neutral

[marlin4622]

haha thanks guys. i appreciate the clarification. now i just need to go home and do all this stuff.

[brewsky]

Hi Brewsky,

If your bike is sitting for 3 months or more , it's good to kick around the oil (with the kick starter, no ignition) before you start it. Now, why is that ?

Oil, as any other fluid will flow to the lowest point, eventually, it only will take time and if the temperatures are high (summer) the oil will even faster flow to the lowest point. I only wish oil adhesion was so good that it stays attached to the surface for a long time.

Indeed, you have to do it regularly, regardless of what you use.

The cables with a grease nipple are the easiest to lubricate, just take a grease gun with light grease and start lubing.

Jensen

I actually considered heating grease to it's liquid state and pouring into the funnel, but worried that it may cool too much before it reached the bottom....not for throttle cables though.

[Glenardo]

After tearing both side covers off and cleaning all the crud and caked grease off the clutch and all the mechanism, I noticed that my elusive neutral was much easier to find.

But now I have a slight oil leak from the clutch pushrod seal. I guess all that gunk was also holding it together!!!

[e3steve]

After tearing both side covers off and cleaning all the crud and caked grease off the clutch and all the mechanism, I noticed that my elusive neutral was much easier to find.

But now I have a slight oil leak from the clutch pushrod seal. I guess all that gunk was also holding it together!!!

Sh1t happens, mate. But the little seal is easily obtainable; it's an 8 x 21 x 6. One thing worth mentioning is that the pushrod can accrue a groove where it sits in the seal's lip. If it is grooved, to the extent that you can feel it with a fingernail, then it may never seal properly.

[davomoto]

IMHO, this is the only way to luba a cable. It makes it so easy, that you actuall want to do it. It's also quite inexpensive, and most motorcycle shops stock them.

Davo

http://motionpro.com/motorcycle/partno/08-0182/

[e3steve]

Well, thar ya go, Davo. That's an amazingly-similar device to the bicycle-pump type we had back in the late '60s. I just might invest.

[Glenardo]

The rod seems fine, shiny but not grooved. The good news is that it oiled up my chain pretty good!!

I saw one of those cable oilers at Harbor Freight for $6 the other day and didn't think much of it. I'll have to p/u one next time I'm there. http://www.harborfreight.com/cable-oiler-66640.html