Is bodging the future?

[superstacker]

Do you find its much better to bodge something that doesnt fit or work? (Assuming the end result means you've saved some cash)

Or do would you never dream of a bodge job?

[sanchezz_182]

now here's a real bodger

i could sing the song, but lets not.
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[Groove]

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cant really answer the poll as ive not needed to bodge anything yet *touchs wood* but if it looked as good as the real thing why not!
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[0ddball]

I am very ingenious so can often come up with a good bodge but i prefer to do things properly if i can afford it.
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[gimpy limp]

I am the king of this, I love a good old bodgering (up the bum) I've even temporarily bodged 2 wires onto a fuse with no fuse folder and just wrapped the wire round the leg of it held on with some insulation tape that's lazy for ya lol (hmmm why am saying this like i'm proud of it)
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[stinkwheel]

Depends on what you call a bodge though. I think you may have a different oppinion than I do on this subject.

What I would call a bodge is a temporary repair using any materials to hand. If I used those same materials to effect a permanant repair, I would call that 'fixing my bike'.

So, temporarily stopping an oil leak round a crankcase cover by smearing hermatite then epoxy over the outside of the leak is a bodge.

Cutting out a new gasket from an old cereal packet is a fix.

Substituting proper gasket paper for cereal packet is a 'good fix'.

Getting a dealer to do it using a genuine gasket is 'pissing money against the wall'.
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[0ddball]

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[Mongrel]

I will always do the job properly if can BUT...some of the methods are ......different shall we say

Soldering wires together using Plumbers solder, flux, a blowtorch and a cold chisel springs to mind...

Or welding plastics with an old screwdriver and the aforementioned blowtorch...

Or making washers with some sheet metal and a holesaw...

All do the job but are slightly unconvetional, what I will not do is bodge badly, a nail instead of a fuse is an accident waiting to happen

[Andy C]

its great as every boge i do on my bike i use the tech department at my college for all the stuff! only done about 3 boges before but think if they do notice then why not!
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[stinkwheel]

[Teaman]

on my old gpz i did some super bodging,
a switch to turn the fan on, numerous other bodges inc fitting a suzy bandit can to a nexus exaust system
the best bodge had to be when i was going to a lan party in kent from sheffield, I needed some way of fitting my pc case to the bike safetly, so i bodged together a rack at just the right hight to fit it on the back of my bike perfectly,
also on the way back my rear light packed in due to dodgy earth so had to cable tie my front brake slightly on so the brake light was on all the time,,

worked well , brakes were a bit worn and warm by the time i got back home but i survived.
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[mchaggis]

This definition of bodging seems to be aimed at home mechanics doing things in a way which means they don't get ripped off by the stupendous prices of official spares and dealer servicing prices. So long as your bodge isn't something which is a half-arsed attempt at a repair because you don't know what you're doing, then it makes perfect sense to repair things yourself, using whatever materials you can get your hands on.
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[McGee]

If I can do the job my self i will do it if i cant i ask my dad
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