Recent content by drhicks123

Thanks, I got this now and am onto the water pump,

There's a lot of movement so it looks like I have a sucky job ahead of me...Thanks again! :crying:

The bike's got 50k miles on it. Prudent to replace?

It does seem to have some side to side movement.

Is the replacement impeller steel rather than plastic?

Thanks Dan. I had confidence that the timing was right and I've already re-installed the valve cover. Now I've pulled the water pump cover off to check the impeller. Looks like its made out of a Phenolic or plastic material. I haven't checked my manual yet. Is the one on the GL1100 difficult to...

Ok, the front right cylinder, as you are sitting on the bike, is at TDC and both valves are closed. T1 and the camshaft pulleys are all lined up. Are we good?

Thanks, I'll check cylinder 1.

Yes, the crank does rotate twice to every rotation of the cams. I'd like to think I'm good to go but I'd like to double check to see for sure. I would think that one of the cylinders should be in TDC...

Just started the process of changing the timing belts. I've made the mistake of allowing the two pulleys to rotate before I figured out how to secure them as I'm installing the new belts. I can now line up T1 and the two pulley marks with UP facing up and then rotate the crankshaft two...

Got is re-assembled. Now working on the front wheel/bearings.

Did you use the high strength Loctite? A friend of mine tells me he's used this material in the past to repair industrial gear reducers and it performed well. I guess we'll see. I'll re-check the wheel play in a few months to see how it's holding up... I understand this is a common problem with...

Yes, I'm doing all the preventative maintenance, gear lube too (synthetic). The tires look to be fairly new. I've also got bearings for the front wheel as well.

Your bike is coming along great! Mine is in the same condition right now, going through everything...

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