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bfgjohno 16-01-11 13:34

Rear suspension
 
Hi there,

Just bought a 2009 XT660Z and love it.

The previous owner fitted lowering links on the rear suspension and I,m putting the originals back in. Here's the problem:

The bottom part looks fine with the metal sleeve flush in the oil seals but the sleeve in the top part of the linkage (on the swing arm) seems to stand proud of the seal by about a centimeter. Is this normal? Is there a spacer missing?

Cheers

John

Mike Wright 16-01-11 13:45

Great bikes.... can you post a pic to show me what you mean?

bfgjohno 16-01-11 14:06

Hi Mike,

Here we go:
Picture 1 shows the left link in place with no washers or nuts. Top right bolt just above the chain is the one I am talking about.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_liT6N5uyxLU/TT...A/IMG_0311.jpg

Pictures 2 & 3 shows the link off and the bolt peeking out from the sleeve. It's this approx 1cm of sleeve that I feel should be covered by something.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_liT6N5uyxLU/TT...s/IMG_0313.jpg http://lh6.ggpht.com/_liT6N5uyxLU/TT...U/IMG_0314.jpg

Cheers
John

enduro374 16-01-11 19:05

Something's wrong - do you have a workshopmanual?

I will pop out and take some pics of the standard set up for you to compare..

enduro374 16-01-11 19:17

...and here you go...

bfgjohno 16-01-11 19:24

Thanks so much for those photos. I haven.t got a workshop manual - really need the page showing an exploded diagram of the rear linkage.

Difficult to tell if you have spacers or not. You don't have a gauge to measure the diameter of the sleeve between the link and the swingarm do you perchance??!

Thanks again

John

enduro374 16-01-11 19:28

Yes - I have vernier calipers here.

I'll try to measure the sleeve diameter between link and swingarm on right hand side of picture 4..

Give me a minute!

enduro374 16-01-11 19:31

Outside Diameter = 17mm

bfgjohno 16-01-11 19:49

I get 17mm as well, so no spacer. The nut and washer just thrust the link onto the end of the sleeve. Would have thought there was potential for play side to side but I'm no engineer.
enduro374, fabulous, thankyou. All power to the forum - it's proven it's value again!

SingleMinded 16-01-11 21:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by bfgjohno (Post 146472)
Thanks so much for those photos. I haven.t got a workshop manual - really need the page showing an exploded diagram of the rear linkage.

John

http://home.planet.nl/~scho3025/Tene...mechanisme.jpg

* just don't take notice of the red markings: had this pic send to my dealer to explain which parts I needed...

HJ


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