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#1012718 Mugg (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 14 Re:new season: check your nuts! 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago   So I am out in the garage checking my nuts (it is a full house... Don't judge!) Anyway, I take the cover off and found that I don't have to worry about it ever coming loose... it is welded! Now, while I can appreciate that it is sturdy, I now need to understand what will be required if (when) that comes back to bite in the butt.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #1012720 mbk (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2102 Re:new season: check your nuts! 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Mugg wrote: So I am out in the garage checking my nuts (it is a full house... Don't judge!) Anyway, I take the cover off and found that I don't have to worry about it ever coming loose... it is welded! Now, while I can appreciate that it is sturdy, I now need to understand what will be required if (when) that comes back to bite in the butt. Well now, there is something you do not see everyday . . . If the PO got it welded together square where you do not have any ugly vibrations, and they did not cook the seals where you have an oil leak or seep, you are probably good to go for a long, long time. From what I am seeing, rarely do these bikes need to be cracked open there. If / When the time comes, a die or angle head grinder will cut the welds and you just have to change the shaft and pulley like most folks would have in the first place. Several threads on the forum on how to do it. one example: http://roadstarclinic.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,187/func,view/id,805332/catid,49/limit,10/limitstart,50/   Logged     Last Edit: 2017/06/03 09:36 By mbk.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #1012736 Mugg (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 14 Re:new season: check your nuts! 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Thanks for the info, MBK. It appears to be good, and it feels fine.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #1012751 EPRoadie (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3066 Re:new season: check your nuts! 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Also checked my pulley couple weeks ago which I do once twice a year.......... Still good as I also marked the nut few years ago and hasn't moved a bit Also regrease the rollers just for grins...........   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #1012823 thefrazdogg (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 281 Re:new season: check your nuts! 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago   You guys think a 2013 model would have this issue? Seems like something they would have resolved. Guess I'll check just in case. When you remove the case, do you need new gaskets to seal it? Or do you just screw it back together. I've never opened mine up. I want to make sure I do it right.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #1012825 davej (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 18167 Re:new season: check your nuts! 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago   It's just a cover over the belt and pulley so there is no gasket to worry about.   Logged     dave   The administrator has disabled public write access. #1012826 thefrazdogg (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 281 Re:new season: check your nuts! 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago   davej wrote: It's just a cover over the belt and pulley so there is no gasket to worry about. I figured. Just wanted to check. Seems like every time I go to do something on my bike, it turns into a project rather than a quick check. Lol. Thanks   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #1012881 thefrazdogg (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 281 Re:new season: check your nuts! 8 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Looks like on the 2013, it's welded. There's a nut, but there is weld like material around the threading and the nut. Not a bead, but smooth. Looks like that sucker at never coming off. And, on the nuts that hold the casing, they were lock tighted by Yamaha. It looks like I won't have to worry about it.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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