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Ethical delima HellSickle 07-21-2008
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Posted by HellSickle on July 21, 2008, 11:31 am


The XRL has been acting up, so it went into dry dock for repairs over the
weekend. The carb has been getting progressively worse (huge flat spot) and
the rear end has been making a horrible clunking.

For the carb, I mixed & matched parts from the carb Craig sent me. Kind of
stupid how Honda no longer sells a needle and needle seat. Many thanks
Craig.

On the rear end, the upper heim joint was kaput. In addition, I discovered
that the forward dogbone linkage bolt was missing the nut, and had been for
some time. While the rear end was apart, I rebuilt the shock. I'd
forgotten there is also a lower heim joint, and mine is getting a little
loose.

Everything seems to work OK now, but it definitely needs a vigorous sea
trial before the MOAR next Saturday. We'll be covering 200-250 miles of
single track, knarly jeep road, and some highway. I think I was secretly
hoping that the 650 would have issues so that I would have an excuse to ride
the 300. The 300 would be loads easier on the trails, although not much fun
on the highway, even geared up. Mixing gas would also be a PITA.

Here's hoping the trial run goes well.... or maybe not.....

-Jeff-



Posted by john on July 21, 2008, 11:39 am


where's the chainsaw?
john
giggle's & grins : time & $ invested....

"HellSickle" <
> The XRL has been acting up, so it went into dry dock for repairs over
> he -Jeff-




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Posted by dsc-ky on July 28, 2008, 1:03 pm


wrote:
> The XRL has been acting up, so it went into dry dock for repairs over the
> weekend. =A0The carb has been getting progressively worse (huge flat spot=
) and
> the rear end has been making a horrible clunking.
>
> For the carb, I mixed & matched parts from the carb Craig sent me. =A0Kin=
d of
> stupid how Honda no longer sells a needle and needle seat. =A0Many thanks
> Craig.
>
> On the rear end, the upper heim joint was kaput. =A0In addition, I discov=
ered
> that the forward dogbone linkage bolt was missing the nut, and had been f=
or
> some time. =A0 While the rear end was apart, I rebuilt the shock. =A0I'd
> forgotten there is also a lower heim joint, and mine is getting a little
> loose.
>
> Everything seems to work OK now, but it definitely needs a vigorous sea
> trial before the MOAR next Saturday. =A0We'll be covering 200-250 miles o=
f
> single track, knarly jeep road, and some highway. =A0I think I was secret=
ly
> hoping that the 650 would have issues so that I would have an excuse to r=
ide
> the 300. =A0The 300 would be loads easier on the trails, although not muc=
h fun
> on the highway, even geared up. =A0Mixing gas would also be a PITA.
>
> Here's hoping the trial run goes well.... =A0 or maybe not.....
>
> -Jeff-

Probably something like a 1469 from Sudco would work... I think that's
that I used in my 97 400.
I'm sure there are afermarket needles that will work as well or better
than stock.

My carb does not even have a replaceable needle jet...

Posted by JayC on July 28, 2008, 3:19 pm


> On the rear end, the upper heim joint was kaput. =A0In addition, I discov=
ered
> that the forward dogbone linkage bolt was missing the nut, and had been f=
or
> some time. =A0 While the rear end was apart, I rebuilt the shock. =A0I'd

Jeff -

How hard is doing the shock, forgetting about the nitrogen charging
part (I don't own one of those kewl high-pressure penis-pump
machines...yet)?

If I were to rate difficulty on a scale from 1-10, I'd put a 43mm WP
USD fork (GasGas/KTM) at 3, and a convential (XR4) fork at 4, and a
triple-chamber fork (modern CR/CRF) up somewhere around a 9. Where
would a typical shock be?

Based on what I remember from the manual, it looks like the hard part
is taking the thing apart.

JayC

Posted by Mike Baxter on July 28, 2008, 3:40 pm


wrote:

>> On the rear end, the upper heim joint was kaput.  In addition, I discovered
>> that the forward dogbone linkage bolt was missing the nut, and had been for
>> some time.   While the rear end was apart, I rebuilt the shock.  I'd
>
>Jeff -
>
>How hard is doing the shock, forgetting about the nitrogen charging
>part (I don't own one of those kewl high-pressure penis-pump
>machines...yet)?
>
>If I were to rate difficulty on a scale from 1-10, I'd put a 43mm WP
>USD fork (GasGas/KTM) at 3, and a convential (XR4) fork at 4, and a
>triple-chamber fork (modern CR/CRF) up somewhere around a 9. Where
>would a typical shock be?
>
>Based on what I remember from the manual, it looks like the hard part
>is taking the thing apart.
>
>JayC


I'm not Jeff, but I rebuilt my YZ250 shock. For you Jay, it's a piece
of cake. Just messy if your not set-up to deal with it. I'd call it
a 5 or 6 on your scale. MXtuner had an article on shocks on a
website. Ah, here it is:
http://dirtbike.off-road.com/dirtbike/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=266765

Bleeding the air out is probably the most difficult without the cool
specialized tools. I cheated and did mine at Aftershocks.

Mike Baxter

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