time to reassemble

[nowindinmyhair]

OK. First of all, thanks to everyone providing input my scraping noise and brake issues. With the suggestions received and the manual, I think I may have found more than one problem.

 

Brakes: I think the pistons were sticking and there may have been some air or crud in the lines. I took the calipers off, took the pistons out and cleaned them all up. Hopefully, I will notice a difference when I put them back together and bleed properly. BTW, I'm glad I checked all that because I now think I had little or no back brakes. (Not something I would have noticed gradually because it was obviously like that when I got the bike.)

 

Driveshaft: This baby needed to be cleaned and greased bad. That's all done.

 

Now I am reassembling and I can't figure out where to put the spacer re: the brake torque stopper plate. The spacer fell out during reassembly. This would have been easier if there were two but I only have one. It's about 1/8 " thick.

 

Does it go between the brake stopper plate and the frame or between the plate and the wheel ?

 

Once again, thanks in advance.

 

Ben

[MiCarl]

Just so happens I had my rear wheel off last week and ran into the same problem you're having with the washer.

 

When I put it next to the wheel the brakes bound up, so I moved it against the swingarm. Clearly that's where it was.

 

Now, if it was in the correct place from the previous owner is an entirely different matter......

[nowindinmyhair]

Thanks.

 

By the time I read your post, I made the same mistake and came to the same conclusion. But it makes me feel better to know that it's not only my conclusion.

[Marcarl]

There is a best method for re-aligning all this now, and I lerned it form Squidley. Just hang in there and I will find it and post it for you.

[Marcarl]

Carl,

Perhaps you didn't torque the rear pig correctly when you reinstalled it. I know that they can get a bit out of alignment if you dont do it right. Here's what I do when reinstalling...

 

1 Install pig in tube and stick driveshaft, install the nuts on the studs and just snug them down.

 

2 Install rear rim and tire onto pig and assemble all the brake components and install rear axle.

 

3 Tighten the shaft bolt (12mm) so the axle bolt can be torqued, torque the nut and then release the 12mm shaft bolt, the swing arm will spring into it's proper formed shape.

 

4 Loosen the 4 pig nuts that are snug and then torque them down in a criss cross fashion. Everything should be where it normally sits.

 

This is how I have done ever single one of my Ventures and I have never had any problems. Some others may chime in and add or detract from what I have mentioned, but I have never had any problems doing it this way with over 80k worth of riding.

 

[nowindinmyhair]

Thanks Carl. That's almost what I did. When I get out tomorrow, I'll loosen the pinch bolt and see if anything repositions itself.

 

Ben

[Snaggletooth]

I don't know what you ride but this is a shot of a 2nd gen. The 1st gen is similar.

[Squidley]

I don't know what you ride but this is a shot of a 2nd gen. The 1st gen is similar.

 

 

Thats how it is on all of the Ventures, thanks for posting that up