Kawasaki Z1000 Motorcycle User Manual


 
CRANKSHAFT/TR ANSMISSION 9-25
Transmission
Transmission Shaft Removal
Split the crankcase (see Crankcase Splitting).
Remove the drive shaft [A] and output shaft [B].
Transmission Shaft Installation
Check to see that the set pins [A] and set rings [B] are in
place.
Install the drive shaft and output shaft into the upper
crankcase half.
Apply engine oil to the sliding surfaces of the gears and
bearings.
The bearing set pins and rings must match properly with
the holes or grooves in the bearing outer races. When
they are properly matched, there is no clearance [A] be-
tween the crankcase and the bearing outer races.
Assemble the crankcase.
Press in the oil seal [A] onto collar [B] so that the surface
of the oil seal is flush with the counterbore bottom surface
[C] of the crankcase.
Transmission Shaft Disassembly
Remove the transmission shafts (see Transmission Shaft
Removal).
Remove the circlips, disassemble the transmission
shafts.
The 5th gear [A] on the output shaft has three steel balls
assembled i nto i t for the positive neutral finder mecha-
nism.
Remove the 5th gear as follows.
Set the output shaft in a vertical position holding the 3rd
gear [B].
Spin the 5th gear quickly [C] and pull it off upward.