What did you do to prep for Baja today?

Guoseph

Guoseph

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OaklandF4i said:
Hmmm..... never considered you were trying to replace without removing the cover and shaft. :laughing The extra 10 minutes might have made the job easier. Good to hear its out and replaced! :thumbup
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Actually the cover was off but the shaft doesn't wanna come out, it's a weird design. Even after I got the seal out I couldn't understand how the shaft comes out.

https://klay.smugmug.com/Other/Stuff5/i-2NcgKZt/A

It may not be obvious from the photo but the shaft isn't designed to drop out the bottom even with the cover off.
 
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1962siia

1962siia

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Hard to tell from that awesome pic :twofinger :laughing but if it doesn't go down then it must go up. Maybe it just need a little persuading.
 
Guoseph

Guoseph

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1962siia88 said:
Hard to tell from that awesome pic :twofinger :laughing but if it doesn't go down then it must go up. Maybe it just need a little persuading.
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Ha, yeah not my pic. I didn't take a picture of the inside cover. I didn't want to "persuade" it too much or I might be buying another clutch cover :p
 
1962siia

1962siia

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Probably a good call. It's an interesting design for sure. I wonder if those teeth on the pinion ever break. The xrr pinion has a machined surface that when turned moves a rod to release the clutch. As I recall it's also held in by the seal but it didn't need any persuading to come out when I replaced the bearing and seal last year but then again the housing was smashed from the chain snapping and taking it out. :wtf
 
OaklandF4i

OaklandF4i

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That is interesting. Looking at the schematics, it goes seal, washer, bearing, then case cover. So it definitely comes out from the top. I wonder if there is a shoulder on the pinion rod below the bearing? All academic now with the new seal in place. :thumbup
 
anytwowilldo

anytwowilldo

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1962siia88 said:
Is that a single sided fork on that bike? Pretty cool!
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Yes, it is a Cannondale Prophet with a 140MM travel Lefty.

It was a steep and slippery descent so my son had his phone out to document the endo. I let him down and made it. :ride:party
 
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Cabrito

Cabrito

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My Baja Prep this week consisted of the purchase of some transport assistance in the form of a trailer.
 

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OaklandF4i

OaklandF4i

Darwin's exception
Cabrito said:
My Baja Prep this week consisted of the purchase of some transport assistance in the form of a trailer.
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Booom! And much needed assistance for the group. :thumbup That looks like a proper trailer. HD construction, big wheels, and three rails. Fricken sweet Michael.
 
Cabrito

Cabrito

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OaklandF4i said:
Booom! And much needed assistance for the group. :thumbup That looks like a proper trailer. HD construction, big wheels, and three rails. Fricken sweet Michael.
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Yeah totally, but the wheels are only 13" so I'm going to see how it does on the Stony trip. I might look into getting 15's for it.
 
OaklandF4i

OaklandF4i

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Cabrito said:
Yeah totally, but the wheels are only 13" so I'm going to see how it does on the Stony trip. I might look into getting 15's for it.
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I cant imagine the 13's wont be more than sufficient. Danial has the same 12's on his three rail as I have my HF (obviously his is a much higher end better built trailer than mine - but same rims). The 12's seem to work just fine for the past few years going to Baja and back. I hear they do fine exceeding the speed limit by a good bit too. Some guys were testing them at 85 + on Hwy 5 I heard. Its what I heard at least.... :x

Unless of course you are thinking of chase vehicle duties offroad...
 
Cabrito

Cabrito

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OaklandF4i said:
I cant imagine the 13's wont be more than sufficient. Danial has the same 12's on his three rail as I have my HF (obviously his is a much higher end better built trailer than mine - but same rims). The 12's seem to work just fine for the past few years going to Baja and back. I hear they do fine exceeding the speed limit by a good bit too. Some guys were testing them at 85 + on Hwy 5 I heard. Its what I heard at least.... :x

Unless of course you are thinking of chase vehicle duties offroad...
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I think my real concern and maybe the group might know, but are the 13" a hard size to find when you're on the road or common size?
 
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Leo_jb

Leo_jb

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Cabrito said:
My Baja Prep this week consisted of the purchase of some transport assistance in the form of a trailer.
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I am sooo jealous! You actually have room to store that? I've been waiting to pull the trigger on a harbor freight folding trailer, but even that will be hard for me to store.
 
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