Reintroduction

[AlphaDogChoppers]

Some you you here might remember me. I kind of fell out of the habit of coming here for no particular reason.
I had a custom bike shop In Horsham, PA, (A suburb of Philadelphia.) I gave up the shop nearly 2 years ago after some terrible complications of prostate surgery that left me 100% disabled. I've now recovered enough that I am going to resume working on bikes again part time. I'm still pretty limited. I can't lift anything heavy.

I had my shop for 15 years, specializing in vintage bikes. I did metal fabrication, powercoating, painting, polishing, and general repairs.

 

[irk miller]

Welcome back. Old Philly guy myself now living in Georgia. Used to work for Temple.

 

[ridesolo]

Good to see you back. Sorry to hear about the med issues and very happy to hear that they didn't completely kick your butt.

 

[Maritime]

Glad you're getting back to bike work. It's one of the main reasons I got better after my crash.

 

[Brodie]

Welcome back ADC.
Good to hear you are on the mend.
What bikes are you working on at the moment?

 

[CarbsAndCylinders]

That's great that you are back. I'm sorry to hear of your troubles but I'm so glad that you are on the mend

 

[Luugo86]

Glad you have recovered as much as you have and good to see you back, also a philly guy, sorry about your shop.

 

[oregonsurveyor]

I'm happy you are here. I have been reading some of your old posts and comments that answer questions that have been very helpful for me.

I have a question for you right off the bat. I just torqued up the crankcase of a CB360 thanks to you're helpful answer to someone's query of torque specs. And THEN, I read the rest of the story wherein you advised the application of anti-seize to the threads. Would you pull out the dry bolts, apply the stuff, and retorque one by one or just leave it? Or maybe wait a day to let the gasket goo set?

 

[Tim]

I'm happy you are here. I have been reading some of your old posts and comments that answer questions that have been very helpful for me.

I have a question for you right off the bat. I just torqued up the crankcase of a CB360 thanks to you're helpful answer to someone's query of torque specs. And THEN, I read the rest of the story wherein you advised the application of anti-seize to the threads. Would you pull out the dry bolts, apply the stuff, and retorque one by one or just leave it? Or maybe wait a day to let the gasket goo set?

I'd leave well enough alone personally. If you wanted after you could remove one bolt at a time and apply the anti-seize, but IMHO unless you know you're going back into the bottom end, the anti-seize is a 'nice to have'. I've only rebuilt a few bottom ends and haven't had any issues removing old bolts.

 

[oregonsurveyor]

I'd leave well enough alone personally. If you wanted after you could remove one bolt at a time and apply the anti-seize, but IMHO unless you know you're going back into the bottom end, the anti-seize is a 'nice to have'. I've only rebuilt a few bottom ends and haven't had any issues removing old bolts.

Thanks for the reply. Just what I wanted to hear!

 

[Rider52]

Welcome back!