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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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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Ripping the engine apart... Reply #1 - 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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Re: Ripping the engine apart...
Reply #2 - 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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Re: Ripping the engine apart...
Reply #3 - 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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cafecarl Junior Member Offline I love old motorcycles Posts: 58 Maine Gender:	Re: Ripping the engine apart... Reply #4 - 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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