{"id":66641,"date":"2013-12-08T20:29:04","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T11:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=66641"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:43:43","slug":"z1100r-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-deco-mainte-newtech-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20131208\/everyday-events\/z1100r-flat-rate-motorcycle-inspection-deco-mainte-newtech-6","title":{"rendered":"Z1100R Flat-Rate Motorcycle Inspection, Deco-mainte, and NewTech, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, continuing from yesterday&#8217;s work&#8230; <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10254013_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> We&#8217;re adjusting the clearance with shims on the pivot. Initially it had quite a bit of play.<br \/>\nBefore loosening the pivot, I removed the rear suspension and checked the play on both sides\u2014there was a pretty sharp gap.<br \/>\nIt turned out to have a color-in bearing structure, so we were able to use shims from inventory\u2014lucky!<br \/>\nHopefully this will give it a nice solid feel.<br \/>\nTaking the swingarm on and off multiple times is a bit tedious. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10254013_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> The color on the back of the drive sprocket cover was somehow worn down\u2014hmm.<br \/>\nIt should be L = 85 mm originally, but it was 84-point-something mm.<br \/>\nI faced it once on the lathe\u2014it had a texture that looked weldable, so I built it up with filler metal <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10254013_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> Restored. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10254013_3.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> Trusted Sunstar &#038; DID ZVM-X <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/492584_10254013_4.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/> We&#8217;re putting this on hold for now to deal with the sharp spots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, continuing from yesterday&#8217;s work&#8230; &nbsp; &nbsp; We&#8217;re adjusting the clearance with shims on the pivot. Initially it had quite a bit of play. Before loosening the pivot, I removed the rear suspension and checked the play on both sides\u2014there was a pretty sharp gap. It turned out to have a color-in bearing structure, so we were able to use shims from inventory\u2014lucky! Hopefully this will give it a nice solid feel. Taking the swingarm on and off multiple times is a bit tedious. &nbsp; &nbsp; The color on the back of the drive sprocket cover was somehow worn down\u2014hmm. It should be L = 85 mm originally, but it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55,115],"class_list":["post-66641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog","tag-z-aircooled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66641","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=66641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}