09-28-2013, 09:24 AM
Thanks for the write-up on the 600m service! It took a little over an hour to complete the service. Few items of interest from my experience:
- Took her for a ride around the block, took the fill cap off, drain nut was snug, dropped the nut in the pan LOL! Crush washer was intact. The oil filter was pretty tight and required a bit of effort with a filter wrench. There wasn't much oil in the filter. Took exactly 4.1 quarts to bring it up to a bit shy of the top mark.
- Chain was a bit loose over ~1.25 deflection (depending on how hard you push on the chain) at 3 different points. Loosening the axle nut with a 32mm socket was a cinch, didn't seem to be on too tight. Taped a piece of cardboard where the torque wrench made contact with the exhaust. The adjustment nut was probably around 3/4 turns counter clockwise to tighten the chain to 1" slack. Stick a screw driver in the chain and sprocket bottom junction and rotate wheel forward by hand and lock the wheel with a piece of wood or brick before tightening the axle nut. Thsi helps ensure even stretch and pushes the wheel snug against the desired adjustment nut setting. Again, measure chain slackness at 3 to 4 different points and make adjustments if needed before tightening the axle nut to 85 Ft-lb setting with your torque wrench.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB4DsHV8SAQ
- Tightened front fork by 1/2 clockwise turn each and set rear shocks to 2nd from the lowest setting.
Bike handles well and everything seems fine after first test ride following the service.
- Took her for a ride around the block, took the fill cap off, drain nut was snug, dropped the nut in the pan LOL! Crush washer was intact. The oil filter was pretty tight and required a bit of effort with a filter wrench. There wasn't much oil in the filter. Took exactly 4.1 quarts to bring it up to a bit shy of the top mark.
- Chain was a bit loose over ~1.25 deflection (depending on how hard you push on the chain) at 3 different points. Loosening the axle nut with a 32mm socket was a cinch, didn't seem to be on too tight. Taped a piece of cardboard where the torque wrench made contact with the exhaust. The adjustment nut was probably around 3/4 turns counter clockwise to tighten the chain to 1" slack. Stick a screw driver in the chain and sprocket bottom junction and rotate wheel forward by hand and lock the wheel with a piece of wood or brick before tightening the axle nut. Thsi helps ensure even stretch and pushes the wheel snug against the desired adjustment nut setting. Again, measure chain slackness at 3 to 4 different points and make adjustments if needed before tightening the axle nut to 85 Ft-lb setting with your torque wrench.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB4DsHV8SAQ
- Tightened front fork by 1/2 clockwise turn each and set rear shocks to 2nd from the lowest setting.
Bike handles well and everything seems fine after first test ride following the service.