View Full Version : CHAPTER 13 - REAR WHEEL, BRAKE & SUSPENSION
Confucious
26-03-06, 05:32 PM
Posts regarding #Rear Wheel #Rear brake #Shock absorber #Shock linkage & #Swing arm
Confucious
09-05-06, 10:45 AM
Can anyone please tell me how many teeth there are on both front and rear sprockets in a STANDARD NX650 sprocket set :?: Thanks guys !
samwise
09-05-06, 12:09 PM
Depends on year and frame number :D
http://members.aon.at/dominator1/techdat/uebersicht.html
Confucious
09-05-06, 02:24 PM
OK Ben...it's a 1988 NX650J RD02 500.....and what are those HD/LD and ubers references ?...wait a minute - is one of those the teeth ?......(runs out to the garage.....)
samwise
09-05-06, 06:22 PM
:lol: 15/45 is the countershaft/rear wheel sprocket counts
I think that the HD/LD figures are the main and slow jet sizes, as that's what is mentioned for them in the repair manual.
Confucious
09-05-06, 06:42 PM
15/45 it is the STANDARD then...about £60 from Germany....thanks Ben. I'll put on a couple of loads of washing - hang out, and hoover the living room and kitchen tomorrow - that should do it, or d'you think she'll suspect :wink:
samwise
09-05-06, 06:55 PM
Depends, will you need to hunt for the hoover or do you know where it's kept? :lol:
Rubberchicken
09-05-06, 08:20 PM
I think that the HD/LD figures are the main and slow jet sizes, as that's what is mentioned for them in the repair manual.
Indeed they are.
Confucious
16-05-06, 07:57 AM
Any idea where Nissin rear caliper repair kits are available, other than Honda :?:
Hey all,
My firm have been working me like a Demon :evil:
Anyway, got a puncture this morning on the way to work....trip to Watling tyres in Catford via the RAC :lol:
£88 lighter :roll:
They put about 40psi in the rear tyre (unbeknown to me); an AVON Distanzia...all journeys today felt awful...I have lowered it to 22psi as per all the docs I can find.
Am I right ? I cant see any recommendations on the tyre itself, but bloody hell did it feel flighty on the way in/out of work today :cry:
Cheers All.
samwise
18-05-06, 08:25 PM
22 is right for both, IIRC, and 29 rear when fully-loaded
Confucious
19-05-07, 05:41 PM
Ello again boyo's..... Just had one of those moments:( I'd just ridden about 35 klix on the way to Bjorli and it felt like someone hit the brakes without asking me first :shock: After a quick diversion into a lay-by it took me a few minutes to work out what the cluck happened.:confused: Turned out that the chain slider (only a year old, and not many kms...) disintegrated and was devoured by the front sprocket :happy6: . I'v now decided to change both sprockets, chain and rear tyre long with the slider.....oh yeah...and my boxers :D
Confucious
24-05-07, 05:50 PM
Can you guys advise me of any pitfalls when removing the swing arm ? Since the back wheel , chain, chain guard, brake caliper is off - thought I might remove the swing arm for a bit of a clean-up. As far as I can see I've got the main swing-arm bolt left plus the one on the shock....Is there any significant resistance etc.... thanks !:glasses9:
Rubberchicken
24-05-07, 06:22 PM
No experience with the rear disc brake (got a drum).
Getting the swingarm out should be a piece of cake. Undo the bolts from the pro-link, get the swingarm axle out, hey, done.
This is theory. ;-)
Pain starts when the axle has been put in dry, if it's rotted in place you've got a long job ahead with penetrating oil hammers and lots of patience.
And make sure all the pro-link bearings and stuff are still ok, grease them while you're in there. ;-)
The big bugger is getting it back in on your own. Temporarily sticking the back wheel in helps a lot. ;-)
Rubberchicken
24-05-07, 06:28 PM
Piccies!
http://rubberchicken.nl/foto/fb/nx_ketting2/15421_6702_1102106121.jpg
http://rubberchicken.nl/foto/fb/nx_ketting2/15424_8228_1102106123.jpg
http://rubberchicken.nl/foto/fb/nx_ketting2/15425_4769_1102106124.jpg
And cleaning? ;-)
http://rubberchicken.nl/foto/fb/nx_ketting/11986_9766_1082392835.jpg
http://rubberchicken.nl/foto/fb/nx_ketting/11985_1575_1082392834.jpg
Confucious
24-05-07, 07:23 PM
Smashin'... here we go then....:D
Confucious
07-06-07, 06:12 PM
Nearly done - but here's a couple of questions from someone who wasn't very attentive during the dismantling process. 1) On one side of the drive sprocket there's a lip - I assume this should be on the inside, nearest the engine ? 2) Any tips when heaving the chain over the rear socket and positioning the back wheel. There must be issues with correct slack and where the wheel is eventually tightened in respect to the scales by the spindle nuts ? 3) or am I talking crepe ? Got fed up waiting for Continental contiEscape, so I'm having an off-the-shelt Pirelli Scorpion MT90 :confused:
Confucious
11-06-07, 07:17 AM
Are the dimensions of the chain slider the same on all models :confused: Bought a '95 second hand one on e-bay :cwm21: and it's stiff plastic compared to what's left of my '88 flexible rubber jobby. There's also a lug with a big "round" hole on the ebay item which I can't for the life of me remember on the original, or least the bit that went through the drive sprocket ;) and has now scattered to the wind. Can't see how you'd get that on without removing the swing-arm. I've already done a change-out and did it without removing any other parts :rolleyes:
Mate, as good as your description's are, a picture speaks a thousand words.
I think the lip on the (front) sprocket faces out - it does on mine :confused:
Then the retaining washer that slides over the drive shaft splines and turns into the groove so that the screw holes mate.
Make sense? :lol:
Confucious
11-06-07, 04:01 PM
Scott - just been looking at the RC's earlier pictures. It would appear his sprocket lip is facing in towards to engine :confused2:
Confucious
11-06-07, 04:41 PM
Had to confirm wih David Silver spares. Although they don't have a drawing showing which side the lip is on - the chap advised that the two bolt holes are countersunk on the flat side which is generally used to seat the bolts properly...:grommit:
Maybe you'd better check your teeth scotty brushteeth
Confucious
13-06-07, 09:39 AM
Are the dimensions of the chain slider the same on all models :confused: Bought a '95 second hand one on e-bay :cwm21: and it's stiff plastic compared to what's left of my '88 flexible rubber jobby.
In answer to myself...yes they are different...just got a new one from DSS - soft rubber - different animal !
Had to confirm wih David Silver spares. Although they don't have a drawing showing which side the lip is on - the chap advised that the two bolt holes are countersunk on the flat side which is generally used to seat the bolts properly...:grommit:
Maybe you'd better check your teeth scotty brushteeth
:lol:
Weird. Must be one of the model differences, the bolts on mine weren't countersunk at all, I'll dig out a piccy at some point.
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