Balancer shaft query

[KiwiCol]

It's shot Eric, dump it & get a Triumph Rocket 3 GT.    

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Don't tempt me, I'm considering it tbh. I like the Rocket III

[Hooli]

Do they sell the missing half of the swingarm as an accessory for R3s yet?
Or the rear 25% of the bike they forgot to attach too.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

It's shot Eric, dump it & get a Triumph Rocket 3 GT.    

I'd rather get a new BMW to be real honest

[grog]

R18 im guessing Eric, if your going to have ugly, might as well have ugliest.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

No, that is truly ugly, even i have standards, however low they may be.  I'd have a new GS1300 or one if the current RT's. Fully faired sports tourer

[Hooli]

Well the GS13 is a lot better looking than the GS1250 & better sized for normal humans. Mind you that's not a huge bar to pass looks wise.

[KiwiCol]

Do they sell the missing half of the swingarm as an accessory for R3s yet?
Or the rear 25% of the bike they forgot to attach too.

TBH they seem to manage quite well with just half a swing arm & as for the 'missing' rear 25%,   I'm sure your welder neighbour could knock up something appropriate for ya.

I don't reckon she looks too bad at all the way she is.

[Hooli]

I'm just not a fan of single siders, they look wrong to me.

As to the missing 25%, if they fitted it then that silly thing around the rear tyre wouldn't be needed. But it's no surprise I think that as I prefer 14s with the complete mudguard and no undertray too.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Do they sell the missing half of the swingarm as an accessory for R3s yet?
Or the rear 25% of the bike they forgot to attach too.

TBH they seem to manage quite well with just half a swing arm & as for the 'missing' rear 25%,   I'm sure your welder neighbour could knock up something appropriate for ya.

I don't reckon she looks too bad at all the way she is.

thats a decent looking cycle. Im a fan of single sided swingarms

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Well that was a surprise.  Found 5 min between paint coats (painting the house) to have a closer look, after I'd printed out the manual instructions. Marked the position of the balance shaft as found and undid the clamp bolt and the holder bolt, both weren't that tight, but not finger loose either.

With a large flat bladed screwdriver, I went to turn the balance shaft clockwise to stop, expecting to only move a fraction of a turn.

Had to turn a full 1 and a half, closer to 2 full turns before it hit the stop.  Then backed it off1.5 markings and redid the bracket bolt and clamp bolt back up to 10Nm.

Haven't had the time to run it yet, but whats very weird is I've never touched that balancer and it was that far out of spec.

Will report back after I take her for a spin.

[grog]

Have you tried it yet?

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Thanks for the reminder, I removed and cleaned up the holder and the bolts last night, re marked the existing graduations on the bracket and cleaned up the shaft. Refitted it using loctite this time (on the bracket holder bolt only) and reset the shaft again, as this time i could see the markings properly. Started it and runs fine. I meant to take the 1402 to work this morning, but didn't organise myself in time.  Tomorrow will be the litmus test. Fingers crossed.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

OK, so rode the 52km to work today, definitely smoother, and no tingling in the fingers at the end of the ride.

still something else going on,especially under light braking.  I suspect some of the floating disc bobbins might be sticking, or one of the pistons in one of the calipers. Will have a closer look on the weekend.

Wheel bearings are relatively new Koyo items, do I don't suspect them.

Here's a photo of the adjusted balance shaft, set 1.5 markings back from full stop and locked down with 10Nm.

[Dwain Dibley]

Forgive my ignorance, but can someone draw on that pic so I can understand where full stop is and where 1.5 is.

Cheers

D.D.