Wilsons Sandbox

Posted: **Thu Jun 26, 2014 3:09 pm**

Chris, I had a hard time posting to the KLR site. I'll try to find a site to post them. I don't have your plastics or wheels. Year of bike is 2005. Here is what I have left. fuel tank some dents. If someone wants, I'll send for $15 buck plus actual cost of shipping. Starter kick stand safety switch luggage rack complete. May break down for individual parts Rear Brake master cylinder Brake foot lever; various related mounting parts brake light electrical switch rear brake calipers/ brake hose Front brake Master cyl /brake hose/ calipers rear turn signals L & R helmet lock with key swing arms rear shock tail light lens limited body plastics passenger foot rests Chain front/rear sprockets Voltage Regulator Rectifier Misc other parts. Ask if you don't see what you need. Roger 210-681-1848 Debtpros@...

On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:24 AM, christopher.eckert@... [DSN_KLR650] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> wrote: [u][/u] What year is the bike? Also please post pictures in files section or on a photo posting site then send links. Yahoo does not allow attachements I am looking for a second set of wheels for an 08+. . A main fairing and head light assembly would be good to have also Chris ---In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, wrote : Hi Guys, I've got some parts from a crashed KLR 650 I'm trying to get rid of. Attached are some pictures of the skid plate I'm willing to let go of for $45 with standard shipping paid for. It obviously has done it's work in protection and has some dings and scratches. If you don't mind that, it still has many miles of protection left. Mounting hardware included. If you have any other parts you are looking for, let me know and I'll check to see if I still have them. Roger debtpros@...

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Posted: **Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:51 pm**

To begin, my apologies to the pigs for the politically incorrect use of their natural body functions in effigy of my mood over the hub on my bike disintegrating. Having a hub decompose around the front carrier bearing was not something I'd much heard of happening before, and I was decidedly not a happy camper. I live in high desert pumice, but hadn't considered routine maintenance to include replacing the hub dust/(oil) seal on the speedometer gear housing. Neither had I ever seen that it appeared compromised, nor had there been grime in the considerable grease that coated the speedo gears. This also wasn't a little dust making things sticky, this was the entire catastrophic failure of the hub around the bearing. The bearing was barely hanging on to what was left. The hub had decomposed to the point where there was no seat remaining for the snap ring, and the snap ring was floating loose in the speedo housing. Mentioned the decomposition to a friend who has a long history owning a tire business, and he immediately implicated the deicer used by the county road crew. I believe it's Magnesium Chloride, and it's notorious for its effect on aluminum. Interesting theory to me, though I surely can consider 54K miles and a few gravel bumps on the way to work most days as a possible culprit. Whatch'a think?

Posted: **Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:05 pm**

Am I correct in concluding that the magnesium chloride is used to settle dust in your area?

We see it used on icy roads in British Columbia with a dividing line being apparently around the Hope area. West of Hope uses calcium chloride mainly on icy roads (or potentially icy ones), but east uses magnesium chloride, as I understand the strategy. Throwing this out for information and to check my facts.

When I was visiting the repair shops in Hope on a weekly basis, it was immediately obvious whether a vehicle up on a hoist was used in Hope or to the west (low elevation) or east of Hope (high elevation). The rust on the undercarriage was striking for those operating to the east. At that time, there were toll booths operating near the top of the pass so employees, mostly living in the Hope area, would commute daily over the Coquihalla Highway (#5) with striking results as to corrosion. The company which did the road maintenance, plowing, salting & sanding, also did their own maintenance on their trucks and other equipment. The technicians doing the work were customers whom I visited so was around the equipment in close proximity on a weekly basis. It was shocking to see the degree of corrosion with floors rusting out of salt trucks, the heavy steel snow plow framing rusting away and so on. A short section of steel in some of the plow mounts would make several KLR650 frames...more than several....so the sight of that stuff disappearing was shocking.

There is no question in my mind that the residual mag-chlor which is left over from winter, even into the summer, is a factor in vehicle damage. If the mag-chlor is used to settle dust, wow!

I do know that calcium-chloride has been used on some roads to settle dust and was told that it has more enviro problems than has mag-chlor so the mag-chlor might be on gravel roads in the summer.

Knowing the diversity of professions here, I'm certain that there are answers if someone has time to provide them. Yes?

Wilsons Sandbox

parts from a crashed klr for sale

parts from a crashed klr for sale

hub decomposition

hub decomposition