Hot

It has been so hot over the last few days that I’ve seen birds blowing on the worms before eating them.

At 46+ we have rarely ventured outside other than to water the plants.  they are drooping in the heat with shrivelled leaves.  At least the solar panels provide power for the air conditioners, otherwise our electricity bill would be astronomical!

Humphrey arrived with our small package.  An eleven day trip across Australia.  The poor devil had to immediately turn around and head back. 

Meanwhile the package Jan ordered from Germany arrived today.  It took less than a week! 

My small eBay package arrived from Taiwan.   Replacement idler wheels and bushes for the bike chain tensioner.

No sign of wear on the teeth of the worn original wheel.   However the steel bearing (sleeve) has worn through which has resulted in the hole in the wheel being extended

The failure of the bearing resulted in the wheel wobbling and rubbing against the inside of the chain tensioner frame (below)

There are two idler wheels and only one is badly worn.  I’ve decided to just replace the worn one and keep the second new idler wheel as a spare.  The bike has done approximately 10,000km and I should probably expect to replace worn parts.