Exhaust Studs

[Exupnut]

dark times @ chelmsford....thank fuck for smart torch :thumbup  the end of the day piccy...5 min after this the bike was purring like only a blue one can :car :photo

[Exupnut]

and what about the choke cable? was that new? :uhuh

[red98]

nice work chaps    and not the warmest day of the year.....just odds and sods to do now then ? 

[Chris]

It's so blue it's tainted your photo  :lol

Gald you guys got it back together and running good 

[GrahamB]

Well done that man. Very pleased for you. 

[Dead Eye]

So, we all know that i apparently lack any form of luck and once again this has been proven. I was going to go on my maiden voyage today but upon leaving it was instantly noticeable that the clutch wasn't engaging correctly. So i rode back home (only went about 1/4 of a mile) and stripped the clutch again. Find that i had two of the plates in the wrong order so put everything back and magically the clutch wouldn't engage at all. Tried adjusting the clutch cable constantly to no avail. So i got the old clutch cable back out and refitted it, but again no luck. Figured that maybe the springs weren't tight enough or something since they are only 10Nm as i was being careful. Went to tighten them and SNAP. The bit that the spring gets screwed into snapped from the clutch housing so my bike is buggered once again and I'm pretty pissed off with it. Almost at the point of breaking it and selling it for parts as nothing is going well at all.

[Chris]

Gutted Deadeye, such a shame when you've done so much already. Stick with it though buddy, it'll come good in the end and you'll appreciate it even more when it's running good  8)

[red98]

bugger,bugger,bugger  :'( :'( :'( after all that work  .....have a rest from it for a while,when you go back to it parhaps it wont be as bad 

[Exupnut]

When we put the clutch back together the last spacer we put was in proud by about half its width. U remember. Did we put in an extra spacer or friction plate by mistake? Shud a spacer go in first and last therefore enclosing all the friction plates?

[Chris]

There was a good video on youtube of a guy replacing a fazer clutch, he went through what order they should all go in. Hope that helps...

Edit: found it - Fazer Clutch Replacement

[packie]

Stick with it, mate. I was in that frame of mind at Xmas. Was going to sell my bike off to the breakers and take a serious hit finanially. But I stuck with it and things have gone right over the last month or two. Outside a new front sprocket nut, I have had about 1,000 trouble free miles now over the last 5-6 weeks. This was the list of problems I had in the space of about 6 weeks which costed quite a few bob to sort out.........

• I had an electrical problem at take off that threw me from the bike the first time it kicked in. Took a while to find where it was coming from and sort.
  
• Then my camchain was knackered & the previous owner welded a blob of metal onto the tensioner to take up the slack so I had to buy a tensioner as well. Costed about £200
  
• Then one of my fork legs needed to be replaced. Costed £75
  
• My front & rear discs had to be replaced as I didn't bring a gauge to measure them when I bought the bike. Of course, I had to get new pads too to run with the new discs. Costed about £400
  
• My back break calliper was half knackered and I spotted a "thou" one and bought that. Costed £50
  
• My back master cylinder was also butchered and replaced that and in the process, I cracked the mounting footrest plate and had to replace that. Costed £60
  
• I have tight spots on the chain that i'm not happy about and bought a new chain and spocket set. I then discovered I have been riding with no sprocket nut for the last few months!! Costed £100
  
• While I was at it, I treated myself to a K&N filter and a new slip on can. Costed £150
  

On the positive side, I made a huge contribution to the UK enconomy to get it back on its feet!!  :wall

[red98]

thanks for keeping the enconomy going PACKIE  :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin ... DEADEYE, if it makes you feel better go back and read my stuttering thread , still not fixed  :o :o :o ......had many happy miles on this bike so i know its worth it......come the better weather and with a few outings with the london foccers under your tyres you`ll be able to look back at these dark days and have a chuckle to yourself...well worth the pain and effort 

[Dead Eye]

@Exupnut - We had the right number of plates, just the there is a special friction plate with a larger internal diameter that slips of the judder spring - this was in the wrong order which is what caused that last plate to stick out further than it should have. I also sorted out that Choke issue as well

@Chris - Yep, used that video as a guide myself as I have it bookmarked. He failed to mention the special internal diameter friction plate though.

@Packie - Yeah... I have no intention of spending that much money My bank account is still suffering from buying the bike to start with. Going to buy the new parts which should be sub £100 in total *fingers crossed* In reality, the thoughts of breaking it and selling it were just because I was rather annoyed. I needed the bike to do a journey to Bristol this weekend so instead its going to cost me twice as much in fuel with the cage which is also acting up

@red98 - I don't think I could have survived what you've been through on that 600, BUT, having said that, you do have the thou to keep you entertained in the meantime. I on the other hand am still off of two wheels

[red98]

had i not had the thou i think i would have sorted it by now  ......do miss the 600 though......thinking the 6 is better than the thou  :rolleyes :rolleyes :rolleyes

[Dead Eye]

Grr, if only deliveries were instantaneous

Its just soooo frustrating needing a part or a tool or something but having to wait for snail mail and typically it nearly always arrives on a Monday or Tuesday so you have to wait until the following SATURDAY before you get any bloody time to work on it. Then you find something else is wrong and need to wait for mail again etc etc... Drives me foccin insane! End up just sitting around twiddling my thumbs thinking of all the wasted time...

[Exupnut]

had i not had the thou i think i would have sorted it by now  ......do miss the 600 though......thinking the 6 is better than the thou  :rolleyes :rolleyes :rolleyes

Definately more usesble but ouch!! That was a mortal blow 

[red98]

yeh i know,,,,,,,,sorry all you thou owners  :o

[red98]

hi DEADEYE,how you getting on with the fazer 

[Dead Eye]

Still waiting on snail mail to actually show up... hopefully it will arrive today and then I may get a chance to tinker with it later on. Hell, if work is quiet I may even be able to go for a ride in the sun!  :eek

[Dead Eye]

Right, so the part FINALLY arrived today and I got everything re-assembled and now the clutch feels better from the handle BUT the engine won't start...

Turns over fine, but I reckon the battery is going to give up soon as its had to start the bike several times when it has been reluctant (especially after the engine was put back in to the frame). Is it possible to jump a motorcycle like you would with a car, using jump leads? My electrical knowledge is limited but to me a car battery seems like a stronger, higher capacity 12V source so... obviously I'd rather not blow up the battery though as that would probably reduce me to a blubbering wreck at that stage...

I do have a charger, BUT that's more time to waste if its actually something else. Checked the fuel tap just to be sure and its getting a spark. It coughs a little on the first attempt after leaving it for 5 mins but then just refuses.