service day

[fairbrother1969]

Hi Guy's, well todays the day for some spannering,

Changing the chain and sprockets,

fitting tyres f & r,

changing the head bearings ( the clunk coming off the kerb is to much to ignore lol)

find out why on the front calipers after fitting new pistons and seals 4 weeks ago and fitting new wave disks last weekend all of a sudden i've sprung a leak somewhere in the caliper ( brake fluid dripping from bottom of caliper, not taken it out yet so thats all the info i have, suspect a crack in either caliper or piston due to increase in pressure),

while i'm doing that lot i may as well change the oil ( since i found a new bottle in the garage ), and balance the carbs.

Any tip's would come in handy, relinking the chain, knocking out bearings ect.

[Whealie]

I may be painfully slow but I'd say that was a lot to do in a day.

Not impossible, if everything works as planned, but my experience is that there is always a bugger of a nut that won't come off, or something sheers, or you realise there is one tiny little thrupenny part that you forgot to buy and is impossible to find despite trawling seven Halfords, etc. That or you put a tool down somewhere and Dobby the House Elf sneaks off with it and you spend an hour searching for it, only to find it in your back pocket after giving up and going indoors and sitting on on you nice clean sofa with a greasy spanner in you pocket.

Or is it just me?

In theory you could whip the brakes off, clean or change them and rebleed the whole system in an hour, do the headraces in the same time and so on.

I hope the only delay you have is to make tea.

But it never works like that in my garage.

[BobA]

What would I do?

Arrange for a nice lady to bring you regular cups of tea and sarnies, and tell you how clever you are!!!

Then I'd warm the engine up, set the bike up on the centre stand, or raise it, and then...

First I'd drain the engine oil and take off the old filter, and work with the warmth of the engine.

While it's draining, remove the rear wheel and take off the old chain and sprocket.

Clean up the whole area around the front sprocket and oil filter.

Spin the new oil filter on, re-fill the oil, fit the new chain and sprockets.

Fit your new tyre to the rear rim, before you slot it back in.

Spend time getting the chain tension PERFECTLY SLACK !!!

Next. move to the front, take off your dodgy caliper, and remove the wheel to change the tyre.

Do the headrace last, as it might just need snicking up rather than changing.


When you finished all that, go and have your breakfast



Good Luck



Bob

[Whealie]

When you finished all that, go and have your breakfast

Any problems, just make that brunch.

[fairbrother1969]

UPDATE :

brakes checked and leak seems to be around the piston ( still to strip completly), brakes removed. ( only snag was a chewed up res cap screw but a few gently taps with a centre punch brought it out, already have a bag of those as spares ),

Front mudguard removed ( front screw that retains the mudguard snapped so used stud extractors to remove what was left in the fork leg, hoping my excellant bike shop THORNCRAFT in blackburn has something i can adapt to fit )

Front wheel out and tyre changed ( waiting for a good clean )

Rear wheel out and tyre changed ( waiting for a good clean )

Old chain removed

Front sprocket changed and all gunk removed

Rear sprocket changed

Now sitting back and having a brew break and thinking a bacon buttie could be in order.

[Whealie]

Now sitting back and having a brew break and thinking a bacon buttie could be in order.

Show off

[AlanH]

Having fun with the headraces by any chance or have you finished and gone down the pub?

[Farmboy]

was just gonna congratulate him until i noticed he had omitted the headraces bit in his last post

In my experience there is always one bit that causes you a major headache.

After servicing my KTM recently ( which requires dismantling of the whole top of the bike ) I finished in record time and sat down to congratulate myself only to find two Carb rubber clips still on the bench under a paper towel

eventually finished 2 hours later and lots of swearing - its always the little things that get you.

PS - i think Whealie has been watching me service my bikes

[XRV freak]

I also had service day today.
Checked valve clearance and after 62.000km everything is still like new , Then I mount heated grips from Saito and checked some other little things.

Must say that it was realy nice day

[Farmboy]

Mr Freak - will be in Slovenia next Summer so get the kettle on.

Will be arriving via Italy into Kobarid and along the gravel roads for a few days up to to Maribor and back out into Austria.

any good roads ( gravel ) to look out for near that route