dogone dogbone

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Don Pendergraft" wrote:

> > Thanks for the tips Jeff! I will try that. Someone else has also

suggested

> that I assemble with no gasket just to see how the surfaces mate

up. Perhaps

> with a feeler gauge. I don't see why I couldn't do both things. > > One other thing someone has suggested that I want to check out. I

know I

> have banged around on one of the cam caps before which is where the

bolt for

> the cover goes (I broke a bolt there..don't even get me started). I

need to

> check to make sure there is no raised area or deformity that may be

keeping

> it from cranking down. After all, I'm only putting 55 inch pounds of > pressure, and that's not enough to mash down a deformity or bump.

It's

> probably fine, but obviously at this point you want to look at

everything. I

> HATE the idea of giving up and and bringing it to the dealership.

Were I to

> do so, I may as well sell her as I would surely have my KLR

membership card

> revoked and no longer be worthy of KLR ownership. ) > > Don+

Don, I have been following your thread--and I feel your pain. What I have not read, is that a 'second' set of eyes/hands have been helping you-- only email eyes. Perhaps asking for a 'second' set of KiLleRista eyes to look at your problem would be helpful. Fatigue and annoyance/frustration often affects (y)our vision. revmaaatin. who resembles that last remark--cough--often.

[a14@att.net]

> Don, > I have been following your thread--and I feel your pain. What I have > not read, is that a 'second' set of eyes/hands have been helping you-- > only email eyes. Perhaps asking for a 'second' set of KiLleRista > eyes to look at your problem would be helpful. > > Fatigue and annoyance/frustration often affects (y)our vision. > > revmaaatin. who resembles that last remark--cough--often. >

I think he needs divine intervention. Walt

[Jacobus De Bruyn]

Jeff, and all others interested in the soap called: third world mechanics, by good old Jacob, good news. We are talking here abt. the shock absorber linkage dogbone lever, where it fits into the frame just under the engine. The looong pivot bolt with the plastic caps. The first thing one should do is always, always!!!, first loosen the bolt in the engine just one inch above it. That could have avoided the stupid grinding and all that. Thing is, the Pivot Spacer, nice name for that stupid piece of pipe inside the needle bearings, got stuck somehow, but the dogbone lever had abt. 3 mm play, so I assumed something else. But with the bearings completely wasted, this spacer was probably askew inside the holes, thus it got stuck, whereas if it had been sitting straight, it would have come out easily. That is the autopsy. The grinder with a 4,5 inch wheel, had a tendency to grind other things as well, but nothing a bit of epoxy steel putty won t cover up. The hacksaw thing did not work, probably wrong blade. We all like a good grind. Don t do it! Never. With a chisel and a hammer in the vice I removed the old kaput bearings. Then I wrapped waterproof sandpaper around a screwdriver handle, and made the inside smooth again. The new bearings are in the freezer, and the dogbone is going into the oven, tomorrow morning, I am already praying. Looking for a piece of PVC pipe, or something round exactly the right size, to help press the bearing in, with some delicate (or not so) tapping. Not even Fred wants me to screw this up, and I don t want to order a couple of dozen bearings, for the try and error process. Tomorrow another episode in this tearjerking novela: La moto y la bestia. Jake. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/