Here's the point of entry when putting fresh grease onto those bearing of a dirt bike's rear suspension.
Basically, it's a metal cylinder passing through a needle bearing, with a seal keeping crap out and lube in.
Looks the same on the other side.
Here's a shot of the holy grail.
Those little things that look like lines are the little rollers of the bearing.
Those rollers, and the metal cylinder, are the parts that get the grease.
It's not rocket science, but extremely important.
Kinda' like breathing is important, or so I'm told. :)
Before I head off to jerk for the day, I have to say goodbye in the kindest way possible, lest my linkage not know that I appreciate all it does. :)
Well, I got the WR-250FY back together after jerk last night, so the only things left to do are service the air filter, lube clutch cable, bleed fork air pressure (which happens with the push of a button, now), and check tire pressure.
Of course, a polishing of the plastics are done, too.
Since we're basically past the peak selling season at work (save for the holiday burst still to come for Christmas), I'm able to leave for the day when i get my work for the day completed.
This time of year, that could be as late as 8:00pm, or as early as 4:00pm, depending on the size of the day's deliveries.
Usually, the size of the day's UPS and FedEx deliveries is the No. 1 factor that determines how much work I'll have on the day.
There are other factors, such as how many items are collecting in the pile of items that need to be returned to where they came from, whether or not I have a scheduled parts return to complete (Honda, Yamaha, and Suzuki allow you to return X dollar amount of parts every so often), or how many items are still sitting on the customer special order shelf that still haven't been picked up from the deadbeats that ordered them, but, these are usually secondary.
Deadbeats.
When you're selling motorcycle parts, you'll be talking and dealing with lots of them.
Basically, the typical guy doesn't have his shit together, both with his financial budget or his knowledge of his machine.
Often, some guy will order this, that, and the other thing while trying to sound like your best friend, make it sound like you're the best parts guy in the world, promise that he really, really needs those parts to be ordered, but not come down to pick them up (and pay for them, too) once you give the loser a call to inform him that his shit has arrived.
That last point is a biggie, and I've worked in shops in the past where I wasn't even allowed to order parts for a guy without at least half of the money up front.
Some guys actually get insulted when you say you want half the money up front, but often, the more the guy complains about this, the bigger a loser he typically is.
That's just how retards think.
A loser knows deep down inside that his ability to keep a promise like that is shaky at best, but he gets bent out of shape when you basically remind him of that.
On the other hand, a decent guy with some kind of a brain in his head that's capable of calculating things like dollar figures can come into the shop with money to spend in his pocket and is just fine and dandy with plopping his money down on the counter to order parts he needs.
Well, I'm off to the garage to tinker with the WR-250FY.
-John
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