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Old 24 Sep 2011
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doohickey

Hi,

Going out to the shed to pull the doohickey

Have never done this kind ov invasive surgery before but its a chance to get to know the girl a little better, hopefully more ov this and less ov this

Fingers crossed I will be back on the road this evening
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so far so good......

Well, replaced the old doohikey with a new one and used the torsion spring to keep things tight..........

Tightened everything back together, changed in a reusable oil filter and filled her up with oil, pressed the starter button..................

No funny noises, everything sounds right and it seems too sound a lot smoother

One less thing to worry about
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Used to scoff at all the 'do' stories on the KLR forums, but they kept on coming. So i ordered one from Eagle Mike and was pleased i did......
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do do do

Is that your bike in the pick ?
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Is that your bike in the pick ?
Yeah, lucky or what ! The original adjuster was still intact though. The engine was from a 2002 bike, fitted into my '90 Tengai.
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I replaced mine on a 2002 c model with 9000miles , and noticed that it had already been replaced but there were gouge marks inside the caceings where the original one had broken and had been flapping around inside

So i replaced it again but used a torsion spring instead ov a regular spring, should keep things tight for longer

Its crazy how Kawasaki never upgraded it when there have been so many failures of that part
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