You'll like this I’ll make a spanner monkey yet!

[Pow-Lo]

I did it, changed the back brake pads on me ‘Bird! A lot more straight forward than I thought and it only took twenty minutes (ten of that was pissing about trying to find the correct size alan head ). Only one point of concern, and I’ve left me tools in the garage just in case, and that’s a meshy thing on the back of the old pads, which wouldn’t go on the back of the new ones as there’s something similar in place.

As a point of order, I’d like to inform Mr Beaker that I actually did need a spanner. I don’t have alan keys, only alan heads for my socket set. I had to loosen the right side silencer to give me an extra couple of mill so I could get the socket handle with adapter and head out

Thanks again to Tony for the manual

EDIT: Extra couple of mill, not milk. I wish this bastard laptop would stop thinking it knows better than me!

 

[Pow-Lo]

Some evidence........

 

[DLN1965]

I had to loosen the right side silencer to give me an extra couple of milk

Did you make tea at the same time ???

 

[DLN1965]

Congratulations BTW

spannering isn’t too bad once you give it ago !!

 

[DLN1965]

You CHEAT !!! You changed the words in your post!!!

 

[Oldandbald]

Nice work on the photos. Absolutely nothing to take this piss out of!

 

[Cougar377]

Some evidence........

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Just noticed...you've bought metric pads and the Bird requires imperial ones.

 

[Pow-Lo]

You CHEAT !!! You changed the words in your post!!!

I did, but I also qualified it with a gert big "EDIT"

 

[Pow-Lo]

Just noticed...you've bought metric pads and the Bird requires imperial ones.

I'm dumb but not THAT dumb, yer feckin' beanbag!

 

[Cougar377]

I'm dumb but not THAT dumb, yer feckin' beanbag!

You passed the test, Padawan.

 

[sr71caspar]

The meshy thing is an anti rattle/Squeal shim. The new pads have this already, but a different design to the old. Bin it and put yer tools away.

 

[Centaur]

I did it, changed the back brake pads on me ‘Bird! A lot more straight forward than I thought and it only took twenty minutes (ten of that was pissing about trying to find the correct size alan head ). Only one point of concern, and I’ve left me tools in the garage just in case, and that’s a meshy thing on the back of the old pads, which wouldn’t go on the back of the new ones as there’s something similar in place.

As a point of order, I’d like to inform Mr Beaker that I actually did need a spanner. I don’t have alan keys, only alan heads for my socket set. I had to loosen the right side silencer to give me an extra couple of mill so I could get the socket handle with adapter and head out

Thanks again to Tony for the manual

EDIT: Extra couple of mill, not milk. I wish this bastard laptop would stop thinking it knows better than me!

It's not wrong.

 

[Squag1]

 

[Pow-Lo]

I’m gonna try and blueprint the engine next weekend

 

[Dark Angel]

You have succeeded, Grasshopper...

...Now that you have taken the brake pads from the Bird, it is time for you to ride...

 

[Cougar377]

I’m gonna try and blueprint the engine next weekend

Don't use emulsion....

 

[Pow-Lo]

You have succeeded, Grasshopper...

...Now that you have taken the brake pads from the Bird, it is time for you to ride...

I will, Mastaaaah, just as soon as I’ve fitted the stabilisers

 

[andyBeaker]

I did it, changed the back brake pads on me ‘Bird! A lot more straight forward than I thought and it only took twenty minutes (ten of that was pissing about trying to find the correct size alan head ). Only one point of concern, and I’ve left me tools in the garage just in case, and that’s a meshy thing on the back of the old pads, which wouldn’t go on the back of the new ones as there’s something similar in place.

As a point of order, I’d like to inform Mr Beaker that I actually did need a spanner. I don’t have alan keys, only alan heads for my socket set. I had to loosen the right side silencer to give me an extra couple of mill so I could get the socket handle with adapter and head out

Thanks again to Tony for the manual

EDIT: Extra couple of mill, not milk. I wish this bastard laptop would stop thinking it knows better than me!

'Allen'

You are probably the only person in the world that owns a motorised scooter and doesn't have a set of these...in fact now I have said it I wouldn't mind betting you would have found what you needed in the Bird toolkit......

Probably about a quid off eBay......

 

[DanBow]

Nice work on the photos. Absolutely nothing to take this piss out of!

apart from the cobwebs!!!!!!!!!

 

[sr71caspar]

The only thing to take the piss out of is the woeful selection of tools.

The biggest tool in the garage is @Poo-Plop