Tip: soak the clutch discs in engine oil for overnight before you install to get them ready to be used right away!

Can not stop smiling when I watch this cat do his thang. Good ole 'merican pluck. @halfthrottle you have the hands of a surgeon, soul of a poet and mind of a mad hatter.

You know, just having bought a '99 KLR a few weeks ago, this video was spot on. Sometimes a really high quality shot is worth more than detailed explanations. I forget what their name is but there's a guy who has the best tutorials on KLRs but they're useless because everything is just a grainy blur at 240 resolution. Your video on the other hand I can watch, pause and rewind, all while working on the bike. It's great. Thanks bro!

If you use a clean bucket you can re-use the oil, but yours looked like it needed changing anyway. That water is also amazingly bad, would definitely be worth your while to check out how to flush the radiator. Oh, and kitty litter cleans up spilled oil REALLY well.

Having watched your videos and learning from your adventures came in handy when my 97 klr got stuck in gear. I knew it was the spring and your video shows clearly how to take the side cover off and where the parts go. God that water really made me want to check mine. Love your videos and adventures.

lol, your commentary at the end was great. Thanks

cool - first I did not really understand the title since I read dutch instead of clutch (my eyes become weak, it seems), but after I cleared that to myself, I could follow ... and congrats, good idea how You created the end of the video ... ;-)

@TheDamnSpot You are my target audience for tutorials like these. A mechanically minded person who needs a look at what a job will take. When I was searching for details on how to do this job I could only find a website with instructions in text. No pics, no video. Most jobs on a bike are easy enough to do if you can just watch someone else do it first.

You're like the Les Stroud of DIY motorcycle repair! Haha I love it!

I'm a do it yourself mechanic too (self taught). I have found the Clymer manual invaluable. Keeping it with you on longer rides is a great idea too, it's a little insurance!

Damn, that's a big job for the DIYer to tackle. For a wrenching n00b, you did it well. The first time I read the title, I thought you were just replacing the clutch cable. You should definitely use a water/antifreeze mixture in your cooling system. That will help reduce corrosion and will also prevent boil-overs. It also keeps the coolant from freezing, but that's not a problem where you live.

Soak your clutch disks in fluid for ATLEAST 24 HOURS! 30-40% of wear is right at the beginning if they are dry and not soaked!

@fairvoice Cool I'll keep an eye on any overheating problems. Thanks amigo.

enjoyed watching that one mate

@Pooshooter5k It's pretty easy to change the water, that little bolt in the bottom of the pump. And if you haven't done it in a while, or apparently ever in my bikes case it's definitely something you should look into.

Biggest mechanical job ever attempted ? How to fake a clutch replacement tutorial by cleaning out the clutch side oil screen? Man,i learned a lot.

So let's talk second bike Ryan. lol Hope you get her going right again soon before we all start having Halfthrottle off road withdraw symptoms. :-)

Tip: any metal shavings you find in crevices you cannot reach use a small magnet also its best to loosen and tighten bolts diagonally to stop any warping in components. And its a good idea to make sure its fully and correctly alligned just to be safe :)

I like your style dude. Great vid

I read you can do this with out draining things by laying the bike on its side. That was you don't have to working about getting the rust to water ration correct in the radiator when you put it back. I'v never tried it and this is a good excuse to change oil and water like halfthrottle said.

Great tips! Thanks Ryan.

@atokarchik I was surprised by what came out of the radiator. It looked horrible. When I was finished I just put water back in. Maybe I'll drain it and fill it with coolant, but I'm pretty lazy when it comes to that sort of thing. The bike isn't over heating, I'm gonna leave it alone.

@halfthrottle I know that feeling of not trusting a bike after mechanical issues. I find that starting with small trips help to rebuild confidence in the bike again. If it helps, in all my years of riding I've yet to see a KLR strand someone. It might not run 100%, might sound bad or feel funky. Yet it's a bike that hardly ever suffers a 100% failure. Or maybe you need some riding buddies? :-)

nice. I'm due for a clutch pretty soon.. Those 2nd gear clutch pops-to-attempted-wheelies are starting to show...

@1jbunceiii Not sure the brand, I didn't end up installing it. Probably put in on ebay and resell it. The doohickey is on the other side of the bike... I think.

@NMrick505 It was like 90% rust. 5% water. 5% coolant.

@advfilmer 2nd bike would be great. I think I've got it back together now, but it's like I trust it less for some reason. I'm less willing to venture into the unknown now because of how it acted up like that. I really don't want to get stranded.

@dogwafter These are the sort of comments I'd like to see upvoted to the top. They will really help the next guy who is looking for help working on his bike.

were you missing the tube in the oil filter?

@tractorkingc you were the first person to notice. I realized it was missing, and found it in a box of parts I had laying around.

My god, that water!

You did not have to drain the oil if you would have changed the clutch by kicking your bike over from (opposite the side you kicked over in the video). I saw this don on a Transalp that had a fried clutch. He laid it over and removed the clutch discs and then made another disc out of a road sign. Yes he rode it home.

