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PS. IN between attacking this problem, I love riding the bike. I recently rebuilt the carbs with consideration for matched size main jets, new...
I tried a screwdriver, not a stethoscope: would you recommend one? I always found a screwdriver satisfactory before, but maybe a steth would help...
Yes, I just dropped the clean oil I had put in just 30 miles ago. No excess metal in there. I do have a strainer to get out (with a heat gun and...
Having removed the alternator cover, I found the alternator nut good and tight. No play of the flywheel assembly on the shaft. The nut was so...
Too right. I hear what you say about the noise, so of cause I'm cautious... though perhaps mine is simply worse than yours - given that its how I...
She looks good after a long ride.
It's interesting. Today I warmed her up well and took a 5 mile trip. Desmoquatro was right about the valve clearance noise - it snot the cause -...
Cheers. I manage on lubricated high quality emery cloth (200 grit, I seem to remember) over a piece of faced steel block, and finished with a new...
But have you heard a good reason for why its usually the horizontal cylinder?
Chris, do you mean to say the uneven bore wear causes that nasty (embarrassing!) ringing sound at tickover/when cold? ps. Is this piston slap...
I removed 0.1mm off the horizontal exhaust closing shim, to give a gap of 0.04mm, and then checked no bind. Start up, and the offending sound...
As youth is spirit, then 17 to 50 is usually old. Anything else might well be young.
Camshaft side float and bearings seem good and tight. Valve seems to spin OK on seat, and 'feel' for wear in valve guide tolerable with valve at...
Tacho works properly. Drive checked. Will check cam bearings for sideways slap. Belt nuts Good. Removed shims on horizontal exhaust. Inspected -...
Thanks Desmoquattro, you're most perceptive: that's the exact sort of experienced suggestion I had wanted considering all that's been said so far....
Well, you know, thanks for that Dave and Old Rider , the observation of engine speed: from the start upon takeover (last year) I suspected valve...
Right, thanks Old Rider for listening. I'll take the pot off.
Thanks Keith Mac, that's what I'll do then.
Thanks Desmo, most useful advice/.explanation.
Thanks keith, interesting idea - it 's definitely out of style! I find the mesh cylinder is pliable, but the circumference is too large, and I...
