{"id":65238,"date":"2014-03-06T10:54:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T01:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=65238"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:44:34","slug":"z900-z1-wheel-bearing-maintenance-carburetor-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20140306\/everyday-events\/z900-z1-wheel-bearing-maintenance-carburetor-maintenance","title":{"rendered":"Z900 (Z1) Wheel Bearing Maintenance, Carburetor Maintenance, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-1200760813\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09714.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65232\" alt=\"DSC09714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09714.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09714.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09714-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09714-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Let&#8217;s replace the wheel bearings.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09722.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65233\" alt=\"DSC09722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09722.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09722.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09722-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09722-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Japanese-made oil seals are currently installed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09724.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65234\" alt=\"DSC09724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09724.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09724.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09724-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09724-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>No spring either. There aren&#8217;t any particular issues, but since we&#8217;re replacing the seal anyway, let&#8217;s look for a standard NOK part.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09726.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65235\" alt=\"DSC09726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09726.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09726.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09726-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09726-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>I&#8217;d like to switch to this one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09732.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65236\" alt=\"DSC09732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09732.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09732.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09732-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09732-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>It&#8217;s really worthwhile to feel the difference that the collar and seal alone make.<br \/>\nSome seals are so tight to move by hand for waterproofing that the collar wears heavily, so we sometimes adjust the fit and align the clearance while checking the balance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09734.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65237\" alt=\"DSC09734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC09734.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09734.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09734-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/DSC09734-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Some oil seals don&#8217;t go all the way in\u2014they just hold the collar and keep water and dirt out\u2014so it&#8217;s interesting to think about how you&#8217;ll actually use it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s replace the wheel bearings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[136,134,115],"class_list":["post-65238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-carb-maintenance","tag-chassis-total-maintenance","tag-z-aircooled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}