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10-2-2017 XB12X fuel pump, tensioner, clutch

22-2-2017 - What did we do today 10-2-2017 Buell XB12X inspection fuel pump and belt tensioner service , another XB12X clutch cable fix

at first you think it is a 06 model... but this is a 2008 XB12X in for check up and fuel pump replacement — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

as the customer needed to use a heavier fuse as the normal one kept burning ( fuel pump draws to uch current ) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

but first intake leak test ... still good — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

so while the oil is draining , removing the covers... missing screw spotted — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mnnn will fix this pully cover has not been given enough space for the belt tensioner .. and has been rubbing on the idler pully — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

with the spring loaded tensioner, this is about where you want to cut the clearance in the cover — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rusty... yep they do.... the stock exhaust are made off low carbon steel and will corrode — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

gearbox drain plug... very little debris... carefull rider :- ) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

see if i can save the clutch cable — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

belt is starting to wear ( note the markings between the theet ) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

gearbox oil back in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

replacing the oil filter — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

brake pads need replacement — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear axle needed the trusty breaker bar — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

i hear the belt tensioner squeel when it moves.. i will take it off and clean / relube — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

bearings are soso... the feel loose , best to not take changes .. replaced these when in dought — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

mnn the tensiner is spacered , but not enough. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

as the arm still hit the exhaust bracket — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ok take this apart... you can remove 1 screw — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and take the bolt with spring out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and it comes apart — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

there is a bearing bushing in the middle mount — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

but a little grease to the sides will help.. as this one has been rubbing — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and the spring broke off 1 winding — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

so little cleaning... note how smal the movement is limited ( the oval slot ) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cleaned relubed and new spring — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

put loctite on the screw and tension it slowly, and fee the movement ( to tight and it will stick ) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cleaned the studs from corrrosion.. and she can go back on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

filling oil../ something touratech ( lugage rack ) did not really think off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

now fuel pump. airbox removed , and fuel line disconnect and i connected my drain hose to it — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

go to testing mode... and test cycle the fuel pump untill it is empty — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

swing arm axle pinch bolt loose — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and axle loose , so the swingarm can be pulled a little to the right — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

left foot peg bracket off — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

disconnect the fuel pump connector — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and remove the fuel line — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the 4 bolts out the fuel pump cover, you can use 1 in the middle to pull the pump out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

slowly, and note it will still spill some fuell — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear shock bolt out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

so the pump will clear the swing arm and you don't damage it — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the c-clip on the rod needs to come off to pull off the regulator housing — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

we are going to replace the regulator and filter to on this one.. remove the white lock ring — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and genlty pull out the regulator — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

old pump out the holder — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fuel filter out.. note these have a flow direction — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new pump, new filter , seals on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and pump filter back on the pump base — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

o-rings on the new regulator — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and lock ring in place — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

press the regulator housing down... and push the c-clip in one off the slots — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ground screw back in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the old o-ring are so swolen they will never go back in .. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new o-rings and little mounting silicone grease — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and pump back in , pull it in evenly with the 4 mounting screws — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and pump back in , pull it in evenly with the 4 mounting screws — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

some protection used when the swingarm was resting on the exhaust tip — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

axle back in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and set to 66 NM — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and tighten the pinch bolt — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

shock mounted back — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

new bearings... and wheel can go back in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

tensioner mounted... no more squiky noise — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

ok next job... rear brake — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

as it is wearing a little uneven i will take out the slide pin and clean it — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the boot is sti;; good — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cleaned out he hole, and press in new grease , press the pin in a few times to spread the grease — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fresh pads on... — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

footpeg bracket back on... the fuel breather line runs in the hole — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

usualy eayer to first put the lugage rack screw in and than thighten the 3 mount screws — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front plug out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

some rubbing marks... still ok — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the connectors where very deep in the plug boot... and felt like they where not clicked "on" — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

rear plug out swivel and extention is needed — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

pull the plug connectors out the boot, — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

so you can see your clicking theme on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

than pull the boot down and turn it inwards to it is not running to any wires — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

the exhaust solinoid has a historical error... we desided to turn the valve open and disable the soliniod in the ecm , as i really don't feel like to remove a very rusty exhaust.. i cobble up something to the valve stays open — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

right front side check — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

needs new pads — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

so loosen the pad holding pin while the caliper bolts are still in — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

very hard to mis 2008 -up uly front fork — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

wheel bearings feel also loose , i will replace these to — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

you can rattle theme.. — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

wheel back in and fresh brake pads on — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

front brakes feels cruncy when you pull it , sign old hard grease on the point where the piston toughes the lever — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

use heat to loosen the loctite before you even try to loosen the windguard screws , if they have never been out — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

dry pivot — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

little cleaning and some resh silicone grease , so much differance in feel — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

fresh brake fluid front — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and rear — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

some new spare fuses in the box.. and replace the 15 a for the normal 10 A for the fuel pump — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

uly with rack... check the seat spar bolts ones in a while — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

battery connections check — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

disabeling the exhaust servo — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and uncheck the error light for it — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

warming up the bike for oil level check — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and testing heated grips — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

left one — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

right one working a little uneven — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

checking oil level — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and test ride :-) she is ready to travel over the Alps again — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

thorn in my eye.. for some time... leaking clutch cable — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

on a very nice Uly ;-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

it has been some time the last time i used this bike.. but there is still watter in the adjuster booth that was cracked — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

to have better acces... i remove the brace — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

problem when they leak.. the outer cable is no longer connected to the metal fitting , i could turn this by hand.. the cable over all is not bad... no wires breaking, so worth a repair — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

clean and relube the outer adjuster — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

heat shrinking the repair tube over it , the glue in side is heat activated — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

cable and back in the lever — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.

and she will not leak any more :-) — bij Twin Motorcycles Buell Support forever.