good ol' Monster rear suspension: single adjustable Boge-Sachs rear shock. It's gotten a bad rap as an underperformer, but it is still a quality piece with much better adjustment than many other sportbike shocks allow. Then again, why wouldn't it? It's a Ducati.

Perhaps the most important part of getting any kind of accurate readings is to have the front end balanced. You can have somebody hold the bike every time you need to measure, but it's better to save them for the loaded sag measurements. To balance the front, I used two tie down straps from the bars to the anchors in my garage floor. Before tightening them down, I took a zip tie and wrapped it around the grip and brake lever to keep it from rolling. Then I tightened the straps and ta-da! It was held there like magic.

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1/5 SCALE DUCATI 999R NITRO POWERED R/C MOTORBIKE Instruction Manual

INSTALLING THE RADIO GEAR Skip if already assembled in RTR version
a. Install the receiver switch onto the servo mount beside the steering servo with 2 tap screws.
b. Install the steering servo onto the servo mount with four tap screws. (Note the output shaft should be centered between the chassis frames.)
c. Install the throttle servo onto the servo mount with 4 tap screws. The mounting position is shown in this manual.
d. Install the receiver above the space between two frame posts using supplied double-sided tape.
e. Install the receiver battery pack on the bottom of the chassis. Then secure the battery pack with large zip tie.
f. Ensure all wires are securely connected to the receiver: steering servo connector plug - into the channel 1 slot throttle servo connector plug - into the channel 2 slot battery switch connector plug - into battery slot. Then thread the receiver antenna/wire through the antenna mount.
g. Thread the receiver antenna/wire all the way through the antenna tube and install the antenna tube onto the mount. Place the supplies antenna tip over the top of the antenna tube to secure the antenna/wire.
h. Then, use a small cable-tie or zip tie to organize the excess wiring from any high temperature or moving parts.

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