Swing Arm & Drive Shaft Maintenance - *Pics* UPDATED 2-22-07 - Page 2

*Tod* · 03-05-2006

Doesn't matter, I look better'n either of em in a skirt.

**Spok** · 03-05-2006

Look at the dude in the back left looking at them...priceless

jollyrogr · 03-05-2006

you took all that apart just to put grease in the bearing?? I guess if it was me I'd have put a new bearing in there even if the old one didn't look bad.

**Spok** · 03-05-2006

yep, thats what the book says. inspect, if they look good, go with it.

jollyrogr · 03-05-2006

Okie dokie. Just think it sounds like a lot of work not to replace a 14 dollar part. I'm not gonna worry though, cause if yours looks good at 18k miles, I've got a long ways to go before it would need service.

btw - nice job on the pics and instructions. Real easy to follow and understand

**Spok** · 03-05-2006

It was a $2 o-ring that doomed the space shuttle

**2WheelFun** · 03-05-2006

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Originally Posted by spok

It was a $2 o-ring that doomed the space shuttle

Did you work on the space shuttle?

**Spok** · 03-05-2006

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Originally Posted by whistle clean

Did you work on the space shuttle?

thankfully no

**2WheelFun** · 03-05-2006

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Originally Posted by spok

thankfully no

WHEW!!! LOL

1400pilot · 03-05-2006

great job Dave........very informative!! thanks for posting this up

**Spok** · 03-05-2006

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Originally Posted by whistle clean

WHEW!!! LOL

if Gadget makes a spaceshuttle page, I'll consider it

woodchucks800 · 03-05-2006

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Originally Posted by whistle clean

Did you work on the space shuttle?

Luckly he didn't ,but he did tell me he was capable and has worked on helicopter props while in flight! (damn he's good) So he's getting better.

**2WheelFun** · 03-05-2006

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Originally Posted by spok

if Gadget makes a spaceshuttle page, I'll consider it

Don't be so modest. I've seen your 1500 fly on highway 12.

**2WheelFun** · 03-05-2006

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Originally Posted by woodchucks800

Luckly he didn't ,but he did tell me he was capable and has worked on helicopter props while in flight! (damn he's good) So he's getting better.

LMAO!!!!!!!

That's material for the three stooges.

**Spok** · 03-05-2006

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Originally Posted by woodchucks800

Luckly he didn't ,but he did tell me he was capable and has worked on helicopter props while in flight! (damn he's good) So he's getting better.

how do you think I got this haircut?

woodchucks800 · 03-05-2006

I'm glad to see you were'nt to concerned with whether or not you could handle the job at hand (and it went without a problem) It's always nice to see some of the members try and succeed at doing mechanical work on there ride( it may not be the same as riding but it comes close)plus you saved enough to buy the wife some cruiser's for her ride! The one that can benefit from this is your son because atleast he'll know the type's of things to look for in the future when he has problems with his own auto or bike. They don't teach much about mechanic's in school anymore(and thats too bad) I can remember back in high school with the old muscle cars changing clutches and motors out along with rebuilding motors and even doing valve jobs to the heads( even learning to regrind the valves to seat better) it was some of the best times I had in school. You won't become a pro from doing it ,but atleast you'll know how a motor or transmission works and why it does what it does.

**2WheelFun** · 03-05-2006

I don't see anything wrong wit that pic. LOL

**Spok** · 03-05-2006

woody, my brother and i were helpers to my dad when he rebuilt all his cars prior to my folks split. the last was a '53 chevy pickup truck, I remember regrinding the valves to make em seat better and also haveing to hone off the lip edge from the cylinder bores too.

I agree about teaching my son, we had a good time, and i'm reconsidering working on ol red again and getting it as a father son project.

**Spok** · 03-05-2006

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Originally Posted by whistle clean

I don't see anything wrong wit that pic. LOL

no, you wouldn't would you

**2WheelFun** · 03-05-2006

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Originally Posted by spok

no, you wouldn't would you

I have a hat you can wear.

03-05-2006	#21 (permalink)
Tod Speed Learner Extreme Forum Supporter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Round Rock, TX Posts: 19,734	Doesn't matter, I look better'n either of em in a skirt. __________________ “Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.” - Cullen Hightower

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jollyrogr Refrigerator Magnet Test Engineer BTK Expert Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: northwest Iowa Posts: 454	you took all that apart just to put grease in the bearing?? I guess if it was me I'd have put a new bearing in there even if the old one didn't look bad. __________________ BLACK 2K6 MEANSTREAK R.I.P. 2K4 MEANSTREAK

03-05-2006	#24 (permalink)
Spok Whatever Extreme Forum Supporter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mount Vernon, Washington Posts: 33,812	yep, thats what the book says. inspect, if they look good, go with it. __________________ 2005 V2k Beartooth Kawasaki for all your needs 1-800-556-3098

03-05-2006	#25 (permalink)
jollyrogr Refrigerator Magnet Test Engineer BTK Expert Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: northwest Iowa Posts: 454	Okie dokie. Just think it sounds like a lot of work not to replace a 14 dollar part. I'm not gonna worry though, cause if yours looks good at 18k miles, I've got a long ways to go before it would need service. btw - nice job on the pics and instructions. Real easy to follow and understand __________________ BLACK 2K6 MEANSTREAK R.I.P. 2K4 MEANSTREAK

03-05-2006	#26 (permalink)
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1400pilot UBER CLUB MEMBER #2 Forum Supporter Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Holdrege, Nebraska Posts: 13,780	great job Dave........very informative!! thanks for posting this up __________________ Click for a map of the states I've ridden in 08 ZG1400 Concours 06 KDX200 04KX65

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woodchucks800 Go Hogs!! BTK Expert Join Date: May 2004 Location: Garfield,Arkansas Posts: 4,645	I'm glad to see you were'nt to concerned with whether or not you could handle the job at hand (and it went without a problem) It's always nice to see some of the members try and succeed at doing mechanical work on there ride( it may not be the same as riding but it comes close)plus you saved enough to buy the wife some cruiser's for her ride! The one that can benefit from this is your son because atleast he'll know the type's of things to look for in the future when he has problems with his own auto or bike. They don't teach much about mechanic's in school anymore(and thats too bad) I can remember back in high school with the old muscle cars changing clutches and motors out along with rebuilding motors and even doing valve jobs to the heads( even learning to regrind the valves to seat better) it was some of the best times I had in school. You won't become a pro from doing it ,but atleast you'll know how a motor or transmission works and why it does what it does.

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2WheelFun the "fun old" guy Extreme Forum Supporter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Albion, Washington "Pacific Northwest" Posts: 30,211	I don't see anything wrong wit that pic. LOL __________________ *KING KAHUNA* *2007 V2K LT* ****PICS** 2007 Brute Force 650i **PICS** I love the smell of SeaFoam in the morning**

03-05-2006	#38 (permalink)
Spok Whatever Extreme Forum Supporter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mount Vernon, Washington Posts: 33,812	woody, my brother and i were helpers to my dad when he rebuilt all his cars prior to my folks split. the last was a '53 chevy pickup truck, I remember regrinding the valves to make em seat better and also haveing to hone off the lip edge from the cylinder bores too. I agree about teaching my son, we had a good time, and i'm reconsidering working on ol red again and getting it as a father son project. __________________ 2005 V2k Beartooth Kawasaki for all your needs 1-800-556-3098