Big occasion this week.

[ZRX61]

Tensioner mod time. Should arrive in the mail today & will get fitted this week.
The big occasion being taking the clutch cover off the ZRX for the first time since it left the factory 22 years & 119,187.3 miles ago.

Well, assuming I can get the damn thing off... but there is a trick: hammer handle down the oil filler hole & give it a tug.
Actually have a couple of clutch cover gaskets in my main toolbox since I bought them in 2005.
Was a tad paranoid riding yesterday as it would be just my luck to have no issues with the tensioner for 22 years & then have the bloody thing let go after I ordered the mod & before it actually got here.

[weeksy]

What's the mod?

[Rockburner]

Why does the tensioner mod require the clutch cover off?

[ZRX61]

It's the starter/alternator chain, not the cam chain:
https://jamescomptoncustoms.com/product ... tensioner/

FFwd to 10.44:

[ZRX61]

To avoid this:

[Skub]

Is that a common thing with the ZRX?

[ZRX61]

Fits all engines in this series from the '84 GPz750/900R onwards, so Connie/GTR, Elimnator, ZX10, ZX11, ZRX11, ZRX12, ZZR12, GPz11 (the later version) etc etc.

There's another mod where you can fit the slipper clutch from the Connie/GTR, but I'm not even going to bother looking at the clutch plates while I'm in there. (unless curiosity gets the better of me)

[ZRX61]

Is that a common thing with the ZRX?

Not common, but not exactly rare either.
Compton's version looks like it was made in a machine shop (because it was), the other popular version looks like it was cobbled together from crap bought at Home Depot & loses the automatic tension ability.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

With 120,000 miles on it I'd put a set of friction plates in the clutch while it's apart

[ZRX61]

Mebbe...

[ZRX61]

Looks better than the exploded one..

[ZRX61]

Doodad arrived from Texas. Only bloodshed so far was removing the rubber waffle bolted to the inside of the clutch cover owing to the edge of the cover being like a frigging razor. Been hearing horror stories & dire warnings about getting the cover off the engine. It popped right off with two taps at the front with a rubber mallet, hammer handle in the oil filler hole & a simple tug had sitting on the floor.

[ZRX61]

Waiting on the compressor to fill the tank so I can use the whizzwheel to remove the pin.

[ZRX61]

Well crap. The PingFuckit! is the wrong size for the pin. I can push it in place with a fingernail & it fell off when I picked up the tensioner.

They're sending a couple of others in the mail today, just spent 20 minutes getting a bit of an suspension education from Jimmy Compton

[KungFooBob]

On a semi-related note.

I've been looking on UK t'bay, the ZRX-R's are 50% more expensive than the ZRX-S', same miles/year.

I've also been googling the difference between the S and the R.

It seems you can convert an S to an R using 2nd bits for a few hundred quid, if you don't mind using the S clocks with the R's bikini fairing.

What's that all about then?

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

A mate has an S he's turning into an R, but I think he's given up on trying to buy the fairing bracket and is going to make one.

[ZRX61]

A mate has an S he's turning into an R, but I think he's given up on trying to buy the fairing bracket and is going to make one.

The R bracket is still available from Mama Kaw

[ZRX61]

New Ping!Fuckit arrived (along with a spare). Fitted that this evening, engine may be back together tomorrow.

[ZRX61]

ta daa...

[ZRX61]

So here's what happened...
Wasn't 100% sure about my elbow calibration so decided I best buy something to check.
Today this showed up:
https://www.lexivon.com/products/lx-181

As suspected the two bolts that mount the tensioner weren't tight enough & now they're EXACTLY 87 in/lb & I have a spiffy new tool, this brings my torque wrench collection to five.