Word of caution when using a power drill...
02-28-2009, 05:37 PM
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Word of caution when using a power drill...
Make sure you check what's behind the surface. 
I was installing the new race plastics on my GSX-R today and everything was going fine until I started drilling holes at the bottom for the fasteners.
Next thing I know, there is a green liquid spewing everywhere. I knew this drill ain't liquid-cooled so I knew I was in trouble.
I ended up putting a neatly drilled hole in the side of my radiator. I knew the radiator sat behind the plastics; I simply misjudged the depth.
And the race is next weekend. If JB Weld doesn't work, I'm gonna have to get a new one in by Wednesday somehow.
FML.
How is your weekend going?
I was installing the new race plastics on my GSX-R today and everything was going fine until I started drilling holes at the bottom for the fasteners.
Next thing I know, there is a green liquid spewing everywhere. I knew this drill ain't liquid-cooled so I knew I was in trouble.
I ended up putting a neatly drilled hole in the side of my radiator. I knew the radiator sat behind the plastics; I simply misjudged the depth.
And the race is next weekend. If JB Weld doesn't work, I'm gonna have to get a new one in by Wednesday somehow.
FML.
How is your weekend going?
02-28-2009, 05:39 PM
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02-28-2009, 05:53 PM
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you should've put a piece of wood or something in between what you were drilling and the radiator.
02-28-2009, 05:58 PM
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02-28-2009, 08:10 PM
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02-28-2009, 10:27 PM
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Ugh, I hate drilling around stuff like that. Had to put subs into an older Mercedes tonight, and if anyone here has worked on one in the back you will know what I am talking about. Between the rear seats and the trunk = big ass gas tank, and you need to find a place to drill to get through. Fun times.
02-28-2009, 11:06 PM
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I was surprised at how often people drilled into their gas tanks. In college I used to work at a shop that did a shit ton of welding (mainly exhaust, but we never turned away people who would pay us to do simple shit for them). I lost count of how many people called asking if we would patch the gas tank.
03-01-2009, 01:37 AM
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That sucks. Take it to a shop, and I wouldn't race on JB Weld. As much as we love the stuff, I'd get a real weld done before racing.
03-01-2009, 04:25 AM
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03-01-2009, 06:15 AM
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Heh, happens to the best of us. and JB Weld always works
Measure twice, drill once
Measure twice, drill once
03-01-2009, 06:29 AM
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03-01-2009, 05:42 PM
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03-01-2009, 09:12 PM
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Bummer rob..
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