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Ripping the engine apart...
08/09/14 at 13:30:23
So, I've gotten fed up and decided to rip apart my engine...
I needed to know where my chain tensioner was at and to see how bad/not bad my head was holding up.
While it's apart, is there anything else I should truly check out?
I have all new gasket set to replace everything
I also plan to paint the engine.
My plan is to slap it back together (I checked tensioner), clean and prep it for paint, paint, replace chain tensioner, pull valves/ cylinder and check those, then re-gasket everything and put it all back together.
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08/09/14 at 13:44:00
You're aware that's it's not the tensioner that fails but the chain stretches?
check you clutch throwout rod... how much does it stick out of the clutch pack?
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08/09/14 at 20:52:22
Dude,
Unless you have close to 40,000 -50,000 miles on that bike it does not need a top end tear down "just to check it" or to "pull the valves/cylinder".
You are seriously wasting money and time chasing butterflies.
Tell us why you think you need a full teardown
and let us clue you as to what is really wrong and the easiest/cheapest way to fix it.
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08/10/14 at 22:13:25
Oldfeller--FSO wrote
on 08/09/14 at 20:52:22:
Dude,
Unless you have close to 40,000 -50,000 miles on that bike it does not need a top end tear down "just to check it" or to "pull the valves/cylinder".
You are seriously wasting money and time chasing butterflies.
Tell us why you think you need a full teardown
and let us clue you as to what is really wrong and the easiest/cheapest way to fix it.
Quoted so you can't say no one told you.
You tear your car down if it needs a tune up?
Start ripping heads off if it needs a timing chain?
Fix what needs fixed and Ride that thing..
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08/12/14 at 06:01:23
A compression test would tell you the overall health of the rings, valves, guides, etc. I'd do that before the full tear down, or are you getting a lot of blue smoke?
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
The cam chain and related stuff needs to be looked at though, as others have noted.
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