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Old 16-04-16, 18:34
renten renten is offline
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Changed the rear brake pads and steering head bearings...
The top bearing was okay but the bottom had no lube at all.. It was very hard to spin. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyE5RG8BfLY

Also it was hard to get the bottom bearing race out.... had to weld it out cause it had no edges to hammer it out. Went to local motoshop to get the bearing out. Then I greased it up pretty nice.

Then I changed rear brake pads. I was amazed how easy it was to change them... just take the pin out and replace pads... no need to take wheel off

And then I went for a ride. Ten was clean, maybe covered in very little dust cause gravel roads.



Now theres a problem that I didnt have before. Throttle is very nervous when you twist it from 0(only if I let go and then accelerate again but not if doing it very slow), impossible with first gear at technical terrain cause it jumps all the time. I put more tension on the chain and it went better. I also checked the cables to throttle cause I had to remove them for steering head bearing.

Chain looks kind of worn cause the pivots wont return to default position after I twist them. Also front sprocket is pretty sharp. Will get new front 14t sprocket someday.