update on broken a-13

[David/Diane McMunn]

At 07:42 PM 09/21/2000 -0400, you wrote:

>In a message dated 9/21/00 4:02:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dmcmunn@... >writes: >Yes, that was me. I have learned far more than I ever wanted to know about >the internal workings of the KLR motor. I also haven't heard of that spring >breaking on a 97 or newer bike. The old ones like mine were more prone to >it. >Kurt Grife

Kurt: I finally got the KLR back together. Could not find 4 or 5 hours in the last 3 weeks to do it. As I said, all I found was the broken balancer tensioner spring. The spring had been broken for some time, and had allowed the tensioner to go slack when I did the adjustment after I got the bike. The correct tension now has the adjuster moved much further than the washer mark had it previously. Somehow the broken piece finally got picked up into the lower cam sprocket and jumped the timing by 2 teeth, as described before. I got it all together and it fired right up, quieter than ever. After a very short ride, all seems well. A lot of work, for a $3 spring failure. I learned a lot about the KLR, however, and found it easy to work on. I realize this could have been a real disaster, and consider myself very lucky. Thanks again for your interest and help. Dave