doohickey correlate to overtightening of balancer mechanism

[Harry Charles Seifert, Jr.]

So far, I have two fellow KLR'ers for a tech day......anyone else? middle of August? Anybody want to be the head techie? I've got room for about 5 bikes, maybe 6. I can supply lunch, if need be......one of my vol. firefighters owns a decent Italian restaurant and has several bikes in the basemant of his restaurant......contact me on or off list..thanks to all for the Elden Carl info that I lost. bseifert71@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Harry Charles Seifert, Jr.]

Jalal....I can't give you the exact lat/long, but everyone knows where Julian is ;<) I'm NE (about 60 miles) of San Diego at the eastern intersection of SR 78 & SR 79, 4,000 feet above the desert. If you come that gives us 5. So far Richard May (RM from the List), caliphery, Tony Cornett, Steve van Twuyver, you and me. One more and we are full. I'm looking at the second weekend in August, probably Saturday if that's ok with everyone else. Plan to arrive around 8 - 8:30 or so to give the bikes a chance to cool down before we assault them. If you have hand tools, bring what you need...however I should have a smattering of my own as well. I'll contact you and the rest of the guys towards the middle of July to firm everything up. bseifert71@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[RM]

On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Harry Charles Seifert, Jr. wrote:

>with everyone else. Plan to arrive around 8 - 8:30 or so to give the >bikes a chance to cool down before we assault them. If you have hand >tools, bring what you need...however I should have a smattering of my >own as well. I'll contact you and the rest of the guys towards the >middle of July to firm everything up.

Is anyone doing a valve check? I have a shim collection...

[Combat_Tourer]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Todd Kuss" wrote:

> Fellow listers: have seen a great deal of info on the doohickey.

Does anyone have a feel for whether or not overtightening the balancer adjustment mechanism plays a role. I have been around the list long enough to know that overtightening has been a real problem as well, but I can't recall if the details of that failure mode are the same.

> > Or, does the broken doohickey failure just happen, regardless of

how hard you ride, how often you change oil, how much beer you drink, whether or not you smoke, how much you exercise you get, how much red wine you drink with pasta dishes, etc.

> > > in other words can I protect myself from the evil malady of a

broken doohickey by ensuring I don't get it too tight?

> > > Hoping mine stands up a long time and won't break, regardless of

how tight it is . . .

> . . . and will keep things a bit loose just in case. >

From what I've read, this can do it too. I think overtightening could cause a brake at the torque point, but some of the failures seem to be due to shoddy quality control on Kawas part. I've got mine out now, waiting for a billet replacement from Jake. The unit was not tight at all, and I don't know for how long. It did not fail, but I'm certain the leverage that was supposed to be applied to the shaft (and wasn't) made for a very rough running motor. Side note, the weld on my oem doohicky is actually pretty good (compared to some of the pictures I've seen), but there is only about 3/8" remaining to adjust. Further, it is a very loose fit over the shaft.

> Todd > > A16 837 miles - should I check the valve shims? > 02ZR800efi

For what? If you mean should you check the clearances, the manual says the first check should be at 800km and the next and subsequent at 5000km and so on. I'd check 'em as a routine (first?) maintenance chore. Todd (Springfield, VA)

[Harry Charles Seifert, Jr.]

Looks like there are five of us for the tech weekend.....experts to newbies to old farts. Let's see a show of hands now Weekend of Aug 10 or Aug 17? There's been a suggestion of making this a KLR weekend...if that's what you want, let me know soon so I can see what's available in the way of lodging. Lunch on the Saturday is on Chucko at Romano's Restaurant (with a real live '67 trumpet and a newish 748 duc in the basement). for no extra charge he'll get 'em started up and make the floor vibrate. We'll have some expert guidance for all kinds of mods that I've looked at, damn safety interlocks, valve check, fun stuff. Let me know. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]