Would like your experience to help me get this off as smoothly and quickly as possible. Besides the usual bits, the nuts at the at the side and mirrors, what else needs to be undone to get it off? Some say the clocks in order to get at those two Philips screws? Yes or no?
Seems Yamaha can't or won't fix this issue that plagues many models old & new.
I've found the machining clearances within Blue Spot calipers to be excessive, allowing cold pad chatter, no improvement under thermal expansion as the pad to caliper tolerances are way to large, under riding condition the pads clatter around within the caliper giving a loud click upon brake application as the front pads rotate around the single pad pin & smash into the caliper, this excessive tolerance can also cause a noticeable brake judder, this gets even worse with age & use as the caliper wears.
Rear calipers also suffer from pad rattle, but to a lesser degree.
After some trial & error & testing various ideas, I've found a permanent cure.
It's a simple solution to a PITA rattle that can plague just about any bike caliper.
It involves fabrication of 4 front shims, it's not too difficult a job, just a bit time consuming.
Pad edges need a bit of fettling to square them up.
Parts required:
0.5mm stainless sheet.
Scriber or sharp pick tool.
Quality aviation style tin snips or a plasma cutter.
Selections of files.
Vernier.
Centre punch & hammer.
Drill / drill bits.
Sanding block.
400 grit wet n dry paper.
Vice.
Lots of patience.
Stool, it's a long winded job & your back will thank you for it.
Pics show end result of shims & modified rattle springs which can be a proper mare to install, 2 pad pins make it a simpler process, strong thumbs help no end. :thumbup
Does anyone want an FZS600 (2000) 'box eye' fairing in black, headlight unit, fairing brackets and mirrors (no bolts for any of these)? The fairing is black and in very good condition (the screen is rubbish!) the mirrors and brackets are great. The headlight is fine, it worked when I took it off.
Hello all. I'm new here although I've had my FZS600 for a few years. She's currently in several pieces awaiting an engine overhaul, clean up and re-paint, I'm in the process of making a solo seat, (hopefully using the original plastic seat base and some fibre glass) and a separate fibre glass seat hump. So a bit of minor sub-frame butchery has been going on. I've removed the fairing, favouring a single headlight, which led me to move the ignition switch so I can mount the stock clocks nearer the top yoke. A few other new bits going on too - Nitron Shock. EBC front discs, new brake lines, fazer 1000 rear brake caliper. It's a bit of a slow burner, hopefully she'll be in one piece very soon!
took my bike out the other day half a mile just stopped pushed home then it started again fuel pump works fine good sparks only thing i can think is recently replaced fuel filter i can see fuel going into filter but it never fills up completly is this right thanks in advance
:rolleyes Well here goes. Went to work yesteday and engine felt wee bit rough. Felt like chain needed tightening, but had been done previous week.
Finished work, fired bike up ,, no problems,, into first and off i go,, :eek :eek ,,,, felt like engine sprocket had came loose.
Very slow acceleration , noise still there going up gears. Cruising at 50 ish and felt ok.
Stop at junction,, oh no problems going down gears,, pulled away and felt like someting grinding,, only under pressure.
So far,, no play in rear wheel,, chain ok,, engine sprocket ok,, upgrade done on that some time ago. Tickover no noise. Goes through gears ok.
Thats as far as time will allow me till week end. Oh high millage on engine. And clutch done last year.
Any ideas very welcome. Wont get time now till sunday , but suggestion will be greatfull and followed.
Off to work, on four wheels :o :\ :\ .
oh,, couldnt tell which side noise coming from.
Hi foccers not posted for a while but I need some advice if possible, I've noticed of late when the bike is idling the clutch is silent, pull in the lever and it starts rattling ,something I have never had before any ideas ,cheers
***UPDATE***
Fuses had blown. Fixed that and engine fired up and ran, but was hunting. Stopped and then fuel has been dumped from carbs to the overflow. Carbs need cleaning again. [size=78%]Had a few problems with the bike after the carbs had been cleaned and engine was running well. This is the current state of play… [/size]
Switch ignition on, pumps fuel well and stops after a while (as it should). engine starts on the button but pump continue to pump even on tickover and doesn’t stop. If you cut or stall engine, the pump stops.
Any ideas on priority to check/ fix?
thanks in advance.
