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  1. draconislivida

    Keep burning up cams & rockers

    First off, i thought i was "wrench literate" but this 360 is killing me. So far I've burned up two cams and three sets of rockers. My most recent fubar, i noticed that there is no wear on the back side of the cam lobes... The rockers are toast! The only mods are: drilled larger oil passages to...
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    Can someone ID this gas tank for me?

    Honda made an enduro as well, a little 250 but here are a few other options the Yamaha ...
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    no, I used a tire air hose combined with the adapter from a compression tester. This way I was able to not only get a reading, but monitor the leak down. Didn't matter much, when I heard all that air coming out of the header. Just re-engineered the kick-compression test, by injecting air into...
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    http://youtu.be/mdTNciq0be0
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    Well, 5 min after my post I devised a plan. Rattled around in the garage an made a nifty gadget to pressurize the cylinder. Turns out air was running straight out the tailpipe! Valves!!! So I tore it all down again, for a kitchen cabinet valve job. Ebay head came with 4 bent valves!!! Cleaned...
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    ** PICS OF MEMBERS RIDES ** - Official Before & After Thread

    keep the sunny side up!
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    Replaced a Head: NO Compression!?!?!

    ;D lol Well I would say u guys are a hoot, but I can understand the responses! Dumb a@@ moments are like aunts with mustaches, either everybody has had one or knows one! Well, the make shift cylinder-pressure test revealed the bad news. Air was going straight out the tail pipe! @#$%^ Valves...
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    Replaced a Head: NO Compression!?!?!

    well pressurizing the cylinder told all. Air is going straight out the tail pipe. yeah Will have to take the head off again, seems like valves aren't seating. Mutha-@#$%a
  9. draconislivida

    Replaced a Head: NO Compression!?!?!

    I need help! Man, this is weird!! I have absolutely NO Compression??? I had to order a new head, (last one bit the dust on a fried cam) it came to me with new valve seals and the springs were measured and in good shape. I have checked the head gasket, but no apparent leaks. I took the valve...
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    trek, I need help! Man, this is weird!! I have absolutely NO Compression??? I had to order a new head, it came to me with new valve seals and the springs were measured and in good shape. I have checked the head gasket, but no apparent leaks. I took the valve cover off, (so valves are closed)...
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    turn signal ... headlight bracket ... oh, the toolkit!? A goggle hard-case (for those nifty goggles that keep sand out our eyes) from the post-Desert Storm era
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    Sir Trek! We All Bow To Your Existence!!! ::) Well, the 2nd refit did have pegs for my shorty! And I read that article you posted (or someone did) on fried cams. So when I had the case open to install the new clutch and springs, I was able to slightly mod the pickup tube with a grinder, hammer...
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    ** PICS OF MEMBERS RIDES ** - Official Before & After Thread

    1974 CB360T = $300.00 (CL)
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    found this on ebay too, a 7" xenon with led's. seems u can order any color (incl amber orange if u want to wire them up as turn signals)
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    interestingly enuff, I boght an old leather jacket from the thrift store to ride with, but it was too small ... so guess which sleeve I used for my seat??? yep slid it in there and it fit perfect!! And how about that R6 integrated brake light, huh?? B!tch to get it in right + the right...
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    so thanx to ebay - we have the tools and parts to rebuild him ...
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    so I fried the cam >:( and then broke a cheap a@@ harbor freight bit, tryin to widen some oil passages!!!
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    got distracted ....Thanks to house of colors - this thing glows in the dark "Blue"
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    finished product ... not!
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    An Eskimo in Texas

    So this all came about becuz of Do The Ton ... :o
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