The great wash of '06

Maty10 · Post by **Maty10** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:13 pm

Greg will be proud.....

The mighty 636 recently clocked up 48,000 ks, so while I'm giving it a good old birthday I thought I'd give it a bath too. So today I went all out, stripped all traces of plastic off and went to town with the kero, degreaser, soapy water and elbow grease. So far I've only cleaned the "pile of shit in the corner", the weather turned to crap before I had a chance to move on to the frame, etc, although that was probably a good thing cos the old elbows are running low on grease.

The "scheduled" maintainence chart at 48ks goes something along the lines of..... "Replace or regrease everything" and they do mean everything. Fork oil, brake fluid, brake lines, brake seals, fuel lines, valve clearances, carby balance, and regrease everything the looks like it might move. Since I'm now on Uni holidays and Melbourne's weather is utter crap at the moment I thought I would fulfill the list all at once, who cares if it takes a week.

Yankee · Post by **Yankee** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:13 pm

Hey-Soos-Marimba!!! Mi ojos!!

that blue thing in the corner has burned my eyeballs! What the hell is it?! I know it's a trumpy, but why is it in the same vicinity as such a glorious bike?!

Hope you remember which bolt goes where!

Maybe a progress report with pics as you go?? That'd be awesome if you have the spare time!

Maty10 · Post by **Maty10** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:30 pm

Yankee wrote:that blue thing in the corner has burned my eyeballs! What the hell is it?!

That'd be the old man's Sprint ST. Piece of crap alright. In the first week it blew a case gasket. The headlights are horrible. It's got fark all go, but stick a pillion on the back and it will lift the front in 4th

Sure it might suit its purpose, but it isn't my purpose.

Yankee wrote:Maybe a progress report with pics as you go?? That'd be awesome if you have the spare time!

Stay tuned .....

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:52 pm

Looks like a good clean was a *tad* overdue

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:02 pm

mate i've had my bike for about 3 years and its had 3 washes.

actually at my 36K service my mechanic washed it for me.

Neilp · Post by **Neilp** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:57 pm

mrmina wrote:mate i've had my bike for about 3 years and its had 3 washes.

And for this you want a medal or a chest to pin it on???

Neil

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:23 am

Neilp wrote:
mrmina wrote:mate i've had my bike for about 3 years and its had 3 washes.
And for this you want a medal or a chest to pin it on???

Neil

No he wants a medal because it's never gotten dirty

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:48 pm

mrmina wrote:mate i've had my bike for about 3 years and its had 3 washes....

so it gets washed after every ride then ?

MG · Post by MG » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:59 pm

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:04 pm

Gosling1 wrote:
mrmina wrote:mate i've had my bike for about 3 years and its had 3 washes....
so it gets washed after every ride then ?

actually before i ride.

its gotta look pretty for the road.

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:05 pm

Duane wrote: No he wants a medal because it's never gotten dirty

it only get dirty when u cum on it.

Maty10 · Post by **Maty10** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:02 pm

Update....

Weather has been too shitty to wash the rest of the frame, etc, so I went along with the valve clearance job.

Pleased to report that all clearances were within tollerance

which makes Maty a happy chappy. Much better than the 9 shims I replaced at 36ks, and confirms my theory that the wankers at PS never checked them. Bummer that I went out a bought a fancy new micrometer and never got to use it

Only snag was the cam chain coming out of the exhaust gear grooves and just sitting on top. Didn't notice until I had the cam holder tightened up, so had to go through the 20 bolt sequence again

If anyone is thinking about doing their clearances but is a little apprehensive because its "a big job", really its not. It's a good simple little job, doesn't require the removal of everything in sight, is quite structured and easy to follow, is soooooo much cheaper than paying a shop to do it, and is really rewarding for the ego.

Anyway it doesn't seem too hot atm, maybe I'll go wash the rest of it. Have to wait till payday tomorrow to buy the fork oil, etc.

javaman · Post by **javaman** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:12 pm

Great report Maty. I will be doing my shims in the next two weeks or so (at 99999kms

) so I will follow this thread carefully.

hmm... so the clearance doesn't have to be out of spec after all your km's ? Hope mine are still okay

Maty10 · Post by **Maty10** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:46 pm

javaman wrote:hmm... so the clearance doesn't have to be out of spec after all your km's ? Hope mine are still okay

9 of them were out at 36ks (probably not checked up until then). 12ks later at 48k they're still the same as they were last time. So at 100ks, I'm guessing quite a few of yours will be out!

Maty10 · Post by **Maty10** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:58 pm

OOOOOPPPPSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It didn't "hit" the ground, only spun on the tie downs, flipping itself over and "resting" on the clutch lever (breaking it of course, damn thing).

If I wasn't sweating from the heat (damn its hot in there) I was when that happened. After all that I didn't have a big enough socket to get the swingarm pivot bolt undone anyway, grrrrr.

Anyways got the subframe, 4 pegs and the backend of the motor clean. That aussie export degreaser is good stuff.

So shouldn't be any complications from having the engine near upside down I hope, it'll sit for a few days the right way up so any oil will have drained back down.