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A message I sent to T.C. that I revised some.
T.C.
I must retract what I said about site usability. I am the one having the senior moments. (Pretty bad. I am only 49)
On the XS11.com Forums page I do not know if I had scrolled down far enough in forever to see the section linked tech tip headings:
Maintenance
Repair
Modifications
Riding, Misc. etc.
I just did, doing an overview so disregard a lot of what I said about functionality. And a lot of my questions, problems and techniques were answered there. My bad!
There are many ways to skin a fox. There are the best easiest and most inexpensive ones. And then there are the hardest, time and money consuming ones.
The best ways to do things selected from the forum threads/posts should all be put in the xs11/tech tips in links for the best proper ones. There are far too little tips in tech tips and I think it should be updated so people have concise reference to the correct answers. It would illiviate members looking for help and answers spending a great deal of time scouring the posts.,and then perhaps getting incorrect information(run on sentence). Experienced members would not have to spend time answering uneducated questions or continually answering the same questions.
I.E. : When doing the Dremel fix the first time ( a picture of a 1st/ 4th gear that was beyond repair perhaps I bought one on ebay the 2nd time), the middle shaft bearing came right out after I removed the torx screws for me. The second time it would not come out. I was using a dental pic and then a cotter pin puller to gently pry it off and ended up breaking an ear off of the bearing housing and then having it welded. To get it off I took a long drill spotter bit that fit inside the shaft and gently tapped it out. A wooden dowel would probably be the best way not to crack the face of the bearing when pushing out, but the drill bit worked great. When trying to get countershaft in and out and in and out and so on forever. Like you stated turning back wheel helped it but also turning middle shaft (main shaft the splined end where clutch basket mounts?)made it drop in a lot easier with a helper wiggling too.
I.E. 2 : Trying to adjust the valves for the first time myself I was having a lot of difficulty getting the bucket to hold down(I thought). I had good lighting a good flashlight and an inspection mirror bit could not see if it was just catching edge of bucket. I searched here for answers. Some I came up with was ("the Motion Pro Tool is junk, grind it down") after a few posts and attempts, I ground it down, like others had.
I was trying to pop out the shim with a little screw driver, right angle pic, knife blade and magnet. I tried for hours and over and over resetting the tool because I didn't think the bucket was down because I could not get but one shim out. I heard about oil stiction. The first thing I did when starting was clean and blow out all the oil in the valve train and knew stiction would be present but I couldn't get the buggers to budge. I finally figured it out that having the tool centered on valve flat on valve cover surface was the way to go. I pried in the bucket slot under the smim with the little screwdriver (that fit snugly in the slot) and it popped the shims out out EVERY TIME! I checked gaps before and got them all out and referenced the shims in about an hour (with a helper to turn nut on the left side). I got the 3 shims luckily locally for $10 apiece. When I got home I had the 3 installed in about 10 minutes. I think the Motion Pro tool would have worked fine in the first place without grinding most likely. You have to learn by experience only sometimes, so it was a lesson well learned anyhow.
I am sure all of us know that this is a motorcycle that will not work properly and have performance without proper adjustment and care. Without some mechanical aptitude you are fighting battle that you may lose disgruntled and out of a lot of money.
Just my 2 cents.
Regards,
Jeff
T.C.
I must retract what I said about site usability. I am the one having the senior moments. (Pretty bad. I am only 49)
On the XS11.com Forums page I do not know if I had scrolled down far enough in forever to see the section linked tech tip headings:
Maintenance
Repair
Modifications
Riding, Misc. etc.
I just did, doing an overview so disregard a lot of what I said about functionality. And a lot of my questions, problems and techniques were answered there. My bad!
There are many ways to skin a fox. There are the best easiest and most inexpensive ones. And then there are the hardest, time and money consuming ones.
The best ways to do things selected from the forum threads/posts should all be put in the xs11/tech tips in links for the best proper ones. There are far too little tips in tech tips and I think it should be updated so people have concise reference to the correct answers. It would illiviate members looking for help and answers spending a great deal of time scouring the posts.,and then perhaps getting incorrect information(run on sentence). Experienced members would not have to spend time answering uneducated questions or continually answering the same questions.
I.E. : When doing the Dremel fix the first time ( a picture of a 1st/ 4th gear that was beyond repair perhaps I bought one on ebay the 2nd time), the middle shaft bearing came right out after I removed the torx screws for me. The second time it would not come out. I was using a dental pic and then a cotter pin puller to gently pry it off and ended up breaking an ear off of the bearing housing and then having it welded. To get it off I took a long drill spotter bit that fit inside the shaft and gently tapped it out. A wooden dowel would probably be the best way not to crack the face of the bearing when pushing out, but the drill bit worked great. When trying to get countershaft in and out and in and out and so on forever. Like you stated turning back wheel helped it but also turning middle shaft (main shaft the splined end where clutch basket mounts?)made it drop in a lot easier with a helper wiggling too.
I.E. 2 : Trying to adjust the valves for the first time myself I was having a lot of difficulty getting the bucket to hold down(I thought). I had good lighting a good flashlight and an inspection mirror bit could not see if it was just catching edge of bucket. I searched here for answers. Some I came up with was ("the Motion Pro Tool is junk, grind it down") after a few posts and attempts, I ground it down, like others had.
I was trying to pop out the shim with a little screw driver, right angle pic, knife blade and magnet. I tried for hours and over and over resetting the tool because I didn't think the bucket was down because I could not get but one shim out. I heard about oil stiction. The first thing I did when starting was clean and blow out all the oil in the valve train and knew stiction would be present but I couldn't get the buggers to budge. I finally figured it out that having the tool centered on valve flat on valve cover surface was the way to go. I pried in the bucket slot under the smim with the little screwdriver (that fit snugly in the slot) and it popped the shims out out EVERY TIME! I checked gaps before and got them all out and referenced the shims in about an hour (with a helper to turn nut on the left side). I got the 3 shims luckily locally for $10 apiece. When I got home I had the 3 installed in about 10 minutes. I think the Motion Pro tool would have worked fine in the first place without grinding most likely. You have to learn by experience only sometimes, so it was a lesson well learned anyhow.
I am sure all of us know that this is a motorcycle that will not work properly and have performance without proper adjustment and care. Without some mechanical aptitude you are fighting battle that you may lose disgruntled and out of a lot of money.
Just my 2 cents.
Regards,
Jeff