doohickey tensioner bolt o-ring replacement

[Wayne Blackburn]

Yesterday I rode over 520 miles through GA, NC and TENN. Thats right folks I did the TAIL OF THE DRAGON again (WHAT A BLAST) By the way I ran acrossed several other KLR riders. Must have been something to do with the rally in the area. But any way back to the story. I cover three states with only one small mistake on my part, When I over shot a turn , No biggy. Well than I was less than a mile from my home,when I came to an area with two small ponds on both sides of the road. Thats when the dumbass goose decided it was time to cross the road. Now know God didn't give geese a brain any bigger than a BB. But way can't they fly above the danger level. This goose bearly got it feet off the ground, when it hit the highway bars ,The right coolant cover and my foot HOLY GOOSE ####. It's ok i'm alright Let's pull over and check the damage. Right cover is hanging by one screw. Mounting bracket is bent. Goose guts all over me and the bike. SOOO instead of parking the bike and popping a cold one, I Had to clean the mess . The worst part was getting the burnt guts off the big gun head pipe Boy was my dog glad to see me. Or maybe she smelled blood...

[Chris Norloff]

Glad it wasn't *your* goose that was cooked. Hope you at least got dinner out of it. Chris -----Original Message----- From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Blackburn Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 5:59 PM To: dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] LOW FLYING GEESE Yesterday I rode over 520 miles through GA, NC and TENN. Thats right folks I did the TAIL OF THE DRAGON again (WHAT A BLAST) By the way I ran acrossed several other KLR riders. Must have been something to do with the rally in the area. But any way back to the story. I cover three states with only one small mistake on my part, When I over shot a turn , No biggy. Well than I was less than a mile from my home,when I came to an area with two small ponds on both sides of the road. Thats when the dumbass goose decided it was time to cross the road. Now know God didn't give geese a brain any bigger than a BB. But way can't they fly above the danger level. This goose bearly got it feet off the ground, when it hit the highway bars ,The right coolant cover and my foot HOLY GOOSE ####. It's ok i'm alright Let's pull over and check the damage. Right cover is hanging by one screw. Mounting bracket is bent. Goose guts all over me and the bike. SOOO instead of parking the bike and popping a cold one, I Had to clean the mess . The worst part was getting the burnt guts off the big gun head pipe Boy was my dog glad to see me. Or maybe she smelled blood...

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

I almost took out a turkey today; or rather, it tried to take me out. It was on the shoulder of the road this morning. As I drove by, I startled it and it took off, crossing the road, nearly taking off my head. Mark At 11:03 AM -0400 5/19/08, Chris Norloff wrote:

>Glad it wasn't *your* goose that was cooked. Hope you at least got dinner >out of it. > >Chris > > >-----Original Message----- >From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On >Behalf Of Wayne Blackburn >Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 5:59 PM >To: dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [DSN_KLR650] LOW FLYING GEESE > >Yesterday I rode over 520 miles through GA, NC and TENN. >Thats right folks I did the TAIL OF THE DRAGON again (WHAT A BLAST) By the >way I ran acrossed several other KLR riders. >Must have been something to do with the rally in the area. >But any way back to the story. >I cover three states with only one small mistake on my part, When I over >shot a turn , No biggy. >Well than I was less than a mile from my home,when I came to an area with >two small ponds on both sides of the road. >Thats when the dumbass goose decided it was time to cross the road. Now know >God didn't give geese a brain any bigger than a BB. But way can't they fly >above the danger level. >This goose bearly got it feet off the ground, when it hit the highway bars >,The right coolant cover and my foot HOLY GOOSE ####. >It's ok i'm alright >Let's pull over and check the damage. >Right cover is hanging by one screw. >Mounting bracket is bent. >Goose guts all over me and the bike. >SOOO instead of parking the bike and popping a cold one, I Had to clean the >mess . >The worst part was getting the burnt guts off the big gun head pipe Boy was >my dog glad to see me. >Or maybe she smelled blood... >

[Jeff Saline]

On Mon, 19 May 2008 23:14:32 -0400 "Brent Tegler" writes:

> Quick question.... > > Is it ok to completely remove the doohicky tensioner bolt to replace > the O-ring on its shaft... I seem to have a small oil leak here... > > Just want to make sure something what seems like a simple fix will > not lead to bits falling out of place inside the engine making a > simple job a saturday afternoon project... > > Thanks, Brent. > Tengai rider, Fergus, Ontario, Canada

<><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><> Brent, There's a little flat washer on the end of the bolt. My guess is it will fall off when you are fiddling with the o-ring. You will not be able to get the bolt all the way out of the case as it has a shoulder on it that just won't fit through the hole. I suppose a guy could clean the outside area of the case and bolt with a good cleaner and then put some RTV or something similar around it hoping that will stop the leak for a bit. The oil isn't under pressure so it might work. I wouldn't want to do it that way but... Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT