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Yea I hear you on that. Time to fix things Before shit gets broken (or more broken) from spring/summer fun.
I’ve gotta do the noble thing, and yank that stupid front bumper so I can properly size up an E-fan big enough for the job. I was sitting right at 222F (185F t-stat) with the fan on, and slow travel speed. It didn’t feel like I was workin’ Redee that hard, but the temp kept climbing till I pulled onto a real road and got more airflow through the rad.
Apparently rattly and noisy TH350’s are common (not surprised in the least bit), and the lowest hanging fruit is the flexplate. Cracked flexplate can make the rattle I was hearing, would make sense why it only happens under load. I plan to remove the inspection cover tonight and look it over. Only two small bolts holding it in place.
While under Redee last night I found the speedo cable retaining nut is also rotten out of the t-case. Still gotta lookup that PN from toyodiy.com. I Also found the shifter cable for TH350 is in pretty bad shape too, sheathing missing and a few broken strands. ALL of these findings are compounding to have me once again planning a tranny swap. I want OVERDRIVE so badly haha. Auto keeps it easy to drive, manual would make it way more fun….still torn. Cost analysis says neither swap are worth the gas savings haha
Stopped to explore, perfect opportunity to reattach plug wires, and refill PS reservoir.
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It’s funny (err, effing annoying) what dealerships are willing to tell you, and not willing. Low brake shoes, are great info to share. But had you come back with a squeak out of the back end, there’d be another $500 bill for them.
Took Redee out on a tour today, had some good and bads.
Good: ARB locker worked great.
Bad: she got hot climbing uphill, the e-fan is pretty small.
Started misfiring, popped the hood and found two loose spark plug wires on the distributor….again. Gotta open up the male contacts so they grab the cap tighter. There’s no definitive ‘click’ when they’re seated together.
The trans (or something touching it) makes a tin-can-BB rattle, or sloppy chain noise from 1900-2300 rpm at 15-80% throttle. Happens in any gear, any road speed as long as rpm is in the described range. This one will be a pain to diagnose, cause it doesn’t happen in park or neutral. Gotta spend some time on my back under Redee searching for metal on metal (or metal near metal) contact. The noise is truly awful.I had to tear into the drums of the Taco yesterday. For a few days now the shoes have been sticking when I let off the e-brake in the morning. All I did was clean about 5 pounds of dust out of each side, and scuff up the drum.
I must look into what “special tool” is used for the star wheels, because that mofo is impossible to adjust tighter from the inspection hole on the back. Looser was a B**** too, but tighter afterwards was impossible.
Looks like Truckee needs brake shoes, as well as pads/rotors/tires sometime in 2020. Oil change and air filter required sooner rather than later too.Had a non-kijiji win yesterday. To host a husband/wife kijiji buyers responsibly at a distance, I pushed the two bikes to my buddies curb. While they were thinking about it, two local boys stopped in a paid $500 more than them! The bikes were shiny, both started without much fuss, and sold for 90% of asking price within 5-hours.
Hooray for payday.
Time to go get my M1, and look for a super cheap enduro.
Slick, if it’s similar to the 4Runner, than that’s the second axle nut (jam nut) and the first has a locking-tab washer to prevent it from backing off.
Toys, what size were the old tires? 33s/35s?
Those gold rims look awesome on the ‘89! Glad you’re getting some shop time in, that project looks like fun. Love the subtle upgrades, the T100 brakes on Redee are my favourite parts cause all 3 prior had poor brakes. Having a second set of hardware close at hand on the parts bike must be nice too haha.
Haha yea he has some shit luck sometimes. Just a lecture this time. The police station is maybe 200m from our houses, coppers always touring past.
I just love Kawi green. I love Yamahas dedication to ridiculous engines, cramming 5 valves into a 250cc motor. My suzuki has never let me down, but it had a kawi motor in it haha.
Yea I don’t wash mine either. More likely to wash the floors and frame rails than the exposed body panels. As for the bike, I only washed the RMZ in March 2020, after I broke my collar bone July 2018.
If I still have my MX bike in June, I’m planning to go ride the South Trail on a weekday. Avoid traffic, MNR and all that headache. Hoping somebody will buy it before then, get myself a Blue plate. Got a slap in the face offer of $500 for BOTH the Suzuki’s, got the pair for sale at $7,000 obo ($5500 will take it all home). Love Kijiji BS.
I bought my hitch carrier from Royal Distributing in 2010, still works as good as new, hardly even a spot of rust on it. Heaviest bike carried around 250 pounds.
Oh that’s an awesome compliment to your LC. That’s a big reason behind my quest to build a new rear bumper, so I can use my 2” hitch carrier for the bike. Like carrying around a trail pre-runner!! And use no gas too.
My only suggestion to your bike choice, E-start. Most of the smaller trail bikes have it, but not all.
Matt took our RMZ for a 100m joyride from my shop to his shed 3 houses down the street to give the bike a soap&water bath before we apply decals. Unlucky for him, the local police caught him halfway home, promoting a nice lecture. Haha, better him than me.
Cancel retirement?!? Don’t be ridiculous, you’ve worked far too long to give up your “Stay Home with Pay” card.
Glad to hear the bikes are getting some exercise! What year/cc is your XR?
The guy I bought Redee and Mike’s Bigrunner from was HUGE into Kawasaki motorcycles. Must have owned 10 at the time, most of them clean enough to dine off of. Not just eat, but wine and dine. My first ‘real’ dirtbike was a kawi too.
To the 37’s, Wow! They look like a perfect fit within the wheel wells. Should have no troubles reaching the Doomsday cabin, even with the ‘mini-ex moat’ and boobie traps.
