R1150GSA Gearbox
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I'll be back after The Archer's. 
Well, I now have one of these again...
It's mostly back together sans panniers & topbox, and mudsling because I still need to replace the final drive input seal & thrust ring and, I'm going to replace the output bearing because I've been keeping one and have decided to use it.
Today's test ride up the hill and around the block a few times proved to be successful, and I even managed to get up to 6th gear on every lap and back down again without any noticeable problems.
Upon arrival home I had a good look at all of the places where an oil leak may occur and found none, so that was good.
Further to this I had to have a look at the gearbox breather output and a second glance at the gearbox oil level because upon refilling it took over 1.3L of CarLubes finest Ep something or other: According to the Paynes manual it should be 1L after a rebuild.
Anyway, there were no leaks and the level was up to the lip of the filler hole. 
With this encouraging result I decided to give it a bit of thrust (I used welly at first and decided to check the spelling of this colloquialism but, have you seen what Googleing welly urban dictionary creates?) to
to top up the bar and cigars, which have been severly compromised of late. I had a faultless journey there and back barring the caution of the frosty roads where the sun didn't shine. 
Again, upon arrival home, I checked for oil leaks around the gearbox and final drive and found no problems so decided to have a spot of late tiffin...
There's no point in going indoors when I'm enjoying myself so much...
During the remains of last night's takeaway I decided I was confident that I could put the bike back together, as seen above, and that today's ride was all I could do prior to a more rigorous test of mileage and terrain.
My gearbox has never felt better and is as slick as a GSXR600 with a reverse pattern...
Between all of the conundrums of dealing with the gearbox I have given the bike a 72K mile service. The bike's now on 72.2K miles, or thereabouts, and has had its' fuel filter parts and alternator belt replaced and therefore has been serviced.
It also had its' rear brake pads, crankcase breather hose, clutch pushrod, swinging arm bearings, paralever bearings, drive shaft, rear brake springs and numerous O-rings, seals, bushes and bolts replaced. The front brakes could do with a bit of TLC though...
Tomorrow....
There was also the addition of ACF50 everywhere whilst each component was moved or handled: Is it me or does it smell of stale piss when hot?
When I get my 36mm deep socket for my final drive I should hopefully be done for a while but otherwise, I'm off for a ride to N.Wales tomorrow.
It's mostly back together sans panniers & topbox, and mudsling because I still need to replace the final drive input seal & thrust ring and, I'm going to replace the output bearing because I've been keeping one and have decided to use it.
Today's test ride up the hill and around the block a few times proved to be successful, and I even managed to get up to 6th gear on every lap and back down again without any noticeable problems.
Upon arrival home I had a good look at all of the places where an oil leak may occur and found none, so that was good.
Further to this I had to have a look at the gearbox breather output and a second glance at the gearbox oil level because upon refilling it took over 1.3L of CarLubes finest Ep something or other: According to the Paynes manual it should be 1L after a rebuild.
Anyway, there were no leaks and the level was up to the lip of the filler hole. With this encouraging result I decided to give it a bit of thrust (I used welly at first and decided to check the spelling of this colloquialism but, have you seen what Googleing welly urban dictionary creates?) to
to top up the bar and cigars, which have been severly compromised of late. I had a faultless journey there and back barring the caution of the frosty roads where the sun didn't shine. Again, upon arrival home, I checked for oil leaks around the gearbox and final drive and found no problems so decided to have a spot of late tiffin...
There's no point in going indoors when I'm enjoying myself so much...
During the remains of last night's takeaway I decided I was confident that I could put the bike back together, as seen above, and that today's ride was all I could do prior to a more rigorous test of mileage and terrain.
My gearbox has never felt better and is as slick as a GSXR600 with a reverse pattern...
Between all of the conundrums of dealing with the gearbox I have given the bike a 72K mile service. The bike's now on 72.2K miles, or thereabouts, and has had its' fuel filter parts and alternator belt replaced and therefore has been serviced.
It also had its' rear brake pads, crankcase breather hose, clutch pushrod, swinging arm bearings, paralever bearings, drive shaft, rear brake springs and numerous O-rings, seals, bushes and bolts replaced. The front brakes could do with a bit of TLC though...
Tomorrow....There was also the addition of ACF50 everywhere whilst each component was moved or handled: Is it me or does it smell of stale piss when hot?
When I get my 36mm deep socket for my final drive I should hopefully be done for a while but otherwise, I'm off for a ride to N.Wales tomorrow.
Well done Ditchy.....
So the GS lives and looks well......is it all set and ready for le voyage?
So the GS lives and looks well......is it all set and ready for le voyage?
is it all set and ready for le voyage?
Thanks, the gearbox is okay but I broke the bike again a couple of weeks ago whilst off-roading in the Peaks and there's still work to be done.
I'm looking for another bike for fun and I'll leave this one for trips and commutes.
Great thread ta.
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