Ozzibiker wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:01 am
This post is helpful.
But you don't need to remove the side panel
You should be able to get a small socket wrench onto the three bolts on the CVT cover (the front one is the hardest) and from there continue as you show.
It saves time and less chance of damage to side cover.
I don't put grease on the weights. I've done it before, but even a little will leak out. It also collects dust and increases wear.
Hi, thanks for replying.
Although we do not <need> to remove the footplate side-fairing, and, as you say, the job can be done without doing so, I always remove it.
I understand your point about it being fragile when removed and replaced, though.
When I checked my engine exhaust and inlet vales, I snapped a clip just to the left of the seat, about where the riders backside/thigh goes, and though it makes no practical difference whatsoever to the functioning of the scooter, I was bloody annoyed with myself. It wasn't even a cold day when I did it.
I am not sure precisely what I said in the manual I made as it was a long time ago now, but I certainly would not have suggested greasing the front pulley weights, though I may have mentioned that some people like to. I see no need at all, myself.
Funnily enough, on Saturday I changed the entirety of the CVT parts with brand new ones.
The bike has now done 84,000 kilometres (about 52,000 miles) and though I have changed the belt/rollers every 20,000 kilos and the pulleys every 40,000 kilos, I was still on the original clutch weights and clutch outer. The wear was visible, but not horrific, but the juddering upon pulling away for the first 15 minutes or so of every journey was not acceptable.
If the bearings in the clutch, which tend to die very quickly, last 20,000 kilos, I will not open up the CVT again until 105,000 kilos.
We shall see...
