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.
re : [dsn_klr650] pelican cases as luggage
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help - missing doohickey fragments.
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
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help - missing doohickey fragments.
On Wed, 31 May 2006, traderpro2003 wrote:
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@...> 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.
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re : [dsn_klr650] pelican cases as luggage
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
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