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Message started by Eicas on 02/17/12 at 10:10:11

Title: New Savage Owner
Post by Eicas on 02/17/12 at 10:10:11

I bought a 99 Savage back in Dec. for $500 with intentions of doing a bobber. I was greatful to be able to do some research here before the purchase and have been trying to join for a few months. Every time I tried to register I would get an error message. Tried again last week and it finally worked.
The Savage has 11,000 miles and had been sitting out in a backyard for some time. Its obviously been laid down before and the engine was covered in oil from a leak. The owner said he thought it had a blown head gasket. He also said he the front brake acted weird. I found zero brake pad - metal on metal and was fairly confident that the oil was from the head cap seal from research here - thank you all. I'll post some pics. I need to get to 10 post count so I can message Verslagen about modding my cam chain tensioner.

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by Eicas on 02/17/12 at 10:18:42

Here is the bike after as purchased but after numerous cans of degreaser and carb cleaner
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w492/Motophoto2/Savage%20Pics/th_2011-11-29_15-07-

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 02/17/12 at 10:18:47

11,000 miles, the brakes had been gone a while. Good time to change the brake fluid. If you lose prime in the master cylinder, its a hassle getting it back, I dont sweat grooves in a disk, as long as it isnt warped. Im happy enuff. As soon as the pads seat into the grooves, the brakes have more working area. I had a 78 pontiac with huge grooves, that thing stopped like nobody's bidniss!

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by Eicas on 02/17/12 at 10:26:22

Not sure why my photo says its been deleted. Just created a photobucket account and followed the instructions from some other threads - no dice.

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by Eicas on 02/17/12 at 10:29:49

I took the bike apart down to the engine and frame. The caliper needed to be rebuilt. The puck was way far out and the seals looked dirty. Brake system is back together but still needs a good bleeding. I rebuilt it and I've got wheels back on the bike. I'd like to get some photos up but still trying to get that to work.

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 02/17/12 at 10:32:50

Just open the bleeder & put a hose on it, into a jar & wait, keep the master cylinder full & it otta just do it by itselof.,

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by Eicas on 02/17/12 at 10:42:16

Have to go get a bottle brake fluid and give that a try.

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by verslagen1 on 02/17/12 at 11:04:01

0F03130105620 wrote:

Here is the bike after as purchased but after numerous cans of degreaser and carb cleaner
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w492/Motophoto2/Savage%20Pics/th_2011-11-29_15-07-

It looks as if some of the code was truncated. make sure you get all of it... has to end with "jpg"

http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w492/Motophoto2/Savage%20Pics/2012-01-22_15-07-21_734.jpg

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by Eicas on 02/17/12 at 11:14:37

Thats the bike now- not after purchased. Not sure how that happened.

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by Eicas on 02/17/12 at 11:18:05

Stock bike
http://i1078.photobucket.com/albums/w492/Motophoto2/Savage%20Pics/th_2011-11-29_15-07-40_687.jpg

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by Eicas on 02/17/12 at 11:23:08

Thanks Verslagen. I got it now. Did you go to photobucket to grab the photo in your post? If so, how come its bigger than the one I posted when I uploaded them all the same. Did you modify the properties? I didn't want to go too big but mine is a bit small.

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by Eicas on 02/17/12 at 11:35:07

I'm switching to a raptor petcock. Broke down the wheels and had the hubs powder coated OD green and the rims black. Bought new spokes and relaced the wheels. I'd love to black out the engine but that will have to wait I think. I'm using some Blue Collar Bobber kit pieces - seat and rear fender.

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by verslagen1 on 02/17/12 at 11:56:46

0E02120004630 wrote:

It was screwy.
I copied the address of the broken link and pasted it in the address bar and as expected it said screw you, so I trimmed the address hoping to get the album and it said same. Changed the address to "www" and got photobucket at least, then pasted the address in that was after the original link, truncated a bit and finally got the album. Then just picked a pic or hovered over it till a larger image came up with links to share. Didn't change nothin' just pasted it in.

Title: Re: New Savage Owner
Post by drd1135 on 02/19/12 at 06:29:51

Well, it's starting to look good now. Maybe it's best to forget and move on. ;)