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31-7-2014 X1 service and steering head bearings.

1-8-2014 - Buell X1 service and some repairs.

Beautiful X1 from a customer from Belgium for service and some repairs.

 

X1 Service, exhaust end cap is hanging on a string.

 

X1 Service,, drain oil and gearbox , after removing the exhaust.

 

X1 Service, before you turn in the clutch adjuster some penetrating oil and neverseas.

 

X1 Service, gearbox oil back to level and cltuch adjusted,

 

X1 Service, old spark plugs out, will put in a grade colder ( 7 was in ) 

 

X1 Service, oil filter change, and clean up the mess.

 

X1 Service, loosening the shift lever to open the inspection cover.

 

X1 Service, and checking the primairy chain tension.

 

X1 Service, new plugs in.

 

X1 Service, checking the belt, this one is still the first one ( 55000 km on it ).

 

X1 Service, little mishap, bike dropped on the foot peg bending it, i'm afraid it will crack when i try to bend it back, so i leave this for now.

 

X1 Service, No rear brake fluid in the reservoir ? brake did work, but the reservoir was dry / empty.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, front strip down , fender off .

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, wheel axle out .

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, it helps a lot to get the brake caliper off with out damaging the wheel to loosed the brake disk.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings,ok fork out.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, and left headlight mount.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, the other side off and protect a little.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings,easy trick to get the handle bar back as you remove it.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings,pinch bolt loose and adjuster nut out.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, grease with rust, no wonder it felt notchy.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, nice stamp tool to get the bearing seats out.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, hammer time.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, yep was time to replace these.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, again rusty grease.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, puller to pull in the new bearing seats.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings,the tricky part, destroy the bearing cage and pull the inner race off... this time i broke my puller :-X so needed to grind a little slot in the race and break it with a chisel...

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, anyway cleaned up new bottum dust cover and new bearing on, packed with grease.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, one leg in to aline the tripple t , and tighten the stem bolt, so the triple t moves nice and with out play, it's a feeling.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, pich bolt back in and handle bar back on.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, rebuilding the front, pads are a little thin.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, i have put some fresh brake pads in.

 

X1 Service, changing the steering head bearings, front end back on it's wheels.

 

X1 Service, lucky customer, the old perfo tube from the V&H was totaly broken in pieces, we did how ever still had a scrap V&H around for parts... the perfo tube was still perfect , so new filing and retapped the end cap mounting holes and it will work again.

 

X1 Service, while we are here, replace the bended clutch lever as well.

 

X1 Service, last things, brake fluid front, how long was this in ?

 

X1 Service, was in for 5 years... never seen this.. clean this good and rinse with new brake fluid..