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24-6-2015 Uly time , tires and belts Xb / 1125
25-6-2015 - What did we do Today 24-6-2015 Buell Ulysses maintenance time, tires and belts. Buell XB belt tensioner repair. Buell 1125 belt replacement
Uly time, Daily driver for a check up
Uly time, notice some thing is leaking oil.
Uly time, clutch cable was fixed on the road, but time for a new one
Uly time, while draining the engine oil take the clutch mechnisme out
Uly time, the boot for the outer cable adjustment is cracked and crispy —
Uly time, when this boot is cracked it acts as a funnel to poor watter in the clutch cable
Uly time, and make the gearbox oil slutch
Uly time, new cable routed up, mount the front tab and tei rod with loctite
Uly time,and adjust the clutch mechisme lighty bottuming
Uly time, and loosen a 1/4 turn , place the lock nut spring and cover back on
Uly time, use loctite on the bracket mounting bolts
Uly time, and adjust the outer cable to 2 to 3 mm on play on the lever , never seas on the adjuster and put some tyraps on the booth
Uly time, oil fiter change
Uly time, rear wheel inspection , take the brake caliper off
Uly time, wheel out for bearing inspection , are good
Uly time, but the tyre can do with repalcement
Uly time, and while the axle was lubed, it turned very hard will clean up the axle and hole in the swing arm
Uly time, following the oil leak tot the airbox
Uly time,, now it has been a long time this bike was in for regular service, so this is about 20000 km ish... will clean it up, and need to check this more often, replace the piston rings / over size pistons , i think the rings are starting be worn out
Uly time, box cleaned and back on
Uly time, real uly riders always carry a spare belt smile-emoticonchecking battery poles
Uly time, front wheel check, everything ok
Uly time, front end back in
Uly time,brake fluid change front and rear
Uly time, checking the tail section as i hear it crack when i push the rear, checking the bolts for tightening , test ride
Buell XB belt spanner intermetzo, belt broke, big nick on the wheel, but the tensioner is stuck to
belt spanner intermetzo, as we needed to happer it apart it was seased
belt spanner intermetzo, will clean up , and place a new pin and grease so it will pivot again
Xb12R rear tyre and belt... tyre looks very well used wink-emoticon
Xb12R rear tyre and belt, removing the lower guard , and loosening the axle
Xb12R rear tyre and belt, with the belt tension loose the foot peg plate and swing arm brace can be removed
Xb12R rear tyre and belt, fresh tyre on and new belt on, moutning every thing back
1125 belt replacement
1125 belt , all covers off to replace the belt
1125 belt , take the swing arm piece out
1125 belt , ad remove the idler pully assembly , and twist it open ( losening the idler pully bolt a few turns )
1125 belt , there is a dimple in the front pulley to help to mount the belt
1125 belt , foot peg bracket back on adn put the swing arm bracket back in
1125 belt , and gently turn the wheel and slide the belt in place , and tighten the rear axle , i do this while rotating the wheel
1125 belt , and covers back on, ready for the TT in assen smile-emoticon