how to change front sprockets?
#11
09-13-2011, 04:18 AM
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Fort Atkinson, WI
Posts: 349
Just do it how the manual says to. For my 07 it says to step on the rear brake and loosen the nut. The nut is only torqued to 92 foot pounds. That's less than my cars and way less than my truck. I'm not understanding why so many people have a hard time breaking their nut free. If you can tie your shoes, you can change a front sprocket. If I remember correctly it's 27mm.
Page 10-4 of my manual says 92 ft.lb or 125 Nm
Page 10-4 of my manual says 92 ft.lb or 125 Nm
Last edited by 2007 Green Machine; 09-13-2011 at 04:23 AM.
#12
09-13-2011, 04:30 AM
True story..many can stand on the rear brake to hold the torque. But I had all of my 205# standing straight down on the brake and it still wouldn't hold. And that generally makes this a two-man job...if it works 
. Put the nut on to 92 ft-lbs...but why does it then take 150+ ft-lbs to take it back off???? Dang that thing!
. Put the nut on to 92 ft-lbs...but why does it then take 150+ ft-lbs to take it back off???? Dang that thing!Just do it how the manual says to. For my 07 it says to step on the rear brake and loosen the nut. The nut is only torqued to 92 foot pounds. That's less than my cars and way less than my truck. I'm not understanding why so many people have a hard time breaking their nut free. If you can tie your shoes, you can change a front sprocket. If I remember correctly it's 27mm.
Page 10-4 of my manual says 92 ft.lb or 125 Nm
Page 10-4 of my manual says 92 ft.lb or 125 Nm
Last edited by IDRIDR; 09-13-2011 at 04:39 AM.
#13
09-13-2011, 04:38 AM
thanks!...always great help...i use this moto mainly to commute to work and visit friends around san francisco....going with a 15t front sprocket to help with the freeway commute...and, i figure i'll go with the 351 kit eventually once i talk to some shops about installation charges...i'll probably not attempt to do that on my own...anybody know what should be the expected norm to install the 351 kit and mikuni carb, so i don't get ripped off?
I was curious and asked my local independent shop (good guys there) what they would charge to install the 351, and they said a job like that typically goes for $200 to $250, and they'd check and adjust valves and other parts while they were in there. I'd be interested to know how this compares to what anyone else knows or would charge if they were doing one. I didn't ask about the carb. That I'd do on my own.
#14
09-13-2011, 05:20 AM
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Northern Kettle Moraine
Posts: 628
HEAT! All it needs is a little heat from a propane torch. Mine came off with a cheap harbor freight 18v impact after heating, no need to wedge sprockets to swing arms. Work smarter not harder. Kawi uses some serious thread locker, had same issue with my ZRX1200.
#15
09-13-2011, 06:01 AM
Ya, we thought about that but I wasn't sure that the o-rings in the chain or some other part would be too happy with it. Thus, that was my version of working smarter, not harder.
#16
09-13-2011, 06:14 AM
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Fort Atkinson, WI
Posts: 349
No thread locker on my bike and I'm the original owner. There should not be any thread locker as the manual says to use oil. It was only a one man job to take of my sprocket. Just stepped on the rear brake, leaned over with a breaker bar and yes it took some effort, but it came off without a lot of difficultly.
#17
09-13-2011, 06:17 AM
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Fort Atkinson, WI
Posts: 349
Good question...
I was curious and asked my local independent shop (good guys there) what they would charge to install the 351, and they said a job like that typically goes for $200 to $250, and they'd check and adjust valves and other parts while they were in there. I'd be interested to know how this compares to what anyone else knows or would charge if they were doing one. I didn't ask about the carb. That I'd do on my own.
I was curious and asked my local independent shop (good guys there) what they would charge to install the 351, and they said a job like that typically goes for $200 to $250, and they'd check and adjust valves and other parts while they were in there. I'd be interested to know how this compares to what anyone else knows or would charge if they were doing one. I didn't ask about the carb. That I'd do on my own.
It costs me $22 to change oil on my truck, and the dealer only charges $27 with tax included. I don't change oil on my truck anymore. It's not worth it for $5. I would highly dought a kawasaki dealer would do it for $200-$250.
#18
09-13-2011, 10:00 AM
For that kind of price, I'd pay to have someone else do it. It costs me $22 to change oil on my truck, and the dealer only charges $27 with tax included. I don't change oil on my truck anymore. It's not worth it for $5. I would highly dought a kawasaki dealer would do it for $200-$250.
It costs me $22 to change oil on my truck, and the dealer only charges $27 with tax included. I don't change oil on my truck anymore. It's not worth it for $5. I would highly dought a kawasaki dealer would do it for $200-$250.
#19
09-13-2011, 03:27 PM
Either way that's insane!!
#20
09-13-2011, 05:30 PM
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Fort Atkinson, WI
Posts: 349
I've got an 06 dodge ram with a hemi and it sucks to change oil. When you pull off the oil filter which is way up there, oil goes everywhere. I'll let them get their floor dirty instead of mine for $5