Any idiot can take things to bits, putting them back together again is what counts.

[GuyBoden]

Words of wisdom......

"Any idiot can take things to bits, putting them back together again is what counts." James May

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04ksrvv

 

[tyred]

Everything can be fixed. You just need a comprehensive tool kit with the right tools to repair things.

 

[raleighnut]

Everything can be fixed. You just need a comprehensive tool kit with the right tools to repair things.

You may sometimes need one of these for precision components,

 

[Smokin Joe]

Putting mechanical things back together is easier than taking them apart. You've cleaned, de-rusted or replaced all the bits that had seized, had their heads rounded or been previously over tightened and you are familiar with how the thing is assembled. I'm confident most people who have worked on motorbikes or cars will agree with me.

 

[steveindenmark]

This is why the digital camera was invented. I have restored motorbikes over the past few years and have 1000s of photos and videos of the process.

 

[subaqua]

http://www.funnyshirts.net/curious-...gh-to-hide-the-extra-parts-when-i-m-done.html

 

[Speicher]

This is why the digital camera was invented. I have restored motorbikes over the past few years and have 1000s of photos and videos of the process.

I have taken lots of photos of the pipes under my kitchen sink. So that the next time it gets blocked, I can take the various connections apart, and still be able to reconnect the outlet from the dishwasher to the sink outlet thingy wotsit, all by my ownsome.

 

[simongt]

It's only whilst one is unscrewing something and a very wee but vital component whizzes out with a resounding ' ping ', then is ricoched into the far regions of the room you are working in that you need to worry - !

 

[DRM]

A clean work area, lay the components out in the order they were removed, in the correct orientation if it needs it, take photos if you aren't confident of the stages of dismantling, then as Haynes states, reassembly is the reverse of dismantling, simples

 

[tyred]

Putting mechanical things back together is easier than taking them apart. You've cleaned, de-rusted or replaced all the bits that had seized, had their heads rounded or been previously over tightened and you are familiar with how the thing is assembled. I'm confident most people who have worked on motorbikes or cars will agree with me.

Problems start when you have a bit left over!

 

[steve292]

A clean work area, lay the components out in the order they were removed, in the correct orientation if it needs it, take photos if you aren't confident of the stages of dismantling, then as Haynes states, reassembly is the reverse of dismantling, simples

Go on then, i'll watch

 

[subaqua]

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Go on then, i'll watch

Only a lot of blades . Mark each one relevant to its position and not massively difficult. Bus gearboxes are complex with solenoids and actuators as well as the selector mechs.
Probably easier than disassembling and reassembling the interlocking mechanisms on a Genie Evo HV CB. The spring in that tends to get things " poinging" all over the switch-room. I have experience of that !

 

[steve292]

Only a lot of blades . Mark each one relevant to its position and not massively difficult. Bus gearboxes are complex with solenoids and actuators as well as the selector mechs.
Probably easier than disassembling and reassembling the interlocking mechanisms on a Genie Evo HV CB. The spring in that tends to get things " poinging" all over the switch-room. I have experience of that !

Spoken like a true electrician. Thats an 85 tonne shaft spinning at 3000rpm. its made by stacking discs along a shaft of 180mm diameter and holding them together with a nut that stretches the shaft 26mm. each disc is held in place by interlocking facial serrations. it has multiple drillings for cooling and has clearances of hundredths of a millimeter, Oh and its worth about 10 million quid.

 

[Dogtrousers]

When I was a teenager I bought a knackered, filthy old pre war typewriter from a junk shop, and took it completely to bits, carefully making notes and drawings (no digital cameras in those days) cleaned and reassembled it AND IT WORKED. I still have it.

I've never done anything even remotely as impressive since.

 

[tyred]

The trick is having the knowledge to be able to correctly diagnose the problem.

There's your problem luv, your engine has fallen out