well it had to happen at some point

[chad]

ive been thinking about doing this check on my GSA

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159180 thanks for the great info neil

but unfortunately the bike decided to beat me to it , as stated in neils thread above the bearing cage broke up and pushed the output seal out that started a leak but this was the only thing that alerted me to the problem

as neil stated in his thread there was no noise and the wheel was running freely

my bikes on 19k and when i did the 18k service the oil gave no indication of the problems to come.

so take steptoes advice peeps and do this relatively cheap check

bits are now ordered from motorworks and if the arrive friday im in the garage for the evening

 

[Stewart H]

I wonder if I ought to buy a bearing and seal to carry as a lucky talisman ?

Stewart

 

[Fanum]

I wonder if I ought to buy a bearing and seal to carry as a lucky talisman ?

Stewart

No, but as a sensible spare, yes......it'll guarantee your bearing will never fail, at the very least!!

 

[chad]

No, but as a sensible spare, yes......it'll guarantee your bearing will never fail, at the very least!!

so true

 

[ChrisH Kerry]

.....it'll guarantee your bearing will never fail, at the very least!!

so... isn't that the same as a Lucky Talisman?

 

[Fanum]

so... isn't that the same as a Lucky Talisman?

No......

Sensible spares are carried by prudent people who know that something may fail and have no bearance on their luck or fate.

Lucky talismen are carried by quasi religious twats who fool themselves that their imaginary friend is going to save them, or those who haven't quite grown up enough to leave their security blanky behind

There's a fairly obvious distinction, and any reference to do with guarantees on future failures were purely ironic.

Sorry, have I lost my S.O.H again?

 

[ChrisH Kerry]

Oh well, guess I'll just stick to the old Rub of the Relic.... it's worked so far

 

[chad]

stripped and ready for re-fit..........thats the bike not me

 

[Voyager]

I wonder if I ought to buy a bearing and seal to carry as a sensible spare ?

Stewart

I do

Plus a Hall Sensor, Alternator belt and an oil sight glass.

Never needed to change any of them at the roadside (yet)


Bob.

 

[(RIP) maverick]

stripped and ready for re-fit..........thats the bike not me

Must get image out of my head......

Glad we got that bearing off mate and only had to use a small hammer to do so

 

[MattW]

Thanks for the reminder Chad - hope the bearing change goes well . My next purchase from Motorworks will include a big bearing seal.

In fact I might get the FD bearing too - my set of 'on-bike sensible spares for big trips' only includes a clutch release arm and a paralever bearing at the moment

 

[Stewart H]

Right, so the list is:
Big bearing and seal
Clutch arm
Hall sensor
Clutch cable
and....................

Stewart

 

[MattW]

Right, so the list is:
Big bearing and seal
Clutch arm
Hall sensor
Clutch cable
and....................

Stewart

We've already been through this. Dont forget the ....

Spare gearbox strapped to the beak

 

[Uinneag]

Sorry, have I lost my S.O.H again?

Let us know if ye ever find it

I've trawled through almost 25k of posts and yet to find one


Ton's in the replies mind

 

[chad]

Let us know if ye ever find it

I've trawled through almost 25k of posts and yet to find one


Ton's in the replies mind

jonny that wee angus is feckin ace

 

[Annette]

Right, so the list is:
Big bearing and seal
Clutch arm
Hall sensor
Clutch cable
and....................

Stewart

CHAD. That's all I need for my bike , and I don't even need to strap on the back as he has his own transport

He's just done a full service, fitted new handgrips and changed all the throttle cable system. My bike is like new and all for the cost of.........................................
coffee and bacon sandwiches

Chad you're such an angel. The old girl is running like a new bike

 

[chad]

CHAD. That's all I need for my bike , and I don't even need to strap on the back as he has his own transport

He's just done a full service, fitted new handgrips and changed all the throttle cable system. My bike is like new and all for the cost of.........................................
coffee and bacon sandwiches

Chad you're such an angel. The old girl is running like a new bike

good good now the next job is to pop that seal and check your bearing so get one orderd

 

[chad]

and so we are now back together

from this (please excuse the moody black n white photos)

to this

with a bit of freezing and cooking between

and many thanks to fanum for the offer of assistancetop man

and thanks to maveric for his help and the use of his bearing pullers

im off out for a ride now

 

[MattW]

and so we are now back together

...

im off out for a ride now

Cool

I like the B&W piccies - gives it that 'film noir' look

 

[chad]

back now and the bike seems smoother just a gentle ride to bed everything in alls good im my world again