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    What have you done to your XS today?

    It looks like I didn't have the circlip and thrust washer that holds 1st gear in the groove of the countershaft and 1st gear worked it's way over to the left to hit against the face of the input shaft bearing. I also found the inner bush of 1st gear was not flush and was protruding out one side...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    I have received the replacement pinion gear and a refurbished clutch basket and also replaced the countershaft seal, the clutch push rod seal and the gear selector shaft seal even though none of them were leaking. After assembling the countershaft with all the gears, spacers and circuits...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    Figured I'd service the starter motor and replace the seals while I waiting for the replacement pinion gear to arrive. Lots of gunk that I cleaned out with a can of contact cleaner and spruced up the commutator surfaces with a brass wire brush. The two thrust washers and the bakerlite shim were...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    After riding home from work today I drained the oil to replace the starter motor to crankcase seal and found what I think is part of the gear selector drum stuck to the drain plug bolt. Might explain why it's been jumping out of the high gears lately 😲 I have everything removed and got it ready...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    I've had oil leaking from the right side engine/ clutch cover for a few months after replacing the torn gasket. I have removed the case a dozen times and can't find anything to cause the oil leak. The new gasket was a Athena brand but it didn't make any difference to the oil leak so I made a...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    After reading some great threads on rear disc brake problems I removed the entire rear brake system and hung the m/c and reservoir up high above the work bench then removed the piston from the caliper, blew it out and coated the bore, seal and piston with red rubber grease. I then installed the...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    Yesterday I realized the rear brake pads were only contacting the disc rotor with the top half of the brake pads, I had the same issue last year and replaced the disc rotor and caliper hanger and the brake seemed to work well. I removed the caliper and by pumping the brake pedal could see the...
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    WELSH FLAT TRACK REVIVAL

    I noticed only the top half of the rear brake pads were contacting the disc rotor again as they were last year before i replaced the rotor and caliper hanger. After removing the caliper I worked the brake pedal and the piston would push out but retract back in when I let the pedal return to it's...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    I was out riding the countryside back roads and after 130 miles or so I stopped for fuel then after when going through the gears I was getting a few false neutrals changing up and down through the country towns. It then started jumping out of gear in every gear with false neutrals between every...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    The starter gear fix didn't last long before it began not engaging properly so I took it out last night and it still has plenty of tension but I found that the swage fitting had been gouging the engine case when I hit the starter button even though I filed the swage fitting edges. I filed off...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    gggGary's place 😉
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    Glad I fitted the hex head screw kit for the clutch a few years ago, it makes it a lot easier to remove especially with a cut down Allen key in a cordless drill. I put the gear in the vice and tied fishing line to the clip and the other end to a bucket and poured in water until the clip slipped...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    G'day Ray, I squeezed the clip in the vice then put it on the gear and then I had to force the swage fitting to slide onto the clip , I was actually thinking it may have been too tight and wouldn't reIease when it should. Then I used the crimping pliers to squeeze the swage fitting hoping to...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    G'day Ray, yeah my bad, I realised after I put it back together I should have taken some pictures of how it looked but I didn't have much time in-between hospital visits to see my son who just had heart surgery and they gave him contaminated blood in the procedure. I just filed 1mm off the...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

    Bike was due for an oil change so I decided to install the starter gear with the wire swage fitting on the clip to hold the tension. The swage fitting was just slightly touching the part of the engine case that the starter gear clip used to sit in so I could have filed a bit off the swage...
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