Evening all, now we know that a 'tight gator' is a kind of crocodile that doesn't like spending money. However, a 'tight gaiter' is a piece of rubber that Motorworks send you in the casual hope that you can fit it on to the swing arm of an R 100GS motorcycle. This is very difficult to do. After two days being stretched over a piece of wood and then warmed slightly with a hair dryer the offending item did in fact slip on, helped with a dab of grease. When it comes to re-assemblying the swing arm and bevel box Haynes and Clymer both seem to proffer the most confusing rubbish about which threads to lubricate and with what. Lubriate the pivot plug and bearing, do the outer race not the inner race, and so on. But do not grease the clever plug on the rear left-hand side, as this has to be loctited up. I know this, as I had to purchase a 3-foot breaker bar with a half-inch socket fitting and a 12 mm hex spanner to get the thing undone. Why does this wee plug need loctite and the others do not?
As for re-assembly, I shall simply be applying molybdenum grease to anything that seems likely to move (apart from the loctite one), then smear my wonderful Liqui Moly LM 47 Wunderfett on to the driveshaft/bevel box interface splines. At least this bit makes sense, as this essentially is the heart of the bike.
Also the wheels need cleaning big time, maybe even re-spoking, rim polishing and all that stuff. But where!
Will it never end?
dave
As for re-assembly, I shall simply be applying molybdenum grease to anything that seems likely to move (apart from the loctite one), then smear my wonderful Liqui Moly LM 47 Wunderfett on to the driveshaft/bevel box interface splines. At least this bit makes sense, as this essentially is the heart of the bike.
Also the wheels need cleaning big time, maybe even re-spoking, rim polishing and all that stuff. But where!
Will it never end?
dave