Easy way to install sponsons

[Robj]

I was dreading replacing the sponsons on my GSX. Did not know how I was going to get the washers on the studs. I do mot have a claw tool that JSG used so that wasn't an option. Then I had an idea, I used drinking straws. Put a straw on each stud, then put the sponson onto the hull, and from the inside slide the washers on. Once the washers were on the stud, pull the straw off and install the nut. It worked great and was relatively painless. Hopefully I can post a few pics from my phone.

 

[lamajama]

A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and people with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with timings so precise that every single unit coming out of it is perfect 100% of the time.


Understanding how important that was, the CEO of the toothpaste factory got the top people in the company together and they decided to start a new project, in which they would hire an external engineering company to solve their empty boxes problem.


Six months (and $8 million) later they had a fantastic solution - on time and on budget. They solved the problem by using high-tech precision scales that would sound a bell and flash lights whenever a toothpaste box would weigh less than it should. The line would stop, and someone had to walk over and yank the defective box out of it, pressing another button when done to re-start the line.


A while later, the CEO decided to have a look at the project. No empty boxes ever shipped out of the factory after the scales were put in place...very few customer complaints, and they were gaining market share. "That's some money well spent!" he says, before looking closely at the other statistics in the report.


It turned out the number of defects picked up by the scales was 0 after three weeks of production use. It should've been picking up at least a dozen a day, so maybe there was something wrong with the report. After some investigation, the engineers came back saying the report was actually correct. The scales really weren't picking up any defects, because all boxes that got to that point in the conveyor belt were good.


Puzzled, the CEO traveled down to the factory, and walked up to the part of the line where the precision scales were installed. A few feet before the scale, there was a $20 desk fan, blowing the empty boxes out of the belt and into a bin.


"Oh, that," said one of the workers - "one of the guys put it there 'cause he was tired of walking over every time the bell rang".

I post the above as it fits what you did.....ingenious - a very simple yet forehead-banging "why didn't I think of that" idea. Well done! :thumbsup:

 

[Robj]

I just could not see myself getting in there to put those darn washers on so I had to think of an easier way. I noticed you are a Vancouverite, I am just across the bridge in Richmond. Whereabouts do you ride?

 

[DEEz]

LMAO nice
I also agree that was a ingenious straw trick.

A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and people with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with timings so precise that every single unit coming out of it is perfect 100% of the time.


Understanding how important that was, the CEO of the toothpaste factory got the top people in the company together and they decided to start a new project, in which they would hire an external engineering company to solve their empty boxes problem.


Six months (and $8 million) later they had a fantastic solution - on time and on budget. They solved the problem by using high-tech precision scales that would sound a bell and flash lights whenever a toothpaste box would weigh less than it should. The line would stop, and someone had to walk over and yank the defective box out of it, pressing another button when done to re-start the line.


A while later, the CEO decided to have a look at the project. No empty boxes ever shipped out of the factory after the scales were put in place...very few customer complaints, and they were gaining market share. "That's some money well spent!" he says, before looking closely at the other statistics in the report.


It turned out the number of defects picked up by the scales was 0 after three weeks of production use. It should've been picking up at least a dozen a day, so maybe there was something wrong with the report. After some investigation, the engineers came back saying the report was actually correct. The scales really weren't picking up any defects, because all boxes that got to that point in the conveyor belt were good.


Puzzled, the CEO traveled down to the factory, and walked up to the part of the line where the precision scales were installed. A few feet before the scale, there was a $20 desk fan, blowing the empty boxes out of the belt and into a bin.


"Oh, that," said one of the workers - "one of the guys put it there 'cause he was tired of walking over every time the bell rang".

I post the above as it fits what you did.....ingenious - a very simple yet forehead-banging "why didn't I think of that" idea. Well done! :thumbsup:

 

[lamajama]

I just could not see myself getting in there to put those darn washers on so I had to think of an easier way. I noticed you are a Vancouverite, I am just across the bridge in Richmond. Whereabouts do you ride?

Actually in Langley area. We ride mostly in Pitt River then on to the lake. Ride some in Allouette Lake but we go at 8-8:30 am before the
clusterf**k arrive and then off by about 2-3 when said clusterf**k is STILL arriving. Downside there is having to line up 30 min to get OUT when all are going in. Harrison Lake is nice but cold. Two major holidays per year in the Shuswap - absolutely awesome riding. Last year put on some 350 miles one week and went to all corners of the lake. Did a Port Moody around into Vancouver/False Creek ride - that was great. Never rode in Richmond area but I understand some really nice canals etc all through there. Where do you go?

 

[BICODEMATOS]

Thanks

I was dreading replacing the sponsons on my GSX. Did not know how I was going to get the washers on the studs. I do mot have a claw tool that JSG used so that wasn't an option. Then I had an idea, I used drinking straws. Put a straw on each stud, then put the sponson onto the hull, and from the inside slide the washers on. Once the washers were on the stud, pull the straw off and install the nut. It worked great and was relatively painless. Hopefully I can post a few pics from my phone.

Really creative your solution! Congratulations! I was dealing the same problem, since I don't have the claw tool. I'll try as you did and post it later.

 

[Jfrenchws6]

That's genius

 

[Robj]

Thanks guys, one thing that I didn't add was I used a bigger straw to push the washers on from the inside. So a smaller straw onto the studs, slide the washers onto the straw, then use the larger straw to push it onto the stud. Hope that makes sense.