re : [dsn_klr650] pelican cases as luggage

[bauediver]

This weekend I inspected my Doohickey to find that it was broken; using a magnetic tool, I was able to fish the spring, minus one tang, from the oil sump. (Just inside the hole behind the adjuster gear) My dilemma is that I have yet to find the remaining Doohickey piece (or pieces) or the missing tang on the spring. I have tried various magnetic tools bent in various shapes and even tried dragging a magnet along the bottom of the sump towards the somewhat accessible sump opening. Having never had the cases apart, I am not familiar with where these items might be hiding or the likelihood that they might present a problem down the road. Is there any previous list experience here? Can they simply be ignored? I have not checked the oil strainer and do intend to check this down the road but since I just got the bike I would certainly like to log a few miles before I get overly zealous about tearing into the bike further. The bike has 36,000 miles on it at the moment and, while I do want to check the strainer, I can t imagine there being an oil starvation problem that wouldn t have manifested itself yet. True, I can t say for sure about the starvation because I haven t looked at the cam journals, the valves were last adjusted about 4000 miles ago and, once again, I plan to wait a bit before I check them. Anyway, I would (ideally) like to wait and do the water pump seals, strainer, and perhaps even clutch all in one shot, preferably after I have put a month or two of riding on the bike. Common sense says to do everything up front and put everything to bed so to speak then just ride the damn thing, knowing everything has been done. On the flip side, I just got the bike and have only logged a grand total of about 160 miles on it so I am hesitant to get carried away investing time and money into it until I feel committed to the bike entirely. (I purchased the bike from a friend for the summer and am not sure if I will make it a long term mode of transportation.) So far, I must say, it has been a blast and seems to run flawlessly. So, I guess I am looking for a consensus about the missing parts. Thanks, Keith A12, 36K p.s. The adjuster part of the doohickey was intact and still secured with the adjuster bolt; the missing part is essentially the portion that encompasses the shaft. The top half of the welded piece, if that makes any sense. Also, I do have pictures to post if necessary.

[traderpro2003]

Keith - My doo was broken in three places. I leave no soldiers behind. So after the doo replacement, I took an extra 3 hours in total to find the pieces by removing the right case which was very easy plus you get to clean the filthy oil screen (probably I blew one hour filming and staring at all the crap on the strainer!--see pictures). Just don't forget to remove the clutch cable from the clutch arm and then swing the free arm counter-clockwise to release the case...otherwise the case won't come off! I searched a port from the right side near the oil screen for 45 min and found all three pieces in there with a small telescopic magnet. I tried looking and probing with the mag in every port without luck, so I feel this was necessary. In fact, after I found the 1st piece, I went back and tried all the others again knowing another piece was still stuck. Finally, I came back to the same port and I found it after 2 or 3 more tries. Being so far down, I doubt they'd cause a problem. But then again my brother's 2005 lost the spring somehow and it got caught in the timing chain and jumped it causing catastrophic engine failure (smashed valves). This happend in Mexico and ruined a trip. So I'd recommend you hunt until everything is found because $hit happens-- especially at the worst time/place. Good luck - Brian

[Doug Herr]

On Wed, 31 May 2006, traderpro2003 wrote:

> Being so far down, I doubt they'd cause a problem. But then again > my brother's 2005 lost the spring somehow and it got caught in the > timing chain and jumped it causing catastrophic engine failure > (smashed valves). This happend in Mexico and ruined a trip. So I'd > recommend you hunt until everything is found because $hit happens-- > especially at the worst time/place.

I think somebody reported such a failure after dropping the bike while in the dirt. The parts are no big deal if they *stay* at the bottom, but sometimes you just don't get what you want. So, the "leave no soldiers behind" seems like wise advice. P.S. the failure reported from this was a total engine munching, if I remember right. -- Doug Herr doug@...

[jean fortin]

I use stainless steel padlock key alike on mine. I also add cable to lock the case to the rack. Pictures posted on : Installation of Pelican Case. Jean Robert Wayne a crit : I know lots of y'all use pelican cases as side cases. Does anyone have a way to lock those things without using the pelilock combination locks. I want to use a key, can't see well enough to fiddle with combinations, especially at nite. Thanks in advance! Robert --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 Yahoo! Groups Links --------------------------------- L che-vitrine ou l che- cran ? Yahoo! Magasinage. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]