Old Git Ray wrote:Oh, a couple more things, when you take the rear wheel off to do the axle, also pull the shaft out and grease the shaft. Again, no grease and although it is just steel bar in a box, it also has no grease on it and rusts badly.
It is easy to do, just undo the 4 chrome nuts next to the final drive unit and pull it out. Grease up and replace.
On rear wheel replacement, it is a pig to get in place, to help with this, push the axle in from the other side and slide the wheel into place along it. Then pull the axle out whilst holding the wheel in place and insert the rest in as normal. Stops a lot of swearing and rapped knuckles. And dont forget to get the ABS ring back in the correct place. It is keyed to stop it spinning.
If you are brave, the steering axle needs grease too but the torque method for doing it up is complicated and unless you are a spanner man, best left to a workshop. It needs a special tool to fit between the castelated nut and the torque wrench and needs doing twice at different pressures. (First to 52Nm, then loosened and then again to 18Nm.)
Another thing that is a good idea, but a bit unsightly is to put fork socks on. The chrome tubes are a bit exposed on this bike and the seals can die early, especially if used off road. I have 50k on mine with about 10k of that being off road and I am still on my first set.
Blimey! do they grease anything?
hmy: :dry: :laugh: ... I am not any kind of spanner man seriously, fingers like bananas! ... I will have to speak to the dealer and see if they will sort this
