belfastguzzi

eventually, everything breaks

Excellent instructions JRT. I have just persevered and got this working. It has to be worth a bit of time folks, as I paid £90 for just the printed service manual section of this.

The last 4 words are redundant.

The sharp edge of the shift plate gets chewed up straight away and certainly there is a groove by 1,000 miles The biggest problem in relacing the spring is access to those lower screws. That's why I suggested modifying an allen key and carrying it in the toolkit. Not everyone will want to replace the spring themselves anyway and not everyone will want to do the job on the road, but it is what I will do if there is a 'next time'. If it happens out in the country you can have the thing repaired and be off on your way again, instead of the event turning into a long drawn out and perhaps expensive crisis. Did you bend the new spring around the boss to check that it does not bind? It probably doesn't as the coil is now being made so much bigger. I think someone else posted that this bigger-coil spring is now being supplied as Guzzi's latest fix? And you say the wire is thicker too.

Why? Have you broken mine too?

Pipes Yeah, he's strictly a cigar guy I believe.

That is a question that I have wanted to ask as well. On a related issue, I did ask before about what exactly the additive is that is meant to be put in the final drive box. Just moly? One of the proprietary gearbox additives - what's in them? Perhaps Pete knows?

Even Newry people don't go to Newry. And luckily, it has a by-pass now. About TIME too.

And Castrol's too, as per other thread, for first 5,000 miles at least – then after that running-in period use synth if you desire.

With the correct size of boss and spring coil, there shouldn't be any great amount of friction. The coil should just tighten itself up but not so much that it squeezes on the boss. When the boss is too big, it does squeeze and bind, so stopping movement at the hook-end to boss length of the spring wire. That would happen the same way even with a 'frictionless' boss/bush if its diameter was too big. The wear won't happen at the big boss/pivot but at the spring hook where a very much smaller area of wire is under stress. Has anyone else had a look at the parts (including he shift plate) to see what sort of wear is on them? Mike S and Al R were talking about having a check a while ago.

So that's Jaap! He's kinda cute, for a Dutchman.

You really are a bad, bad motogoozer, but these ass guys can kick badder

Now you're talking! It's time for an extensive thread on the best oils for leathers. What time is it, by the way?

Bad news, but easy enough fixed – are you looking for the dealer so that you can get a new spring or to do the repair work? As a matter of interest, what mileage had you done? As your bike is almost the same number as mine, it will be interesting to see if the pawl arm boss is also the bigger 16mm+ size. You should be able to get both parts under warranty. As your bike is recently bought, I suppose that you got it second-hand? If so, do you know its service history (has the spring ever been replaced before) and where was the bike bought? Mine was from On Yer Bike (maybe yours was too) and they changed the spring from new to the supposedly improved spring, which then broke anyway. For what it's worth, the response to the poll indicates that there may not actually have been a lot of breakages??????????

Just as I opened and read this thread, there is a most appropriate commentary on tv. Today, the house of Orange marches. The Belfast march is on tv at the moment. It has just been reported that one of the worthies marches with a wooden leg. He says that it is ok as he gives it a good oiling the night before. (fact) In this case, I can't conceive that a son of William would use anything other than dino oil. (second fact, in one thread – is this a record for a thresd on V.11.com?)

No, if bad, bad motogoozer is ton-up then he is pretty close to 1,000,000 grams. A long ton is 1,016,046.9088 grams (a short ton is 907,184.74 gram). He could use 'megagram' as a modern, internationally acceptable description. There is always a downside to metrification. In this case, the downside would be that his chums would probably nick-name him, 'Mega Granny', Given his exceptional weight, what should his correct fork spring rating be?

Hey you bad, bad motogooser some might say that you ought to get with the spirit of this modern forum and change your out-moded avatar. Some might say that it ought to say '1,000,000 Grams Up'. Others might be satisfied with 'Tonne Up'.

2. Well, if the government says our engines need it............. (did your govt. also try it make it law that half-section dustbins should be bolted to each side of the bike, for the benefit of leg protection. I wish I could find a picture of the contraptions somewhere on the web to post here) – this is the sort of thing I think this is an American version, but it's much of a muchness with the UK one in the ugly stakes

good to see you bring it back on topic

I knew the time was right for another oil thread.

CanI pass on that, Al?

You've changed your tune.

Dunno: what does 10 rum and blackcurrants weigh? Don't do it without medical supervision.

MACHINE! How can you call it that!