I have a 2018 Triumph Tiger 800 XCA and I love your videos. They really help guide me through projects I’m working through on my Tiger. Thank you and keep doing what you’re doing!
This is a really helpful video, thank you. One tip in return is not to overpack your bearings with grease - grease is very viscous and the rollers will not turn properly, the grease will be hydraulically forced out of the seal lips leading to stiffer movement and premature seal failure. The reason everyone thinks Triumph don't put much grease in the bearings is because they put the right amount in.
Another great video John! I enjoy all your videos. Your bike is so clean. When you go to sell that bike someday, someone is going to get a very well maintained clean bike. Wish mine still looked like that! When I repacked my draglinks a while back, one of them was bone dry. Luckily no damage had happened to anything else. Next for me, the headbearing, which I was dreading until I watched your previous video. I'll be using your easy method of , not, taking the whole front end off. I like that. Looking forward to your next video.
I have a 2014, nice to see some of the improvements in the bike. I am doing this very service today, thats how I found you. Nice video, thanks. Your bike looks a LOT cleaner than mine. :)
Excellent video! Thanks! I just did my 2012 and they still use the same major components as seen in this video. NOTE: I was even worse at doing this maintenance then Keith in the comments below. I have 52,000 miles on my Tiger 800xc and all my bearings were still fine, no extra grease left but no play and no damage. I'm not advocating not doing this regularly, I just didn't read the service intervals on this item. Perhaps my regular use of multi-purpose lube on the joints themselves helped me out because this bike has seen a lot of dirt, mud and water so I would recommend externally cleaning and lubing all of these joints often ;-) Also, my swing arm guard was worn out, especially on the bottom, got a new one and I'm all set!
Good to hear from you sir. I am glad everything worked out good for you on your bike. I usually repack all my bearings on my bikes every winter just to give me something to do more than anything else... thanks for watching... keep safe out there... :)
Could you share what you used to protect the rear shock from debris thrown by the rear tyre? I hate cleaning the rear shock as it's pretty darn tight to get my hands in there. And thanks for your informative videos on the Tiger 800.
Hello sir, good to hear from you. I have not added anything on mine to protect the shock spring assembly. It has a black plastic guard on it from the factory that protects the back side of the assembly. You can see it here it is number 6 in the diagram... www.bikebandit.com/oem-parts/2019-triumph-tiger-800-xcx-855532-not-br-in-862413-br-in-only/o/m164672#sch1164654 I hope this helps... thanks for watching and keep safe out there... :)
I checked the parts catalogue and the plastic guard does not come with the road versions of the Tiger 800 XR/XRX/XRT. The rear shock is different from the XCX/XCA. Learned something new today! LOL
Good to hear from you sir. The next video I make using the lift I will definitely show how to use the lift... thanks for watching and keep safe out there... :)
Have you rebuilt the forks yet? I’d LOOOVE to see a video for that since as far as I can see there is no fork service video for the wp forks on the triumph tiger
Hello there sir, I have not had to rebuild my forks yet so there is no video on that. When I get a leaky seal I will do that video... Thanks for watching and keep safe out there... :)
After you have everything together, and the bike is on center stand, if you lift on the rear wheel do you feel any play? My 2014 has a about an inch of free play when i try to to lift the rear wheel. Wonder if that is normal.
I am not sure, it must be in the shock/spring assy. you might try tightening down the preload a bit on the rear shock and see if that is where it is at... :)
@@ozarksbackroads5484 Turns out the rear drop link bearings that go in the bottom of the swing arm are missing, disentigrated. 37,000 miles and I never serviced them. My bad.
