{"id":9,"date":"2018-08-09T14:14:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/?p=9"},"modified":"2018-08-15T13:38:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:38:45","slug":"february-21st-2017-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/2018\/08\/09\/february-21st-2017-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"February 21st, 2017 (Day 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>Agenda:<\/b><\/h3>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<ul>\n<li><b>Updates on shop progress<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Readings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Updates:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Bottom End Report<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8211;<\/b>Disassembly of the engine:<\/p>\n<p>-tried to get it to work:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>found that the gear ratios are important<\/li>\n<li>quadrant (the shifter)<\/li>\n<li>to loosen (remove) the flywheel they had to lock the connecting rod into place with<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Clutch<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Spent time on backplate, to figure out how it worked<\/p>\n<p>Went to the bunker and found replacement parts<\/p>\n<p><b>Electrical<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The points system was checked. Gotta get all the pieces cleared up<\/p>\n<p><b>Fastener<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Finished taking it apart and started looking up missing parts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fork<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Finished taking apart the forks and started cleaning them.<\/p>\n<p><b>Frame<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Almost finished sandblasting the frame and started checking for the cracks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Emma and Stephanie are now the sandblasting experts and will take care of any further sandblasting needs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Top End<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Finished taking the valves and the springs out, together with the shins. They used a C-clamp to compress it. Afterwards they cleaned and prepared the top end of the sandblasting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Wheels<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Worked on the hub, and took the bearings apart together with the other parts. They cleaned the other parts with a brass brush, since it does not damage the steel.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Readings:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Motorcycle References<\/b><\/p>\n<p>-Toolbox that comes with the bike;<\/p>\n<p>-Adjustable, open-ended wrench (crescent wrench);<\/p>\n<p>-Machinist Hammer: Ball Pein Hammer;<\/p>\n<p>-Cold chisel: all-metal chisel;<\/p>\n<p>-Taper Punch: used to punch holes (easier to handle) &#8211; Tire Irons: Levers<\/p>\n<p>-WD-40<\/p>\n<p>-Grease<\/p>\n<p>-Impact driver &#8211; used to get parts (bolts) that are stuck off.<\/p>\n<p>-A point file:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fueler Gauger &#8211; best way to measure small dimmensions.<\/li>\n<li>Handlebar clamps &#8211; use a shim (piece of alumminum)<\/li>\n<li>Plugs,<\/li>\n<li>Points<\/li>\n<li>Throttle<\/li>\n<li>Cotter Pins &#8211; locker pins<\/li>\n<li>Spare Chain<\/li>\n<li>Chain Coupling Link &#8211; couples the chain (master link)<\/li>\n<li>Riding a motorcycle gives it a personality<\/li>\n<li>Engines has a nickles and dimes sound<\/li>\n<li>Chain Tension<\/li>\n<li>Chain Lubrication<\/li>\n<li>Every Hundred miles &#8211; put oil on the chain<\/li>\n<li>He carries the manuals and the troubleshooting guide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Content<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Ch. 4<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He was willing to take care of the gloves and put effort into them.<\/li>\n<li>Each motorcycle has its own personality.<\/li>\n<li>The shim is a magical shim &#8211; Artistic versus Technological Understanding of the world.<\/li>\n<li><b>Farmers value tech.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Ch.5<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The son suffers from an early stage of mental illness. The wife is not along on the trip because the narrator and his son try to work this out.<\/li>\n<li>We learn that Phaedrus is the narrator\u2019s past self, when he had schizophrenia.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agenda: Updates on shop progress Readings Updates: Bottom End Report &nbsp; &#8211;Disassembly of the engine: -tried to get it to work: found that the gear ratios are important quadrant (the shifter) to loosen (remove) the flywheel they had to lock the connecting rod into place with &nbsp; Clutch Spent time on backplate, to figure out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/2018\/08\/09\/february-21st-2017-day-5\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;February 21st, 2017 (Day 5)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/58-tiger-cub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}