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What did we do today 8-1-2016 XB9R big maintenance
12-1-2016 - What did we do today 8-1-2016 2003 XB9R big maintenance
XB9R 2003 TLC, nice XB9R in for some love and repairs
om the hunt for some rattles. the seat cowl is ratteling
you can see the wear marks on the frame, i will bend the front tab a little so it will clamp more firm
missing seat screw
the tread was a little damages, i could fix it by retapping it
there is also a rattle in the front fairing , when you bump it i could hear it a little
i noticed the speedo is rattleing, need to take the fairing off for this, first the mirrors and indicators
than the lower 2 screws for the screen, and you can take off the front fairing
the head lights are upgraded smile-emoticon allready, the adjuster tabs have a little play, will secure these
if you take the speedo and you can move it 1 cm the rubber cousing is gone
so need to get to the 3 8mm nuts and take the speedo off
for that you need to remove the head light assembly, 2 top screws holding the light frame and ecm
and the 2 bottom screws for the light frame, only need to be loosened as there is a slot where the nuts slide in
so acces to the speedo
most easy to disconnet the connector from the top side pul the speedo off and pul the plug
you see the rubber busings have worn out , making metal to metal contact ( rattleing )
new bushings in and mount it all back
mnnnn missing pinch bolt rear axle
and the rear axle is gorrila tight , need the cheater bar to loosen the axle
with the axle loose, and belt tension off , i remove the idler pully for the next job, looks like the belt is been slipping over the pully
customer asked to replace the crappy aftermarket exhaust back to the stock on ,as we need to mount the original exhaust saddle bracket back, i remove the old exhaust now, drain the oil and loosen the oil lines , so rear mounting loose
exhaust is been repaired severall times , and 3 chin spoiler brackets are broken off , exhaust and chin spoilers have a very hard life on buell's
draining the oil , gearbox and engine
front plug out, was a little loose ( to loose in my opinion )
as this is a 2003 model with 35000 km.. and no way off telling if the primairy chain tensioner has been replaced , i take the cover off for inspection
as i suspected... lot off people do not look at these. the old black tensioners do wear, and should be inspected every 16000 km service , the later blue tesioners show almost no wear over there life
lets see if i remember correctly wink-emoticon
yep it did look to much, this one is due for replacement
will mount back the new Blue version, with much longer service periode
primary cover back on, and tq down the screws
fresh gearbox oil back to level, and mount and adjust the clutch mechnisme
little cleaning and neverseas on the shifter shaft never hurt
loosening and removing the oil lines in the swingarm
whil the 2 bigger nipples are okish with a normal spanner the small one i would advice to use a line spanner , you round out the flats on the 7/16 in the blink off a eye
oil lines loose slide the exhaust bracket over the lines
and before you mount the bracket, start the oil line first , as these can be a B*tch to put back in under tension and cross thread very easy
bracket on, and adjusting the primary chain tension
belt inspection.. on these 2003 belts you need to look on the outside for cracks
there is one
and another few... these 2003 belts have a service life recommandation. and i will contact the owner to ask for permission
but first on with the rest... rear wheel bearing check... yep replacing needed
original exhaust needs to be mounted
now mounting exhaust on buell models is easy, but some tips can be very usefull. mount the rear straps loosely at first
tighten the front strap and look for the front bracket to be flush with the exhaust
tape a mallet and tap on the header connection so to free the tension in the headers , tighten the hanger bolt, and loosen the front strap and retighten not to hard, and retighen the rear straps , than fasten the exhaust clamp
with the exhaust on, the idler pully put back on , tighten de axle and belt, with the 2003 models take care the metal backing plate is line up when you put the pully cover back on
and dont forget the pinch bolt wink-emoticon
back to the top... spark plugs and arifilter , a pitty the bolts spin when i try to remove the cover plate
off course i can get it off, but i can not mount it like this .. will fix this
first the spark plugs , check the sparkplug wires
if you see cracks with the white inner lying, put new ones on
tapped the bolts with full threads so i can mount a locking nut so i can mount it in a good fashion
airtfilter back on
to give the seat screws a longer life, i mounted a battery charger cable , so the seat douse not have to be removes all the time to hook up a charger
bike swapped aroung, front end service and check
yeah.. no surprice there, these are gone, i could already feel these when i pushed the bike in
the spacer is also crushed to much, so it will not support the inner races anymore, you can mount new bearings but when your spacer is to small these will go bad way to soon.. with a new spacers with good lenght they will hold out much better