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What did we do today 30-7-2015 Oily XB, Xb crank
1-8-2015 - What did we do today 30-7-2015 Oily XB, Xb crank
XB12 SS, 2008, leaking rocker cover gasket, only detected because the fan fuse did blow out.. has been sweating oil or some time
Xb rocker covers , pop off the seat and have a look under it from time to time, lost to see there
Xb rocker covers , schok absorber is well oiled , wil not rust again, all signs the rear rocker cover gasket is leaking and the fan is blowing a oil vapor , and the fan will get clogged , needed to many amps and blowing the 10A fuse
Xb rocker covers , so strip top side for engine rotation
Xb rocker covers , clutch cable adjuster loose
Xb rocker covers , and hook the cable end out off the handle lever
Xb rocker covers , left scoop off
Xb rocker covers , and disconnect the side stand and crank position sensor
Xb rocker covers , ok i could have left the exhaust on , and work around it , but as the side stand bolts are loose , i need to remove the exhaust any way , to get the bolts out
Xb rocker covers , exhaust removed and side stand bolts out, loctite on , and back in
Xb rocker covers , a left to sweat can leave a mess , left side engine looking up the frame to the rear cylinder head
Xb rocker covers, engine supported bij a jack, after loosening the initial tightening, the front engine mount bolt should come out by hand / or finger wink-emoticon
Xb rocker covers , you don't need to drop the engine completely, find the sweet spot, so you can acces all rear rockercover bolts through the frame, remove the breather, fuel line, and tps sensor connection on the 08-up models
Xb rocker covers , locate the head temp sensor and disconnect the plug
Xb rocker covers , remove the bolt holding the plastic cable guide, and pull out the head temp wire , the cable guide needs to out off the way to get to the left rear rocker cover bolt
Xb rocker covers , loosen the cover bolts, and slide the cover out, old style leaky orange gasket visible
Xb rocker covers , new gasket in ( black ones are the upgraded ones , silde the cover back on, and take care you don't pinch the head temp sensor wire
Xb rocker covers , cover TQ down, fuel line , breather plug , and tps connector back on
Xb rocker covers , the engine mount bolts come bone dry from the factory, a little never seas on it will not hurt
Xb rocker covers , engine jacked back up, and tighten the mount bolt
Xb rocker covers , hook up the clutch cable again
Xb rocker covers , v-brace back on , mounting inner piece off the big right airscoop
Xb rocker covers , with the bike supported at the rear, remove the rear shock bolts
Xb rocker covers , and pull out the shock
Xb rocker covers , little cleaning is welcome i think
Xb rocker covers , remove the fan bolts
Xb rocker covers , pull the fan on the bottem and slide it out , and disconnect the plug
Xb rocker covers, clean up time
Xb rocker covers, put the fan gril on the new fan
Xb rocker covers , connect the new fan and slide it back in the way it came out
Xb rocker covers , shock back in
Xb rocker covers and tighen the bolts
Xb rocker covers , exhaust back under the bike , easy way to mount the staps is to mount the nut loosely and turn theme 180 deg, so there on top and with a long extention you can fasten the straps
Xb rocker covers before putting back the left foot peg plate, a little clean up off the swing arm
Xb rocker covers , outer big right ariscoop on, use a little neverseas on the little bolts,and don't over tighten these, the brassnuts in the plastic are not that tight
Xb rocker covers , top side making ready, base plate on
Xb rocker covers , translucent covers !! use the spacer bushings and foam washers.. the covers are very fragile for cracking
Xb rocker covers , for emercency the 10 Amp was replaced for a 15A fuse
Xb rocker covers, now with the new fan it can go back to the 10 Amp... as the fan is switched by the ecm... to much amps can make things go bad.. off cource you can always add a relais, to releave the ecm current
Xb rocker covers , last things , head light broken
Xb rocker covers , remove the flyscreen, and loosed the headlight
Xb rocker covers , remove the spring holding the bulb and place a new bulb
Xb rocker covers , system check ... put every thing back
XB crank... yet a other one in for repair...as the cranks are no longer availeble, repair is a very good option . big end bearing failure... we can not only fix it, but even make it better, with the new bearing races and pin.... off to the machine shop
