Do we

[macmac]

I would get some out Dave... If you can do anything like what Norm cnc says do it upright. Then when you guess maybe you are below the level that would be a 2x4 flat under the side stand set yer on down and wait armed with a rag.

No need to really drain........

The way i fill after draining is with tubing jammed on a the bottle nozzle and I get right down and see that the oil is at the full and allow a little to run out because there is a funny little shelf there inside the case. make sure the oil level is real and not just too much oil on that little shelf. I have no idea what that shelf in the casting is.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Kawhead

And wind afterwards.

That explains a lot. Every time we ride he keeps asking me if I smelled the skunk. I never even seen any skunks on the rode.

[Kawhead]

Originally Posted by davidhollinger

Looking forward to meeting everyone coming to the SE meet and greet in September so I can comfortably insult them afterwords! Especially Kawhead!
I like the way he talks umhuhhh!

You got it 10-4 Wilco Rodger You bechor suitass!!!!!
I wish winning the lottery was as easy as scoring with big ol' drunk ugly hunch back web footed women with warts on their face with big tiddies.

If it was we'd all be doing a bunch of rallies all on Kawhead!!

[davidhollinger]

Thanks Norm/Mac...I will pull it out this weekend. Raining all week here so its sitting home alone. Too busy with other projects to look at it till probably Sunday. I will let you know what I find and how much comes out. Thanks again.

[cnc]

Originally Posted by Kawhead

You got it 10-4 Wilco Rodger You bechor suitass!!!!!
I wish winning the lottery was as easy as scoring with big ol' drunk ugly hunch back web footed women with warts on their face with big tiddies.

If it was we'd all be doing a bunch of rallies all on Kawhead!!

I don't even want to know about these mutant women you speak of.

[davidhollinger]

Hell I do!!! Bring em on Kawhead! Or maybe just the one with "big tiddies"... LOL!

[blowndodge]

David, I'd pull it out yesterday... I know how projects can stack up. Just drop the top bolt on the side stand, 5 minutes.. the longer the seal is soaking the worse it's going to be... then you have a larger project on your hands as Mac pointed out!

[davidhollinger]

Thanks BD, but I took it to a shop yesterday to have them look at it for me. When I had the wheel off the other day and greased it all up, it came off and went back on pretty easy but I started feeling a weird vibration in the floorboards and grips a few days later. I didnt want to ride it any further without knowing if I had done something screwy when I had it apart so I dropped it off. I think I am my own worst enemy. I will have the shop guy pull out a couple ounces or I will do it when I get it back.
The vibration was felt more at deceleration if that tells you anything...and was intermittent, not constant at all. ???

[ringadingh]

Have you checked the U joint Dave, I'd take a look at it just to be sure its ok.

[blowndodge]

Steve's right Dave. decel vibe usually means u joint as there is no load on the engine.

[cnc]

Dave these bikes are usually very reliable and quite trouble free, your ruining their reputation.

[davidhollinger]

Originally Posted by cnc

Dave these bikes are usually very reliable and quite trouble free, your ruining their reputation.

Yeah, its 11 years old and I am probably the FIRST to do any work on it at all. I am amazed that it has ran as smoothly as it did the first year I have had it. However I ride the hell out of it. It does not get babied.
I can tell you it will do 105! (which is more like 99mph) I have not checked the Ujoint because I dont know what or where that is! I have never checked the swingarm...ever. That was the reason for my VIDEOS post! Hate to show my ignorance here but I am no wrench at all. Everything I have done so far is because you all gave me the Know HOW and nerve to try it first. I love the Nomad and its a kick ass bike, but I want it maintained right because I will rely heavily on it. Thats why it seems I am always posting trouble items. I may be just a little paranoid! But Thanks for everyone's help!

[ringadingh]

The U joint is at the end of the driveshaft, where the rubber boot is. You pretty well have to remove the shaft, which involves removing the rear wheel and final drive.
Its all straightforward and not hard to do. If you change it make sure to change the rubber boot as well, if yours is 11 years old its overdue, as they crack and then dirt and water gets in ruining the Ujoint.
Gadgets Fixit has a great how to on changing the U Joint and we have the part nimber listed here in the Tech section.

[davidhollinger]

Thanks Ring...It is on my list now....

[macmac]

While you are there Dave, grab the spline to the engine side the bevel gear spline and see if it seems sloppy Bearings there can go bad. You will be releasing the drive shaft from that spline. In the maint section I have a picture of the little pin you depress to slip the drive shaft off that spline too.

Don't lose that pin. Before you do press that pin down have a rag stuffed around that bevel gear spline so no matter what that pin can' pop back up and fall inside the engine/tranny case. This sounds like a big deal but it isn't. The pin is just a steel retainer that holds the drive shaft on the top end spline. To pull the shaft off you need to locate the hole apx 3/16th inch and send a smaller allen wrench down there about 1/8th inch and pull the drive shaft rearwards.


On that same bit of tech info there is a pic of my bike on the lift with a barn bucket upside down that the swing arm rests on.

I didn't want to cut the brake line wire loops, and haven't yet.

I had to hunt to find this link myself..... Below the post is another loaded with pics.
http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=15791