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[Thomas Komjathy]

Right on Jeff, if the cable is suspect, put a new one on and throw the other one out, or clean, lube and carry as a spare. TK [b]From:[/b] Jeff Khoury [b]To:[/b] revmaaatin [b]Cc:[/b] DSN KLR650 DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> [b]Sent:[/b] Fri, March 19, 2010 9:24:39 PM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cleaning a clutch cable   Depends on how much time you spend on it, but wouldn't it be more effective to spend 30 bucks and 5 minutes to replace the cable and be done with it? The older I get the more valuable my time is to me. -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "revmaaatin" To: "DSN KLR650" ups.com> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 5:59:45 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cleaning a clutch cable   --- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com, Thomas Komjathy wrote: > > Me too! I use that 50 wt oil w/moly in a smaller (8oz) contact (eye) cleaning solution bottle. The hole in the end is just a tad to small for one of those red tubes that go on the cans, so I opened it up a little with a scribe, just enough to get a tight fit for the tube that I cut to about three inches long. Now you can slide the tube in and out, changing the length to reach most areas, like chains, pivot points etc. You can also now poke it into the cable-luber and squeeze the oil through the cable. Once you are done, push the tube in enough so the cap will close and you can carry it with you. Whoooooozzz yer innovator!!! > > TK > TK-I might give this a try. Great suggestion. Reminds me of the old Teflon lube bottle you bought for gun work--4oz with a 3" 'clear' tube. Will your suggestion work just as well with a clear or black spray tube? wink. IRT to previous post using the Motion Pro device--I have found I get about the same amount in the cable using a pressurized wd-40 can for 'flushing' as the cable lube device. Safety goggles used, of course--and an old shirt. Thanks for those who replied--just looking for a way to really, really, clean the cable's innards. Those doing cable maintenace, remember to hit the cable end 'ball' with a dab of grease as well. revmaaatin.

[Thomas Komjathy]

Rev  Oh man, I'm having flashbacks to my Dad "teaching me" how to correctly and completely clean old gasket material from block and head surfaces. Oh, or the time he had me clean all the oxidized paint from his girlfriends car, by hand... TK [b]From:[/b] revmaaatin [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Fri, March 19, 2010 9:38:09 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cleaning a clutch cable  

--- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com, Jeff Khoury wrote: > > Depends on how much time you spend on it, but wouldn't it be more effective to spend 30 bucks and 5 minutes to replace the cable and be done with it? > > The older I get the more valuable my time is to me. > > -Jeff Khoury > > Jeff, True. Short on time, spend money. Short on money: spend time. Valid point, except I got a fudge factor built in. smile. I got a 14 y/0 to do some of the grunt work. revmaaatin.

[John Biccum]

Attachments : Real KLRistas don t throw *[b]anything[/b]* out. They just put the takeoff part on eBay J

 

If the cable is suspect replace it but leave the old one *[b]in place[/b]* as a spare. See http://johnbiccum.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Misc-KLR-photos/497409_5HfHR#98848517_36hEB and preceding two pictures.

 

[b]From:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] [b]On Behalf Of [/b]Thomas Komjathy [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, March 19, 2010 8:47 PM [b]To:[/b] Jeff Khoury; revmaaatin [b]Cc:[/b] DSN KLR650 [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cleaning a clutch cable

 

 

Right on Jeff, if the cable is suspect, put a new one on and throw the other one out, or clean, lube and carry as a spare. TK

 

 

[b]From:[/b] Jeff Khoury jeff@astatic.net> [b]To:[/b] revmaaatin mjearl@venturecomm.net> [b]Cc:[/b] DSN KLR650 DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> [b]Sent:[/b] Fri, March 19, 2010 9:24:39 PM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cleaning a clutch cable  

Depends on how much time you spend on it, but wouldn't it be more effective to spend 30 bucks and 5 minutes to replace the cable and be done with it? The older I get the more valuable my time is to me. -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "revmaaatin" To: "DSN KLR650" ups.com> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 5:59:45 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cleaning a clutch cable  

--- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com, Thomas Komjathy wrote: > > Me too! I use that 50 wt oil w/moly in a smaller (8oz) contact (eye) cleaning solution bottle. The hole in the end is just a tad to small for one of those red tubes that go on the cans, so I opened it up a little with a scribe, just enough to get a tight fit for the tube that I cut to about three inches long. Now you can slide the tube in and out, changing the length to reach most areas, like chains, pivot points etc. You can also now poke it into the cable-luber and squeeze the oil through the cable. Once you are done, push the tube in enough so the cap will close and you can carry it with you. Whoooooozzz yer innovator!!! > > TK > TK-I might give this a try. Great suggestion. Reminds me of the old Teflon lube bottle you bought for gun work--4oz with a 3" 'clear' tube. Will your suggestion work just as well with a clear or black spray tube? wink. IRT to previous post using the Motion Pro device--I have found I get about the same amount in the cable using a pressurized wd-40 can for 'flushing' as the cable lube device. Safety goggles used, of course--and an old shirt. Thanks for those who replied--just looking for a way to really, really, clean the cable's innards. Those doing cable maintenace, remember to hit the cable end 'ball' with a dab of grease as well. revmaaatin.