I always review my copy of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance before any maintenance actions. It never helps but it is a good way to delay working on the bike. :) The metal shavings won't be collected on any magnet if they are aluminum/alloy, that's why the filter is there. I found the Haynes manuals to be very good, the photos even show the guy with greasy hands. So, I tucked my hair up under my hat, and I went in to ask him why? (That's my clever comment.)

I once opened my Honda Raider 135 as my piston sieged eventhough there is 2D oil in the bike. I took everything to realise the plastice gear that drives the 2 stroke oil into the engine has broken up due to ageing. But at least i could find out what went wrong.

@pdnerfbar Well my oil was due anyway, as was the radiator water. But that is an awesome story about making a clutch out of a road sign. Gotta be some pictures of that somewhere.

Hey man, I realize this video was like 4 years ago but I'm about to take apart my klr as well and haven't done it before. Mine is a 2007 (gen 1) and I think similar to yours, did you have to take anything else off to remove the clutch cover gasket or do you just have to take off the clutch cover and then you can remove the gasket?

@fairvoice I believe you, but I gotta be honest I'm probably going to be to lazy to do that. I sprayed the hose in the filler cap until the water ran clean. Does that count?

@Trinith If I can't find any kitty litter does catching a stray cat and using it to mop up the oil work just as well?

A magnetic drain plug helps to remove metal shavings from the oil, pretty cheap too!

May have been mentioned already but.....it appears you are missing the oil filter center sleeve/pin that flows oil through the filter (PISTON-ASSY,VALVE 783170) I recently replaced mine as it was also missing since I got the bike. $15US

@atokarchik I've got a magnetic drain plug, but that little filter/trap still had a lot of metal shavings in it.

@eccchung Yeah sometimes you gotta get inside to discover the real problem.

@Trinith I stuck a hose in the filler cap and let it run a while. Hopefully that got out a lot of the bad stuff.

One more question, do you use coolant in the rad? I use coolant (I'm in a cold climate) and my rad fluid has never looked that bad. A good quality coolant usually has rust inhibitor and will improve the boiling point.

@sabamacx Yeah I read that. I think it was on the package the new clutch came in. I didn't end up using the new plates as there wasn't anything wrong with the old ones. Guess I'll just sell the ones I bought on ebay.

@eddies Cool thanks for the tip.

@atokarchik One of those manuals would be cool, I may pick one up eventually.

Keep watching and the story will unfold.

@DesmosediciAlice I use the term "tutorial" loosely. These are basically videos of a guy who has probably never done the job before stumbling through the project. I just post them because I think they might help others who want to see what they are getting into before they start.

Yes I do,....... I was just stuck in a moment of Awness!...................

@cybrnathan Nope it wasn't the Doohickey.

Before you start go to an appliance dealer and ask for a cardboard fridge box from their recycle bin. Cut along all four corners, and you have four free cardboard pads to roll your bike onto for oil changes etc. Saves those oil stains on concrete garage floors and driveways.

i took mine apart thinking the clutch was slipping but once i opened it all up the clutch and friction plates where fine and it turned out it was just a bad cable(this vid works for klr250 as well)

bit late but damn man, change your oil more frequently. I know it's a KLR650 and will put up with just about any abuse but she'll treat you better if you change her oil before it turns black.

Was that little C shaped item the "Do-Hickey-Mod"? Mine came with it done apparently

@macspud28 It looked like a murder scene.

The infamous KLR Doohickey problem?

Congrats: nice job. (and please: give to the elephant good colored liquid coolant !.)

@halfthrottle Probably. But I think it's more painful, for you.

How many K's on your KLR? Or miles?

@dahveed284 Well when you run out of options it's surprising just what you can figure out.

@DesmosediciAlice I still own it. It's chillin in Utah waiting for more adventures.

@martyman5000 I'm a total n00b, but having something to look at is usually all it takes for most jobs.

So that's the Radiator hose but what is the liquid coming out here? 2:14

@halfthrottle

8 жыл бұрын

+Shaine MacDonald Water, or radiator fluid. It's pretty nasty looking because it hadn't been changed in a while.

@TiberiusStorm

8 жыл бұрын

halfthrottle I got a used KLR last Autumn. I'm learning how to do basic maintenance on the bike. Should I be emptying out this hose in your opinion?

@halfthrottle

8 жыл бұрын

+Shaine MacDonald Probably a good idea to clean this out. But I don't think you need to remove the hose to do it. After I take off the hose I notice a drain plug on the bottom of the cover the 2 hoses plug into. Just open that up and let it drain. Maybe flush it out with some clean water, and then put back in whatever the owners manuals tells you to.

@MyYogiB Probably wouldn't have read it even if I had it.

@halfthrottle Lol reading my comment now it doesn't make any sense. I was trying to be funny but didn't proof read my comment before posting and now I'm not sure what all I was trying to say. Sounds easy enough to change the water though. I have only had air cooled bikes and don't have one at all rite now :(

@cynik45ACP If a motorcycle can get it mine probably has it.

@coyote8047 Teach me some.

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ouu a engine coolant shitty bad

@TheGatesshrack

9 жыл бұрын

For sure lol change your coolant more often boys, shouldn't be rust colored

@mhughe Long haired freaky people need not apply.

Shit bike ,,,I hate it