Reading Assignment for Next Class (Thursday 2-26):
Articles located in the data section of the website titled “Terrier” and “Turner”
Summary of Last Lab:
- Re-did spokes on wheels by cutting them down and re-threading them using dyes.
- Able to see the electric simulator from last class in real life and saw the functions of the distributor.
- Sonic cleaner on parts of clutch and transmission
- Organized the drawers and put labels on bags that were not labeled.
- Sandblasted the frame
- Cleaned the top end and prepared it for sandblasting (carburetor is part of top end)
- Cleaned parts of distributor
- Sandblasted the boar (there was a cracked fin)
- ebay shopping for bottom end and cleaned the rest of the parts.
Class Conversation:
Friction –
Coefficient of friction
- High coefficient – Sandpaper, rubber etc.
- Low coefficient – Ice, tephlon etc.
- The coefficient of friction for rubber on asphalt (wheels on pavement) is ~ 1.
- Friction in motorcycle is in tires, clutch and brakes.
Book Conversation – Chapter 8 of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- Tappet adjustments are to be done with a cold engine
- Clean plugs
- Pg. 96-97 – hierarchy or parts in motorcycle
- Pg. 98 – effects and causes
- System is a connection of interrelated tasks!
In Lab:
- Top end was sandblasted as well as more parts of the frame.
- Parts were ordered online (clutch and transmission parts and the fenders).
- Bottom end group learned how to thread metal with taps.
- Continued cleaning to different parts.
L.R