After the restoration: 9600-mile service [page 2]
Saturday, Jan 22, 2005
It took a bit more than 6 months to put 1200 miles on the bike, but much of that time I was waiting for the license plate I'd sent out to be restored. The result was quite nice, but I'm not sure it was worth 5 months of down time.
I came back from some errands after breakfast with the
Groeger group with just a few
miles less than 9600. After a short wait to let things cool just a bit I
drained the oil. This time the magnetic drain plug contained one metal
flake. This is better than the last oil change where
several flakes were found.
The flakes are from a dark metal, not shiny as I'd expect if it was a
bearing. I'm not too concerned at this point, but will continue to monitor
things.
Next was the rear end. I'd not normally check the rear end at this point
but found problems last service. I pulled the fill plug and found the fluid
level overflowing. Probably a bad seal between rear end and drive shaft.
Next I pulled the drain plug. The magnetic tip on the plug is about the same
as it was
last time. OK.
I'll pull this rear end apart (again). I was afraid this might happen and
have a fresh rear end ready to put on
the bike.
I checked the drive shaft oil because of what I found when checking the rear
end. As expected, there was less oil than there should be. I'd estimate
I pulled about 20 CC from the drive shaft instead of the 100 CC that would
normally be there. I'm sure it migrated to the rear end, causing the
overflow I saw there.
OK, I'm going to swap rear ends, pull the front swing arm off so I can lube the bearings properly (more on this later), and check the front wheel bearings, in addition to the normal fluid changes that the service schedule calls for. Fun stuff.