recently when changing my alternator, it was suggested I check the cush rubbers and inserts. after inspection I found that they appeared to worn so I ordered the parts from Partzilla. the parts arrived and I went over to Abe's to deliver his parts we added to the order, to fit the cush rubbers and alloys.
I removed the rear wheel and then removed the plate to reveal the rubbers.4 of which were worn and loose in there position,quite a lot of movement
the inside face where the rubbers sit was also worn and had a lot of rubber and alloy duST caked on
so it was give a good scrub and scrapping to remove it all
under the watchfull eye of our supervisor TC
you can see the wear on the rim now in this pic,
next was to put the alloy thingys into the rubber with out causing to much STress on the rubbers, if you look you will see that one side the rubber wall is thinner so its that side you need to put the alloy peice on firST then push downwards and sideways to get the alloys in, making sure you seat them in fully.a little silicone spray helps.Then place them into the recess in the rim and you will then need to make sure they seat down completely. A gentle tap with a plaSTic mallet will do the job. then making sure you have the cover plate the right way, it is marked 'OUTSIDE" to make sure its correct. It wont go on if its the wrong way because the edges are bevelled to slide into the grooves.
also there are arrows marking the alignment place it down and slide the locators to the next arrow and you will see the bolt holes line up. the hex bolts need to be tensions to 20 Nm when doing them up and a little drop of loctite used.
all together and looking good.
we also changed the 3 'O' rings in the drive, as you can see one was flat compared to the new one
and one had split. this is the three old ones
we greased up the splines and put everything back together and when I rode home I could definitely feel the difference as there was no lag in take off, it became responsive as soon as I twiSTed the throttle where=as B4 there was a slight jolt when taking up the slack from the worn Cush rudders and elongated holes in the alloy inserts.
A big thanks to Abe for your knowledge and help doing this,, muchly appreciated
for those of you looking to get these parts to do your STeed.
Thank you for your recent order at Partzilla.com! Your order summary is below.
Order #: 81005450
Date Ordered: 07/19/2014
Payment Method: PAYPAL
Priority International Mail
https://www.partzilla.com/ 41241-MT3-003 RUBBER, RR. (American Honda) $11.74 X5 $58.70 USD
41242-MR5-000 PIECE, DAMPER WHEEL (American Honda) $9.18 X5 $45.90 USD
Shipping & Handling: $49.99 USD
conversion rate on day of sale .9047 = $159.85 Aussie $$$..
from memory Campbelltown Honda STealer quoted $198.. for the parts so I went to USA
Abe also added 10 parts for his ST1300 and total order came in juST under the next postage increase so $$ saved for us both.
