{"id":499,"date":"2025-01-30T10:56:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T15:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/?page_id=499"},"modified":"2025-05-03T22:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T02:05:58","slug":"3-mechanical","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/3-mechanical\/","title":{"rendered":"3. Mechanical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working with Rihan: Drew, Nicki, Atticus<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Week 1 of working on Motorcycle<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Oil Cover Guard<\/p>\n<p>Started by taking nuts out of oil cover guard and cleaned holes + nuts<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-592\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0235-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0235-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0235-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0235-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0235-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0235-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0235-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-587\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0234-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0234-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0234-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0234-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0234-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0234-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0234-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hypothesized that oil is leaking from oil tank through the cover guard&#8217;s nut holes. This would be due to worn down and damaged threads.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-588\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0239-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0239-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0239-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0239-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0239-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0239-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0239-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-589\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0240-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0240-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0240-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0240-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0240-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0240-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/IMG_0240-1200x900.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our group used a tap to rethread the holes. This would allow the nuts to fit snuggly inside leaving no room for leakage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-590\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/Tappets-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/Tappets-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/Tappets-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/Tappets-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/440\/2025\/02\/Tappets.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These are the tapping tools we used.<\/p>\n<p>Technique: Turn into hole up and back to ensure you&#8217;re not stripping threads. Making sure to clean out excess metal grinding out from tapping mechanism with either air and by washing taps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working with Rihan: Drew, Nicki, Atticus &nbsp; Week 1 of working on Motorcycle Oil Cover Guard Started by taking nuts out of oil cover guard and cleaned holes + nuts Hypothesized that oil is leaking from oil tank through the cover guard&#8217;s nut holes. This would be due to worn down and damaged threads. Our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/60-3-tiger-cub\/3-mechanical\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;3. 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