do'in the doo...no gaskets!

[Randy]

Greetings; A while ago I purchased the large Matte Black Travel Trunk from JCW. The supplied universal mounting plate/hardware doesn't appear to be compatible with the stock KLR rack. Any suggestions as to mounting the plate to the KLR rack? Thanks!

[Bradley Scheirer]

Randy, I did not use their hardware. I set the black plate on top of the stock rack. I then used the last two wholes in the stock rack as the mounting point. I had to drill thru the supplied mounting plate and got longer allen bolts and washers. You can make a paper template to help with getting the holes line up to drill. brad

----- Original Message ----- From: Randy To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:19 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Mounting the JC Whitney tail trunk on 06 KLR650 Greetings; A while ago I purchased the large Matte Black Travel Trunk from JCW. The supplied universal mounting plate/hardware doesn't appear to be compatible with the stock KLR rack. Any suggestions as to mounting the plate to the KLR rack? Thanks! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Gary LaRue]

Hi Randy; Welcome to one of the many synchronicities that appear in my life. I was just at my dealer today and bought a square no-name travel trunk which has a pad for the passenger to lean back on. It's held in place by a nylon strap with plastic snap buckles and I think it is actually for an ATV, but it's now going on my '08. They didn't have any instructions or packing, and it looked like it was missing another strap so I got it for $19 bucks off, which made it a really good deal. All the way home I was thinking of how to get it securely mounted, and there was your question when I walked in. What? Of course I check my KLR family first thing on arrival! Doesn't everyone? . I have it in place now using the strap and that will be OK for a little while. Here's what I've been thinking: I removed the two recessed vertical bolts at the back of the rack which hold the plastic part of the rack onto the metal frame. I held the box in place while I used a drill bit in my fingers to mark where I should drill. I thought to go down to my local hardware store and get a piece of stainless steel flat stock and some longer bolts, drill the box and flat stock, place the flat stock inside the box and bolt it down. . OK, then I got thinking that those bolts aren't very big and if some weight got slinging around up there, there may be enough torque to snap them. Not likely, as I am a Clark Kent-type rider, but not impossible, either. Besides, having lost a few things on freeways, I'm really anal about locking things down. So how 'bout this? I'll shape a couple pieces of wood to fit inside the hoops of the hand holds of the rack. I could fasten them in place by screws from inside the box, two for each piece of wood, (with more flat stock for reinforcement? Fender washers?) and that would fix that. . Then I got to thinkin', shucks... Why not forget about the two recessed bolts, use (carriage?) bolts going from inside through the wooden pieces, flat stock on the underside of the rack going from port to starboard, and use wing nuts underneath so that I could remove so the whole thing in a couple of minutes if I wanted it to? Nah, I think that despite the slightly higher wind drag, I would rather have it permanently mounted so that no one can walk off with it. Besides, I almost always have something under my cargo net now when I'm going anywhere, so it will be in almost continuous use. It's still an option, though. . I think that, one way or the other, I will use the wooden pieces idea, but probably just using screws to hold the wood on, with flat stock or big fender washers on the inside to reduce the effects of vibration on the plastic. And the recessed bolts as mentioned above. We shall see what we shall see. . Hasta; . Lash ----- Original Message ---- From: Randy To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:19:33 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Mounting the JC Whitney tail trunk on 06 KLR650 Greetings; A while ago I purchased the large Matte Black Travel Trunk from JCW. The supplied universal mounting plate/hardware doesn't appear to be compatible with the stock KLR rack. Any suggestions as to mounting the plate to the KLR rack? Thanks! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[oldrider25]

I replaced my doo w/o tearing any gaskets. Opening the other side to R&R the clutch plates was another matter. Have ready access to new gaskets just in case you tear one. I use Permatex gasket adhesive on one side of the gasket when I replace them. Don't use it on both sides or you'll surely tear the gasket the next time you pull the cover. I put the adhesive on the side that faces the part that is easiest to remove. John

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jud Jones" wrote: > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "bali_blu" wrote: > > > > I'm going to a tech day this weekend. I got a doo from TPI but it did > > not come with any gaskets as others offer. Will this be a problem, to > > not replace the gaskets?? If they come off in one piece is it > > acceptable to reuse them? If they come off in pieces, can I use > > gasket-maker-goo-stuff? > > > > You can reuse them. have a razor blade or xacto handy when you slowly pull the side cover. > Use the blade to ensure that whole gasket stays on one cover or the other. > > At a well-organized tech day, somebody will have spare gaskets on hand. One set of gaskets > should provide karmic prophylaxis for everyone in attendance. >