front wheel bearing

[hotrodkawi]

I purchased a stutebaker jet kit along with a RT/5 pipe from Jardine..Anbody have this set up installed? What jets and needle settings do you recommend. I live in Anaheim ca and it's for an 07 KLR. Looking to fix the lean condition that stock bikes are prone to. Any advice? Rodney

[Jeff Khoury]

I don't have any direct experience with that jet kit, so it would be hard to guess in a vacuum. If you want to do it yourself, here are a couple of articles I wrote on the process. If you get stuck and don't mind driving to Culver City, I would certainly help you tune it. Every jet kit is different, but in my experience with DynoJet kits is that the needle supplied with the kits sometimes have a taper that is too aggressive. I spent many hours trying to tune the carbs on my old Seca II to get it to be driveable, only to discover that the best balance was the stock needles and the largest jets from the kit. It was incredibly frustrating until I figured out what was causing my problem. http://www.dsrtegl.com/2009/09/carburetor-tuning-procedure-mine.html http://www.dsrtegl.com/2009/09/carburetor-jetting-and-tuning-tips.html -Jeff Khoury Astatic Solutions, LLC.

----- Original Message ----- From: "hotrodkawi" To: "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 7:16:18 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Jet kit installation advice! I purchased a stutebaker jet kit along with a RT/5 pipe from Jardine..Anbody have this set up installed? What jets and needle settings do you recommend. I live in Anaheim ca and it's for an 07 KLR. Looking to fix the lean condition that stock bikes are prone to. Any advice? Rodney [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Rick McCauley]

You can here a bad wheel bearing. Maybe not in all cases, but I have experienced it myself. My Son-in-laws Fazer 1000 was making a noise from the front wheel. I figured it was the brakes. Upon further inspection, we discovered the wheel bearing was to blame. new wheel bearing no more noise. I assume it was due to vibration amplified thru the rim. Rick A17 ________________________________ From: Martin To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, November 16, 2009 10:21:06 AM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Front Wheel Bearing

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogro ups.com, Bigmanchris@ ... wrote: > > Good points raised Rev. The test guy had my Tengai on the stand and span > the wheel, there was a kinda 'not normal' sound from the hub. > Take Care and thanks Chris > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Chris- I seriously doubt that you could hear a front axle bearing noise. If you could, it would not be 'just passable' but near catastrophic- - at which point you should kiss the mech for pointing it out to you. What I hear (as you describe the procedure) is the brake pads rubbing. If you want to know about your bearing-- Remove the wheel, support the tire so you are not putting pressure on the brake disc (use another old tire under the bike wheel) put your clean index finger into the bearing axle opening and move the bearing back and forth. If it is 'rough' you will feel it--and you will need to go back and kiss the inspector. If not, you might want to go back and kick his rear end--so to speak. Flip the wheel over and try the opposite bearing. Is it rough? Kiss, kick as appropirate. While you have it off, you might be able to push some good quality bearing greas into the bearing with a needle fitting on your grease gun. Take care in remounting the wheel. Make sure you have the speedo indexed properly on the wheel, and the speedo unit properly indexed into the R fork =Tab A into Slot B. Look at it carefully before you pull the axle completly out and you will see how it all goes back together. I like to pack the speedo unit with grease =full to minimize water intrusion. Works for me. YMMV. revmaaatin. ps. Indefense of the inspector (I recall your bike being an 88? with an unknown history), it very well might need bearings. smile. Kiss the inspector, etc as necessary. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]