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[fj1289]

Ace should have cotter pins - just get one (or a bag full?) that are long enough to pass all the way through.  I've even seen a nail used before ... not right - but better than nothing!

[FJmonkey]

I can measure later tonight. Or you can go to Mcmaster.com and then search for Hairpin. One or more of the sizes listed will fit. The pin diameter has to fit through the axle. Beyond that, it needs to not fall off. Corrosion resistant is nice as well. 

[Sparky84]

yeah my bad for the confusion, but that would be it!

I've got 4mm x 40mm cotter pins for rear axle nut on my 1100, bought a pack of 10 because that's how they came.

[FJmonkey]

The pin on my 89' is 3.2mm wire diameter. Overall length is 65.5mm. Big opening is 14mm in diameter. It may not be OEM but it fits and works.

[JohnnyTheCraneGuy]

thanks yall!

I'll be running by Ace soon to pick a pack of them up today.

[giantkiller]

I finally read your introduction. Glad you didn't go for the fjr1300. My brother and his wife rode one of my fjs  with me in the smokeys. And she was on a mission. Asked everyone she could at the gas stations. What bike they liked best. And bought one online while they drove home. They  got an fjr. I  rode it a couple of times it's extremely smooth handles great and has power. But I felt too disconnected from the pavement. The guys on the fjr forum call them super sonic sofas.
It's a good bike for my brother because of his bad back.
Welcome to the madness....I  too ride very slow.

[FJ1200W]

Gearing, well, how about oil next?


Seriously, cracked plastics, I've fallen in love with my hot stapler and JB Plastic Weld