Wilsons Sandbox

Another interesting morning. Put the dogbone in the oven, one hour, medium temp. too hot to touch, but nice and hot for installing the frozen needle bearings. So I thought. The needle bearings go in good, but then immediatly get warm, and get stuck. I managed to get them flush, but no room for the rubber seals. Another side effect of the heating is that the other needle bearings can deform, because the expansion coefficients of the aluminium dogbone and the steel bearings are different. One bearing sprung out half a dozen needles, I really enjoyed that. I got it all back together again, and when all cools down I will clean and lubricate them, while keeping the spacer pipe inside, to prevent more disaster of loose needles. These bearings Kawasaki Genius Inc. probably bought cheaply from an old bankrupt sewing machine company in Eastern Mongolia. I think that if the bearings continue to give me problems, I will just eliminate them, and have thicker spacer tubes made, and install zarts. I don t remember bearings in this swingarm system on my Honda bikes, I do remember grease nipples. Grease nipples just state: leave me alone, just fill me up. The Kawasaki swingarm is a stupid system. OK then, where the rubber seals of this dogbone thing cannot be fitted, or where they may be a bit toasted by the heat, I will smear some nice black silicone to keep the water out. And where the grinder made a nice rut, fill in with the epoxy putty. Several different brands of this putty will eventually make up 25% of the bike anyhow. Impossible to sell it after I ve owned it. So now y all have been shown how not to do things, one more time. comments, sarcasm and ideas are all welcome. No need to tell me I am a clumsy idiot, that has been established, and doesn t worry me in the least. Awaiting your multiple wisdom, Yours KLR-y, Jake. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jacobus De Bruyn wrote:

> > OK then, where the rubber seals of this dogbone thing > cannot be fitted, or where they may be a bit toasted > by the heat, I will smear some nice black silicone to > keep the water out. And where the grinder made a nice > rut, fill in with the epoxy putty. Several different > brands of this putty will eventually make up 25% of > the bike anyhow. Impossible to sell it > after I ve owned it. > > So now y all have been shown how not to do things, one > more time. comments, sarcasm and ideas are all > welcome. No need to tell me I am a clumsy idiot, that > has been established, and doesn t worry me in the > least. Awaiting your multiple wisdom, > Yours KLR-y, Jake.

Jake, Maybe all that will work. cough. How about: Watch this ebay link i.e. ebay motors klr http://search- desc.ebay.com/klr_W0QQbsZSearchQQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentryp ageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQfposZ58458QQfromZR10QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1Q QftrvZ1QQftsZ2QQsacatZQ2d1QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1Q QsofocusZbs and perhaps, you can buy a serviceable replacement rather than the solution you are offering. a 2d solution is to ask the list for the piece from a bike that has been parted out. revmaaatin.

Try this link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KLR650-KLR-650-Rear-Linkage-Shock- Swingarm-Swing-Arm_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35583QQihZ010QQ itemZ200173684119QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jacobus De Bruyn wrote:

> > Another interesting morning. Put the dogbone in the > oven, one hour, medium temp. too hot to touch, but > nice and hot for installing the frozen needle > bearings. So I thought. > The needle bearings go in good, but then immediatly > get warm, and get stuck. I managed to get them > flush, but no room for the rubber seals. > Another side effect of the heating is that the other > needle bearings can deform, because the expansion > coefficients of the aluminium dogbone and the steel > bearings are different. One bearing sprung out half a > dozen needles, I really enjoyed that. I got it all > back together again, and when all cools down I will > clean and lubricate them, while keeping the spacer > pipe inside, to prevent more disaster of loose > needles. > These bearings Kawasaki Genius Inc. probably bought > cheaply from an old bankrupt sewing machine company in > Eastern Mongolia. > > I think that if the bearings continue to give me > problems, I will just eliminate them, and have > thicker spacer tubes made, and install zarts. I don t > remember bearings in this swingarm system on my Honda > bikes, I do remember grease nipples. Grease nipples > just state: leave me alone, just fill me up. > The Kawasaki swingarm is a stupid system. > > OK then, where the rubber seals of this dogbone thing > cannot be fitted, or where they may be a bit toasted > by the heat, I will smear some nice black silicone to > keep the water out. And where the grinder made a nice > rut, fill in with the epoxy putty. Several different > brands of this putty will eventually make up 25% of > the bike anyhow. Impossible to sell it > after I ve owned it. > > So now y all have been shown how not to do things, one > more time. comments, sarcasm and ideas are all > welcome. No need to tell me I am a clumsy idiot, that > has been established, and doesn t worry me in the > least. Awaiting your multiple wisdom, > Yours KLR-y, Jake.

Jake, Since I'm no good at lengthy instructions I will refer you to the Clymer manual and the http://www.xanga.com/watt_man site. In other words, a few drops of penetrating oil, some drive-sockets, and threaded rod, washers and nuts or a vise should get the job done. ED