 

[Jeff Khoury]

#ygrps-yiv-1465582420 p {margin:0;}OK John, You officially take the award. I'm paranoid, and I freely admit it.  Even when I'm just riding the slab I always take enough tools to nearly disassemble the bike, a compact compressor, tube patch kit, tire spoons, flashlight, a prop rod, etc. etc. etc. -BUT- It never occurred to me to do that. -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "John Biccum" To: "Thomas Komjathy" , "Jeff Khoury" , "revmaaatin" Cc: "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 9:14:37 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cleaning a clutch cable Real KLRistas don t throw *[b]anything[/b]* out.  They just put the takeoff part  on eBay J

 

If the cable is suspect replace it but leave the old one *[b]in place[/b]* as a spare.   See http://johnbiccum.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Misc-KLR-photos/497409_5HfHR#98848517_36hEB and preceding two pictures.

 

[b]From:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] [b]On Behalf Of [/b]Thomas Komjathy [b]Sent:[/b] Friday, March 19, 2010 8:47 PM [b]To:[/b] Jeff Khoury; revmaaatin [b]Cc:[/b] DSN KLR650 [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cleaning a clutch cable

 

 

Right on Jeff, if the cable is suspect, put a new one on and throw the other one out, or clean, lube and carry as a spare. TK

 

 

[b]From:[/b] Jeff Khoury [b]To:[/b] revmaaatin [b]Cc:[/b] DSN KLR650 DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> [b]Sent:[/b] Fri, March 19, 2010 9:24:39 PM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cleaning a clutch cable  

Depends on how much time you spend on it, but wouldn't it be more effective to spend 30 bucks and 5 minutes to replace the cable and be done with it? The older I get the more valuable my time is to me. -Jeff Khoury ----- Original Message ----- From: "revmaaatin" To: "DSN KLR650" ups.com> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 5:59:45 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cleaning a clutch cable  

--- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com, Thomas Komjathy wrote: > > Me too! I use that 50 wt oil w/moly in a smaller (8oz) contact (eye) cleaning solution bottle. The hole in the end is just a tad to small for one of those red tubes that go on the cans, so I opened it up a little with a scribe, just enough to get a tight fit for the tube that I cut to about three inches long. Now you can slide the tube in and out, changing the length to reach most areas, like chains, pivot points etc. You can also now poke it into the cable-luber and squeeze the oil through the cable. Once you are done, push the tube in enough so the cap will close and you can carry it with you. Whoooooozzz yer innovator!!! > > TK > TK-I might give this a try. Great suggestion. Reminds me of the old Teflon lube bottle you bought for gun work--4oz with a 3" 'clear' tube. Will your suggestion work just as well with a clear or black spray tube? wink. IRT to previous post using the Motion Pro device--I have found I get about the same amount in the cable using a pressurized wd-40 can for 'flushing' as the cable lube device. Safety goggles used, of course--and an old shirt. Thanks for those who replied--just looking for a way to really, really, clean the cable's innards. Those doing cable maintenace, remember to hit the cable end 'ball' with a dab of grease as well. revmaaatin.

 

[Michael]

Hi, I just saw these in in the Medford, Oregon Craigslist. I have had these identical BOXES for about 2 years AND WOULD NOT TRADE THEM. I haul stuff all the time. I just wanted to pass this along as this is great deal if someone needs them and is in northern California or Southern Oregon. If someone wanted to buy them that was coming through here soon I could store them until you get here. You would have to work your own deal out with the seller. On occasion, I head up to Portland or down to Sacramento but have no firm plans at this time. You can email me for my phone number if you need it. Michael http://medford.craigslist.org/mcy/1651342716.html Aluminum Boxes for 2008-2010 Kawasaki KLR650 - $350 (East Medford) Date: 2010-03-19, 9:09AM PDT Reply to: sale-jufwt-1651342716@... [Errors when replying to ads?] "Diamond Back Dual Sport" boxes with frame. Fits 2008 and Newer KLR650. Excellent condition. Only used several times. Call Mike at 541-324-0157. * Location: East Medford * it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests image 1651342716-0 PostingID: 1651342716 * Copyright 2010 craigslist, inc. * terms of use * privacy policy * feedback forum

[Jud]

I just use a cable luber. Cleaning the cable does not strike me as an issue; I should think the sheath keeps the dirt out for the most part. The lubricant would flush out anything there. I'll use WD40 if it is the only thing at hand, but I prefer a light oil or TriFlow.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "revmaaatin" wrote: > > List, > Oh, the thoughts of spring KLR maintenance. I think the red, red Robin will start bob, bob, bobbin along any day now. > > In one of the manuals (OEM/Clymers) show using a 'baggie'-funnel with a rubber band to drizzle oil into the clutch cable for lubrication. Anyone here use a similar method to drip kerosene/diesel fuel down the cable first to fully flush the cable clean? > > Previously on ER-KLR Maintenance: I just forced WD 40 spray down the cable opening and let it drain. Nasty, nasty, nasty. Seems like a cable could benefit from a once yearly flush with kerosene. Any known problems of doing this? > > Technique: Instead of a baggie, I was thinking of using a plastic funnel, place the cable through the funnel opening and use some silicone to plug the funnel. Let it dry and put 8+oz of fuel through the cable. Repeat until clear. > > Thoughts? > > revmaaatin. >