Rear wheel rubbers

[nightrider]

Has any body took the rear wheel rubbers out ,  I took of the clip that holds it in  but it would not pull out , I am having the wheels painted so bearings and all bits need to come out , it does say that  pulley might be needed to draw the cover out , just wondered if any body had done this before,  thanks,,,,,,,

[Ant]

Do you mean the dust cover ?

[nightrider]

No ,I think the word I should have used is Cush drive rubbers ,   Normally when you take a rear wheel out they are  looking at you , but on the gtr  they are behind  a cover , this is what has to come off to get them out ,',,,,

[Ant]

AH, the rubber damper....best using a bearing puller I guess, not something I have done on the GTR as yet.

You could ask the question on the USA site if you don't get any better replies here.

[Kwikasfuki]

Rubber damper???

On the rear wheel is the spacer, rubber dust cap, bearing and another spacer as far as I can recall.
And the brake disc

[nightrider]

On the side that the splines are on  there is a cover and under that is the Cush drive rubber , take your rear wheel out look at the left side and you can not fail to see , when the bike goes in first gear the clunk would be hell of a lot louder and a lot more slop in the drive without the Cush drive rubbers. 

[Kwikasfuki]

Ah, ok. Which part number on the following diagram - 92161?
http://www.cornwallkawasaki.co.uk/shop/shop.php?cmd=showdiagram&id=25087

[nightrider]

42034.      The Cush  is  in there ,      The difference between the zzr11 and the gtr is that the Cush drive is exposed on the 11 , and the gtr  has a cover over it which is 42034 , you can see. The retaining clip which is like a big circlip  , I have got this off and now need to get the cover off to get the Cush drive rubber out , ,,,,,,,,,,

[Boomer]

The cover should just pull out. Mine comes out dead easy once the big circlip is removed.
Try tapping it with a rubber mallet. Chances are there is a bit of dirt jamming it in.

[nightrider]

I whacked it with a rubber mallet , tried pulling out with a tool I had that pulls things out and it will not move , it says in the manual  to use a puller ,  we shall see .

[Boomer]

Be gentle, it's only cast alloy and not that strong.
In 20 years of GTR1000s and 1400GTRs I've never had any difficulty removing the coupling.
Yes, the 1000 is almost identical.

[Kwikasfuki]

I'll be interested to see how you removed them. Thinking of getting my wheels powder coated as well

[Lonewolf]

I'll be interested to see how you removed them. Thinking of getting my wheels powder coated as well

Are they not naturally black yet? 

[Kwikasfuki]

Are they not naturally black yet? 

[nightrider]

Well,   After taking the wheel two 4 car garages 2 motorbike shops. We are still no nearer to getting the cover off , I have managed to get it looser  but it still will not come off , none of the places I took it had a pulley to help get it off , even tried  a engennearing shop , so have ordered a set of 3 pulleys off eBay  for £12, I rang hull kawasaki  , but he was most unhelpful , kept saying our technicians are all busy ,,  I canot believe that no where had a set of small pulleys  I think it only needs a slight pull and it will be off ,