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Bikes, Hints'n'Tips => FZS600 Fazer => Topic started by: butthead on 03 November 2022, 05:36:03 pm

Title: does the fox eye fzs suffer with the sprocket issue ?
Post by: butthead on 03 November 2022, 05:36:03 pm

hi guys as the title asks , we know the mk1 has the drive sprocket issue or rather the drive shaft IS the issue, was this rectified by mk 2 foxeye or did this continue into this bike too ?
another question are  the boxeye and foxeye  seat the same ? fundamentally i think one was thicker ? but would the boxeye seat fit on the foxeye frame ?  thank you.

Title: Re: does the fox eye fzs suffer with the sprocket issue ?
Post by: BBROWN1664 on 03 November 2022, 07:09:51 pm

It can happen on any of the FZS with the smaller nut

Title: Re: does the fox eye fzs suffer with the sprocket issue ?
Post by: butthead on 03 November 2022, 08:47:57 pm

so they changed nothing output shaft wise between mk1 &2 then ?

Title: Re: does the fox eye fzs suffer with the sprocket issue ?
Post by: unfazed on 03 November 2022, 09:31:57 pm

It was less of an issue on the Boxeye, but effects all the 600 and the FZ6Nut rarely fell off completely on the 98,99 models as they had a damper and plate in the sprocket cover which stopped it. Late 2000 to 2003 did not have this damper and plate.
All fazer 600 seats are interchangeable, but the later ones from 2000 to 2003 had more foam in the seat making it more comfortable

Title: Re: does the fox eye fzs suffer with the sprocket issue ?
Post by: butthead on 04 November 2022, 04:51:35 pm

thanks , amazing that they didnt address the known issue in model changes , but i guess it was mostly a cosmetical change but even so it only required a mod on the output shaft , crazy. 
has anyone been successful in drilling the end of the output shaft , tapping a thread for a bolt and spacer , if the threads on the shaft are too far stripped to hold the nut  ?

Title: Re: does the fox eye fzs suffer with the sprocket issue ?
Post by: unfazed on 04 November 2022, 11:37:06 pm

Yes, I did, but also put a circlip in there. It is all up in the Downloads section under  "how I fixed my Sprocket problem"
https://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=43

Title: Re: does the fox eye fzs suffer with the sprocket issue ?
Post by: midden on 07 November 2022, 05:35:51 am

Quote from: unfazed on 03 November 2022, 09:31:57 pm

It was less of an issue on the Boxeye, but effects all the 600 and the FZ6Nut rarely fell off completely on the 98,99 models as they had a damper and plate in the sprocket cover which stopped it. Late 2000 to 2003 did not have this damper and plate.
All fazer 600 seats are interchangeable, but the later ones from 2000 to 2003 had more foam in the seat making it more comfortable

So is the added thickness on of the nut purely to prevent it coming fully off, it can still come undone?

Title: Re: does the fox eye fzs suffer with the sprocket issue ?
Post by: unfazed on 07 November 2022, 08:14:24 am

No, the added thickness was to allow for greater torque and the torque went from 70 to 85Nm.
Unfortunately if the threads had been damaged it may not be possible to reach 70Nm never mind 85Nm.
This was the situation I had encountered with mine.