nklr...man is this guy lucky

[Richard Bessey]

I gotta share this with everyone to see if anyone had any suggestions. I was riding home the other day after a 100+ day of riding, when the front of the bike bumped like I hit a small bump in the road. No bumps in the road, and I noticed my speedo stopped working. I pulled over and after some quick detective work found the speedo sending unit had made a 180 degree turn and was upside down. I babied it home and got it taken apart last night. Long story short, the assembly was packed full of grease, everything looked good except the gears kept hanging when trying to spin them. After further investigation, I find the gear that connects to the speedo cable bad been boring into the case of the unit, and the gear is no longer where it was supposed to be, causing the teeth of the gears to hang up and cause it to hang up, flip 180 degrees, and break the speedo cable. Is this normal on these KLR's? Anyone else with similar issues? The unit was packed full of grease, so I don't think lube is an issue. Wondering if its a part that simply wore out (33,000 miles on an 89 KLR) I got the parts ordered off of Ebay for under $50 shipped to my door, hopefully be here by the end of the week. -- Regards, Richard Bessey System Administrator Vivio Technologies

[dooden]

And to whom do you owe the pleasure of thanking for having front wheel last ? Sounds like maybe not assy correctly, narly a problem with mine on my A15, but only "I" have taken the wheel off the bike since new. Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Richard Bessey wrote: > > I gotta share this with everyone to see if anyone had any suggestions. > > I was riding home the other day after a 100+ day of riding, when the > front of the bike bumped like I hit a small bump in the road. No bumps > in the road, and I noticed my speedo stopped working. I pulled over and > after some quick detective work found the speedo sending unit had made a > 180 degree turn and was upside down. I babied it home and got it taken > apart last night. > > Long story short, the assembly was packed full of grease, everything > looked good except the gears kept hanging when trying to spin them. > After further investigation, I find the gear that connects to the speedo > cable bad been boring into the case of the unit, and the gear is no > longer where it was supposed to be, causing the teeth of the gears to > hang up and cause it to hang up, flip 180 degrees, and break the speedo > cable. > > Is this normal on these KLR's? Anyone else with similar issues? The unit > was packed full of grease, so I don't think lube is an issue. Wondering > if its a part that simply wore out (33,000 miles on an 89 KLR) > > I got the parts ordered off of Ebay for under $50 shipped to my door, > hopefully be here by the end of the week. > > -- > Regards, > > Richard Bessey > System Administrator > Vivio Technologies >

[Bogdan Swider]

Richard, here is what I posted years ago on this issue; could be the same thing caused your problem: On my recent trip - 140 miles before I hit St. Louis - my speedometer and odometer suddenly stopped working. Checked the cable at a truckstop; it was fine. Figured I'd deal with the problem when I got back to Colorado. Traveled close to a thousand miles without these aids. Didn't miss the speedo much; sure missed the odometer. When in inspection mode, the first thing I did was detach the cable housing at the top and zip lock it so the cable would be visible when riding. It ( the cable ) wasn't moving pointing to the problem being below, at the wheel. Took the wheel off and had a look. Didn't take long to see what went wrong. There's a flat ring/plate that couples the gears to the wheel ( 41064 -1051 receiver - speedometer, for those of you into numbers and diagrams ). Two protrusions on the inside fit into a gear and two on the outside mate with the wheel. The outside protrusions were bent around the gear away from the wheel; they no longer fit into the notches were they were supposed to live. The manual showed that the part was supposed to be flat. The manual also suggested that you shouldn't try to fix parts in this assembly instead recommended changing the whole thing. There were part numbers however, and the ring was made of pliable steel. It was easy to hammer back to its original flat condition. I put everything back together and went for a ride. Everything worked fine. Why did the part get bent and cause my speedo/odometer to fail ? My best guess is that things got out of line when I had the wheel off for a tire change. They lined back up when I forced them together but not before the ring got out of shape. But not so out of shape that it didn't work for a period of time. Another thing: the ring doesn't lay perfectly flat against the wheel. The ends of a circlip peak out from behind a oil seal and interrupt the surface the ring presses against. I didn't take that stuff apart because the seal seemed to be pressed in ( maybe ) and I didn't want to mess with it. Typical KHI sloppiness of design or an anomaly ? At some point I'll have a look at someone else's wheel. Lesson for the future: I'll try to remember to check this system when I change tires. Bogdan

On 8/12/08 3:00 PM, "Richard Bessey" wrote: > > > > I gotta share this with everyone to see if anyone had any suggestions. > > I was riding home the other day after a 100+ day of riding, when the > front of the bike bumped like I hit a small bump in the road. No bumps > in the road, and I noticed my speedo stopped working. I pulled over and > after some quick detective work found the speedo sending unit had made a > 180 degree turn and was upside down. I babied it home and got it taken > apart last night. > > Long story short, the assembly was packed full of grease, everything > looked good except the gears kept hanging when trying to spin them. > After further investigation, I find the gear that connects to the speedo > cable bad been boring into the case of the unit, and the gear is no > longer where it was supposed to be, causing the teeth of the gears to > hang up and cause it to hang up, flip 180 degrees, and break the speedo > cable. > > Is this normal on these KLR's? Anyone else with similar issues? The unit > was packed full of grease, so I don't think lube is an issue. Wondering > if its a part that simply wore out (33,000 miles on an 89 KLR) > > I got the parts ordered off of Ebay for under $50 shipped to my door, > hopefully be here by the end of the week. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Bogdan Swider wrote:

>

There's a flat ring/plate that couples the gears to the wheel (

> 41064 -1051 receiver - speedometer, for those of you into numbers and > diagrams ). Two protrusions on the inside fit into a gear and two on the > outside mate with the wheel. The outside protrusions were bent around the > gear away from the wheel; they no longer fit into the notches were they > were supposed to live. The manual showed that the part was supposed to be > flat. The manual also suggested that you shouldn't try to fix parts in > this assembly instead recommended changing the whole thing.

Speaking of which, has anybody got one of those rings in decent condition? Mine has finally become unrepairable.

[fasteddiecopeman]

Looks pretty obvious that, when he blew the engine he "oiled down" his rear tire AND the track! The flag men should have had out AT LEAST the caution flag right away! Ed -