klr rear wheel

[frankconley]

This weekend I wasted a perfectly beautiful riding day and broke a socket wrench performing the swingarm maintenance per Mark St. Hilare's guide. (The bolt that did the wrench in was the super-long one that's under the gray caps.) Also feeling pretty sore today and have plenty of bruises and cuts to prove that the job is actually finished. (Musta done it wrong, though, because I didn't have any parts left over . . . .) Question: since the bolts get torqued pretty seriously, and were certainly a royal b*tch to get off, should the threads be greased on reassembly? If it is okay to grease them, can one still add in some locktite? Or does the grease not react well with the locktite? Question 2: Before putting the bolt at the bottom of the shock back on, I recalled someone here posting that this was a great time to check chain tension. So I bottomed out the rear tire and checked the chain. It had very little play in it all, but had enough that I felt like it wasn't going to do anything bad to the countershaft. Nevertheless, I thought I'd loosen the chain a bit. I haven't adjusted the chain on the KLR before (or on any bike). I figured out that tightening the adjustment nuts tightens the chain. However, loosening the chain is not intuitive. I loosened the nuts and then attempted to get the rear wheel to push forward. (Bike was on a lift.) When pushing didn't do anything, I recalled seeing Zack kick the living sh*t out his rear wheel while reassembling after putting on a new tire at NOAB. (Not sure if he was working on the bike or just pissed at it, though.) Figured I'd try that as well. Didn't seem to move anything. What am I doing wrong?

[Ron Crandell]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "frankconley" wrote:

> This weekend I wasted a perfectly beautiful riding day and broke a > socket wrench performing the swingarm maintenance per Mark St. > Hilare's guide. (The bolt that did the wrench in was the super-

long

> one that's under the gray caps.) Also feeling pretty sore today

and

> have plenty of bruises and cuts to prove that the job is actually > finished. (Musta done it wrong, though, because I didn't have any > parts left over . . . .) > > Question: since the bolts get torqued pretty seriously, and were > certainly a royal b*tch to get off, should the threads be greased

on

> reassembly? If it is okay to grease them, can one still add in

some

> locktite? Or does the grease not react well with the locktite? > > Question 2: Before putting the bolt at the bottom of the shock back > on, I recalled someone here posting that this was a great time to > check chain tension. So I bottomed out the rear tire and checked

the

> chain. It had very little play in it all, but had enough that I

felt

> like it wasn't going to do anything bad to the countershaft. > > Nevertheless, I thought I'd loosen the chain a bit. I haven't > adjusted the chain on the KLR before (or on any bike). I figured

out

> that tightening the adjustment nuts tightens the chain. However, > loosening the chain is not intuitive. I loosened the nuts and then > attempted to get the rear wheel to push forward. (Bike was on a > lift.) When pushing didn't do anything, I recalled seeing Zack

kick

> the living sh*t out his rear wheel while reassembling after putting > on a new tire at NOAB. (Not sure if he was working on the bike or > just pissed at it, though.) Figured I'd try that as well. Didn't > seem to move anything. What am I doing wrong?

I assume that you have the axle loosened up? Ron in MN (always look for the easy solution first..)

[Lujo Bauer]

> Nevertheless, I thought I'd loosen the chain a bit. I haven't > adjusted the chain on the KLR before (or on any bike). I figured out > that tightening the adjustment nuts tightens the chain. However, > loosening the chain is not intuitive. I loosened the nuts and then > attempted to get the rear wheel to push forward. (Bike was on a > lift.) When pushing didn't do anything, I recalled seeing Zack kick > the living sh*t out his rear wheel while reassembling after putting > on a new tire at NOAB. (Not sure if he was working on the bike or > just pissed at it, though.) Figured I'd try that as well. Didn't > seem to move anything. What am I doing wrong?

If you put something soft (like a branch) between the rear sprocket and the chain, then rotating the rear wheel so that the object gets more lodged between the chain and sprocket will pull the rear axle forward. -Lujo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[kdsipi]

I am looking for a complete rear wheel assembly for a 04 KLR. I am told that a 92 thru 04 will work. The size is M17X2.50 Email me if you have the item or a might know a salvage yard that may have one.