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What’s it look like, and any way to test one? I might have one on one of these carcasses 

Welcome! When you make a bunch of changes that nobody likes, and ignore the people posting, they leave. 

 

Glad you found us

 

Lol. Guess you’re the only game in town if someone wants one fixed

Had an 18 year old girl here killed last weekend. Was riding in a SXS at night with a boy and he hit something, threw her out and apparently broke her neck. Boy was airlifted. I was out at work with this gimpy back so didn’t get any more details, but reinforced my decision that my girls don’t ride without me.

I managed to tweek my back again, so I haven’t left the house in two days.

 

Picked up a 500 motor last week, carried it into the shop. No problem.

 

Wed I try to pick the baby up, guess I was twisted just right when I did it. There goes the back again 

The warranty is good for one time free replacement. They did send me new ones on the one set I’ve sent back in. That said, I don’t care if they send me infinite sets, I’d rather pay more and not have to change them out all the time 

Looks like the acquisition happened in 2016.....

 

http://www.pivotworks.com/LearningResources.aspx?ItemID=734&page=1

Just got off the phone with Pivotworks. The guy there confirmed that for a couple of years now All Balls and Pivotworks have been the same bearings in different packaging.

I have a set in the wife’s Rancher that have held up well (not a tremendous amount of use, probably put them in around 2013) and the set I put in my buddy’s Rincon lasted 5 years, but looks like it was as I feared; taking a reputable brand, sticking a lesser product in the packaging, and hoping to sell a bunch before the consumer catches on. 

 

The guy said “Well they have a free one time replacement” and my response to that was “Yeah but I don’t want to spend all my time swapping out bearings. My time is worth something too”

 

I got these cheap so I will use them and then take advantage of the free replacement but the next time I have to buy bearings  I will be going back to OEM Honda

 Over Black Friday weekend I noticed Amazon had pivot Works bearings for my Honda 500’s for around $22. I ordered a few sets and they came in yesterday. 

 

 We have discussed the fact that the same conglomerate owns all balls and pivotworks, and it looks like they might be going down the road thay we hate to see when a big company buys a smaller company that makes a good product.

 

The first set that came in were carded, And the package had been torn so it had been taped back up. Wasn’t impressed but they looked like I remembered pivot works bearings looking.

 

The next couple of sets I opened Were in newer packaging and the bearings had seals on the sides. There was also a sticker on the individually wrapped bearings that just happens to be the all balls part number for the foreman Bearing. This part number was also etched on the inner race of the bearing.

 

 Then I got a set in newer packaging that did not have seals on the side of the bearings and had a part number sticker on them, same as the others, but had “PW” After it.

 

I’m going to call them today and ask what’s up. I have not been impressed with all ball bearings, but Pivotworks works seemed to last longer than anything else I’ve tried other than OEM.

 

My guess is they are going to simply re-package all ball bearings now and sell them as pivot works. All of the packaging that I got had the “lifetime warranty” at the top of the package, but I would rather pay more for bearings that last than have to be constantly swapping them out

What’s the cut on gifts? For a while there was no VAT on gifts to the UK. Now they do it even on gifts if the value is over 50£

And on the end of the orange wire you put a quick connect to hook to the tender?

LOL.  My brother in law is a huge Buckeye fan.  Watched the game at his place last weekend.  He doesn't even count the last loss to Mich because OSU had an interim coach.  His wife said "I think it still counts as a loss" and he was "NOPE!"

Welcome to the board!

Shoot me some pics via email then!  My username here @yahoo.com.

 

I don't care if it's ugly if it works.  I have about a dozen batteries in and right outside my shop that need tenders on them, so sounds like you have a solution, right down to the part about putting it in the rafters with drop downs.

Welcome.  Guessing you're a Michigan fan?

You know the rules Misterclean!  WE NEED PICS.

I agree with Toodeep.  You also have a limited audience here till the site traffic picks up.  Might want to get a value from the guys here and then list it on bookface.  With a kid on the way you need to maximize what you get out of it.

Yep, we eat all that again at Christmas.  LOL

 

My wife is allergic to crawdads.  Gets all itchy and red if she eats them.  I love em, but don't get to eat them much anymore.  When we were younger guys would do boils a couple of times a year but now we're all old with kids so don't get together screwing off like we used to.

Awesome.  Thank you!

That's for a 97 Mac.  All the 300's I plan on keeping are 2nd gens so I can use the Rick's CDI's and the 424's (without finding or modifying one to fit a first gen).

 

But you are correct, 3rd gens would be more like the 350 method.

 

As much as I'd like to take credit for it, I just had the idea.  Retro and Melatv came up with the actual "how to"

Dick's is making it sound like they're doing one run of them and then going to weigh demand before making more.

 

On the one hand, that doesn't make sense.  They had to set up tooling to make these things so I can't imagine only doing one run of them.

 

On the other, I guess that's kinda what detroit did with the DGL. 

 

What I'd really like to see if a full SELECTABLE locker available for the older bikes.  Auto lockers are nice, but they can give you some quirky driving characteristics. 

 

I have Lock Rights front and rear on my hunting Jeep.  Pretty much the same thing as this Aussie Locker.  You get some racheting going around corners with the occassional "BANG" of it locking or unloading.  If you stay off the gas in the corners it's not too bad.

 

I have a Detroit True Trac for the rear of my "town" Jeep.  Haven't installed it yet.  Another project.  it's IMO the best limited slip on the market.  No clutches so nothing to wear out.  The clutch packs in the Jeep factory limited slip diffs brought about the nickname "trash lock" (Trak Lok was the actual name).

 

What most really want are ARB air lockers or OX lockers.  The ARB's are activated by air, and the OX are cable actuated.  They are full lockers, which beat a Limited Slip every time in the mud, and the selectable ones allow you to run unlocked when they aren't needed so they don't affect driveability. 

I had a buddy give me a MS180 Stihl.  He loaned it out and the guy tried to run it with the brake on and melted the crankcase and smoked the clutches.

 

I ordered replacement parts from Hutzl but they're sitting in the floor of my shop with a dozen other projects around them.  Figured I would fix it and use it as a loaner/beater saw.

 

For occasional  use so long as you have a sharp chain on it anything will probably work.  I get pro grade stuff because I expect it to last much longer (even with occasional use, less messing with them).

That thing in KM/hr given the source?

We normally go to the beach every summer.  Go to a fairly remote spot just South of Charleston SC that is gated, so the beaches are more or less deserted and the area is right next to a huge nature preserve so they're very strict on keeping the area critter friendly.

 

When the kids were younger we'd crab, fish, explore the marshes and play with all the critters, but now that they're teenage girls we pretty much sit on the beach, read, and drink beer, and then eat a lot of seafood.

 

Didn't go last year because wife was 11 months pregnant during beach season (really only 7, but she looked like she was 11).  Already put a deposit down on the house for next summer.

 

I'd be content to hang out around the farm, but with a house full of women, the beach it is.  I do love me some seafood, and Charleston is a really neat city, so I enjoy the trip.

Fish I'm a big believer in getting pro grade stuff these days.  The box store stuff just isn't as good, IMO.  The pro grade stuff definitely costs more, but I like to "buy once, cry once" and with occasional use pro grade stuff will last me a lifetime.

 

I'd get the 550XP if you're looking for a 50CC saw (and assuming you can't find a 346XP).  Some folks would rather spend less and get something new every few years.  I buy stuff with the intention of it lasting until I'm gone.

 

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