Cheers Tim. I think I may have been listeneing for issues. I triple checked every thing as I put it all back together, had no spare parts afterwards which is always good but don’t have a torque wrench so all the alloy parts got tightened till the bolts/nuts stoped then a tad more. So I think I’m just paranoid that the nuts/bolts aren’t tight enough. Had a history of breaking alloy parts in the past from being to heavy handed but now I’m always sceptical that they may not be tight enough.
I pulled the rear drum apart last week and there was actually some metal in the bottom of it, took the bits of metal to the local bike shop and the guy there said he thought it was a spring that usually goes on the older XR’s, took his word for it and it still works so who knows, don’t use the rear break that often any way. I re-adjusted the rear break but haven’t had a chance to take her for another ride tonight.
I’m always nervous after I perform any kind of re-builds myself. Don’t have a leg to stand on if she does let go some how. Years ago I rebuilt a fairly nasty 351 Clevo with a mate of a mate who was suppose to be a gun mechanic, spent 6K on the motor that already had all the good bits anyway, I replaced every nut and bolt exept the big end bolts “don’t need to replace them, just a waist of money” the gun mechanic told me. And what happened, not even 100kms into running her in she dropped a big end and stuffed the whole show, 6K gone. So now that is always in the back of my head and I’m always very nervious when I play with any thing.
Thanks heaps again for the help and I’ll post a sollution to the noises if I find any.
