what's that squeak?

[Jacobus De Bruyn]

Friends, I think I found a solution for my bearing issue. I installed a zart, no fart, tart, zit, well a greasenipple on it, right smack in the middle of the dogbone. The grease comes out very nicely at the sides, since there is no seal to impede that joyful happening. So, although the bearings have no seals, if I am a dilligent old geezer, and faithfully apply the greasegun, the bearings will not get wet and rusty. If it fails somewhere along the line, I can always get new bearings, and press them in the way it should be done. It would be nice to have the exact diameters of the sockets and or washers one needs to press the bearing in correctly. The only numbers I see in the clymer s manual refer to torque, wouldn t it be nice to have bolt and nut sizes? I have never seen a torque wrench yet, but all my fasteners are tight, fast is fast, people used to say. You have to get the feel for it. An eight mm nut is not the same as a 17 mm. But in the past I have stripped one or two, on the old Honda s, in the soft metal. Before I start to think that I am so smart, I must confess that I have never been able to succesfully cut a good thread into a drilled hole. I always have to resort to epoxy goop, fueltank leak fixer is pretty good strong stuff. I also use a glob to secure the engine sprocket bolt, and to fix cavities in my teeth. End of report, thanks all for the good suggestions and wisdom as always, soon be riding again on the giraffe. I have run out of things to fix, so I ll have to. No more excuses, even if I d rather tinker with it, than ride it. Nobody will believe that, so cut it out. Jake. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/

[traderpro2003]

John - Take some epoxy and epo those turds in for good. I lost one and waited over a week for Kawi to ship. Cheers - Brian --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "oldrider25" wrote:

> > Figgered it out... There is a missing rubber doughnut on which the > fuel tank rests. The right one is missing which allows the tank to > cant and rub against the metal cable protector thingy that is on the > left side of the frame just aft of the steering head bearing. The > left side of the tank saddle was grinding against the steel sheath > producing a squeal between 2,500 and 3,000 rpms. > > John > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "oldrider25"

wrote:

> > > > It's coming from the motor. I just got it back from the dealer

and

> > they adjusted the valves. Now it has this annoying squeal/squeak

as

> > it revs up or revs down past about 3K rpms. Grrrr.... > > > > John > > >