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have you fitted spacer #5 on the fiche? measure the width on spacer #7 and hopefully someone will have one lying around they can measure too, so you can compare.
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#5 isn't backwards, right? The smaller diameter end of #5 goes into #10.
Is the sprocket drum (#10) all the way into the wheel? Not sure why, but mine would sit a little higher out in some of the positions, I turned and tried a couple of positions until I found the one that would seat #10 the lowest.
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Have you looked at the tick marks for the chain adjustment? If they are way off guess what.......Yup the tire is so cocked in there that the disc is pinched up in the caliper...and youll see that by looking at the tick marks AND by how well the tire is centered in the front of the swing arm.
ALSO, if you dont have the washers and lock washers on the bolts that hold it to the brake caliper mount, the bolts will go too far in and jam against the disc itself..thus "locking up" the rear brakes.MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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Now to Steve...do yourself a favor and get rid of the hairpin clips in the axles..they can get knocked out by road debris or whatever..use the regular cotter pins and bend each leg in a U shape around the axle nut.MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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Chuck, if you look at his last 2 pictures you can see the chain adjusters look pretty even adjustment wise, also the bolts are nowhere near the disc.Originally posted by chuck hahn View Post
if you look on his first picture you can see that the actual caliper is hard up against the disc1978 GS1085.
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Chuck,Originally posted by chuck hahn View Post
I always thought of those hairpin clips as an "upgrade" against fighting those cotter pins but I'll get myself some real cotter pins as per you.sigpic
Steve
"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page." :cool:
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i always use hairpin clips, or R clips as we call them, just wrap a small bit of lock wire around the open end, easy to undo and i have never lost a R clip yet!1978 GS1085.
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Age...I dont have my glasses right now...dropped and broke them..I posted up things that I have personally done that gave me similar troubles, thats all.
Probably a good idea to pull the brake lever and remove the pivot linkage and clean the frame hole and the arm..get some new grease in there.
Yes a saftey wire would remove the event of an oddball road stone knocking the pins out. Ive never liked them even on the farm equipment. Ive been brush hogging or discing and suddenly the 3 point arm is unhooked..pin got knocked out again.Last edited by chuck hahn; 01-30-2013, 01:58 PM.MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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It probaby ( the pin ) would never fall out and it is in from the top going down. But i still would at least wrap the open end like he suggested...just for cautions sake!!
Not trying to scare anyone or say it plain wrong...just my cautious side.MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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Heres another idea I just thought of in place of a safety wire..Take and just slightly bend the staight pin that goes thru the hole. Just enough..but still able to straighten it to remove it when time to remove the rim for new tires or other maintenance!!!MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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another option is to run the lockwire through the top loop and secure it to a point nearby.
it wont stop it potentially popping out, but you wont lose it !1978 GS1085.
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The way my luck runs, 1000 people will have one in for 10 years and not one missing pin EVER. ME...ten minutes later the damned thing is nowhere to be found..LOL.MY BIKES..1977 GS 750 B, 1978 GS 1000 C (X2)
1978 GS 1000 E, 1979 GS 1000 S, 1973 Yamaha TX 750, 1977 Kawasaki KZ 650B1, 1975 Honda GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 CB 650SC Nighthawk, 1972 Honda CB 350K4, 74 Honda CB550
NEVER SNEAK UP ON A SLEEPING DOG..NOT EVEN YOUR OWN.
I would rather trust my bike to a "QUACK" that KNOWS how to fix it rather than a book worm that THINKS HE KNOWS how to fix it.Comment
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Flipped some spacers around this morning thinking that might help but that didn't really do it either. It looks like the spacing is perfect until I tighten everything down. The right side chain tension is not keeping tension as well either and I'm not sure if that has something to do with the problem....
on another note the peg that holds the brake lever has loosened up a bit with a little WD40 but its still pretty sticky. How can I remove it to check for rust and grease it up?
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you are not actually telling us whether you are checking for the spacers we ask you to look for and which spacers you are flipping about.
remove it again and lay out all the spacers on the axle in the position you are fitting them on the bike.
we cannot help you with all these vague replies1978 GS1085.
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kickin my own ass and goin no where fast huh? the spacers i flipped were #17 and #8. I also switched the chain adjusters to see if that made a difference but no go. Heres a pic of how its set up on the bike now. I checked the #5 spacer as well and it looks like its sitting just how its supposed to in the drum and the drum is flush with wheel so I don't think the cushion is out of place
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