Technically it is a bodge, however it meant I had a ride.

[Plugsnpoints]

The clutch pushrod adjuster thread decided to let go on the M30 last week.

I ordered a new pressure plate, adjuster, locknut etc. and hoped they would arrive today. The postman came and went with just a bank statement .

I'd got the bike on the lift with the chaincase oil drained by this point. I thought I'd have nothing to lose so stripped it ready for tomorrow instead.

That's when I got inventive...

I found a BSP tap funnily enough in a metric tap & die set. Plus it was just the right size for the centre.

So, I found a brass airline fitting that was a perfect fit, with a bit of locktite and adjustment it works a treat.

It reminded me of when I was a teenager when I had no choice but to fix my A10 to get to work. My old man taught me well!

It lasted for thirty odd miles this evening as I managed to get to the burger van by the river in Mistley for a cuppa. Very nice it was too.

These old machines are very forgiving

[griffin]

Bodgers Rock

[SPRIDDLER]

These old machines are very forgiving

Nice one. Nothing wrong with a bodge, Andrew. Some of my longest lasting mods have been bodges.
I recall that several years ago the same pressure plate thread stripped on a pal's bike out on a trip.
At the roadside I removed the adjuster screw locknut and refitted it (the locknut) to the adjuster screw on the inside of the pressure plate. I don't remember having to do anything else but it certainly worked a treat and got him home.
(I rode back from the Milan International Jampot with my clutch lever held on with cable ties).

[Rosy]

Bodge or home grown ingenuity?

[Ralph]

We used to have Super Bodges, one were the bodge was better than the original part,
this would have a number added like 642866/c just to pee off the manager who would
walk away shaking is head but never vetoed it, don't think we would get away with it now.
Nothing wrong with a bodge well done.

[Group Leader]

I think it's called "innovation" these days, it's all the rage!

[Dave T_LAPSED]

I must say that what you describe is a solid repair, piece rethreaded and adapted, screwed up solidly so as to work as the original fabrication! A bodge, to me, is tied up with wire/string/gaffer tape/araldited and holding on by willpower alone in the hope to get home!
Not a bodge but a repair which you can renew when you get the new bits. Bravo!
Dave (I daren't itemise MY past bodges!)

[spookefoote1956]

Top quality bit of work. I did exactly the same to marry my CP clutch to the B52 gearbox. Did you temper the adjuster screw?

[Plugsnpoints]

Top quality bit of work. I did exactly the same to marry my CP clutch to the B52 gearbox. Did you temper the adjuster screw?

Hi Spookyfoot, no I didn't temper the temporary adjuster as it was made from brass! The bits turned up the following day so I made a proper job of it. I even went to the trouble of replacing the thrice used gasket. I bet you're impressed?!!

[spookefoote1956]

I am most impressed