1700 Maintenance

[Robert Fox]

i will add all of the motorcycle control points. clutch,front brake,shifter,rear brake. these points get overlooked untill there is a problem. on my vaquero the clutch lever had become quite noisy,gritty feeling. i disassembled inspected and cleaned. before i reassembled i noted that the bolt shoulder that holds the clutch lever on was worn silver on one side and not on the other. i taped up the threads and chucked it into my cordless drill. (be careful not to tighten the chuck to much as it will damage the threads.) i then cut a piece of 320grit sand paper the same width as the bolt shoulder approx. 2" long. then holding the trigger on the drill i also held the shoulder of the bolt with the sand paper. this only takes a few secs. (approx. 20 secs.) to polish the bolt shoulder. then i reassembled everything with a light coating of bel-ray chain lube. now it operates smooth and quite as it should.