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I see your point on the cam chain. It should be replaced. Should the sprocket and tensioner be replaced as well? I am assuming yes. I wonder if I need to open up the crankcase to replace the chain?
The shop did not mark which piston goes to which cylinder. That leads me to believe that they did...
Wow has it really been a month since I updated this? Sorry about that. I am moving really slow getting the engine back together. I guess getting little sleep is not so good for me. I will get conventional oil for the break in. I have not replaced the cam chain tensioner. Should I also be...
The engine is finally coming back together! ;D I have two questions to ask you guys. Should I be using synthetic oil now? And what is proper procedure for breaking in an engine? I had been running partial synthetic in it and there are a variety of methods for breaking in an engine. What are the...
So what do you guys think. Should I replace the cam chain? Turns out all I needed was a rebore to .25 oversize hopefully this fixes my carb tuning issues.
Even more. And my work space. Now with the groves from the cam chain what should be done about that. From following Texasstar's build I know that the tensioner is not great stock. But I don't really know what to do about it. Any ideas? Also since there are groves cut from the chain should I be...
The forks look much better not hopefully minor pitting won't come back to get me. And from what little I have ridden since then the forks seems to function much better.
Engine is in the shop to get rebuilt that will take a few weeks. I wish I could do it myself but I don't have the tools and it would probably take me longer to do it on my own. Here is some work from last summer when I cleaned the rust of the forks and rebuilt them as well as repacked the...
So I have pulled the engine and taken the top end apart to rebuild. Looks like my cam chain wore into the engine a little. I will have picks of that up soon. This is also about as far as I can go without some real reading and understanding of the manual.
Stator was broken so I had it rewound. But in the process of removing from the engine I broke the stupid plastic neutral light indicator switch. Which just happen to mount to the engine case so I can't fix it without taking the case apart. Looks like I will be riding with no neutral light for a...
Well thanks I think the pictures might be inflating it's quality some I still have tons of work to do on it. The rubber gas cap seal is what I was asking about. It seem to be a flat o-ring with a u-shape opening to the inner radius. I have not seen anything quite like it.
I had to cut off the mufflers to try and get it tuned they turned out to have huge holes in them so they weren't helping anything. Unfortunately, doing this made the bike so loud that it made a child I rode past cry so I can't go with straight pipes. Got to keep it reasonable for the street.
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