Joined Nov 2001
17K Posts | 774+
Ely, England
had a bike in recently
no nuts on the inlet rocker pads - so they'd wound out completely!
checked further in and the decomp stop had broken off. the only place this stuff can fall and be safe is behind the drive side nylon chain tube. there is a shelf there and even though one part was 6mm and the other 8mm across...they'd stayed there!
i dropped the oil. 4 pints of petrol, i said FOUR PINTS OF PETROL came out. later on i wanted to wipe some grim off the sprocket so i dipped the rag in the "oil (LOL!!)" and it WASHED the sprocket beautifully!
thought i'd do the 'Taff's crescent mod so off came the clutch and i flicked the oil pump wheel. mmmm! very easy! half of me said get on, the other half said check it. after a coupla minutes i said WTF and did it. doesn't help that i can't find my snap-on 2.5mm allen head and had to undo the three notoripously tight screws deep in the shafts of the engine!
but i did it.
no pin under the four cornered centre section of the pump. the guy has been riding it with no oil pump working.
wanted to remove the endless camchain. ask yourself this? how would you do it?????????? aha! grind a link. have you ever heard of the mechanic who daren't do this because the ENGINE MIGHT CATCH FIRE! after spraying detergent on the engine i then had 'the minerals' to do it.
oh! the two tappet locknuts?
never did find them!
what an engine!
no names, no pack drill gentlemen.
regards
taffy
no nuts on the inlet rocker pads - so they'd wound out completely!
checked further in and the decomp stop had broken off. the only place this stuff can fall and be safe is behind the drive side nylon chain tube. there is a shelf there and even though one part was 6mm and the other 8mm across...they'd stayed there!
i dropped the oil. 4 pints of petrol, i said FOUR PINTS OF PETROL came out. later on i wanted to wipe some grim off the sprocket so i dipped the rag in the "oil (LOL!!)" and it WASHED the sprocket beautifully!
thought i'd do the 'Taff's crescent mod so off came the clutch and i flicked the oil pump wheel. mmmm! very easy! half of me said get on, the other half said check it. after a coupla minutes i said WTF and did it. doesn't help that i can't find my snap-on 2.5mm allen head and had to undo the three notoripously tight screws deep in the shafts of the engine!
but i did it.
no pin under the four cornered centre section of the pump. the guy has been riding it with no oil pump working.
wanted to remove the endless camchain. ask yourself this? how would you do it?????????? aha! grind a link. have you ever heard of the mechanic who daren't do this because the ENGINE MIGHT CATCH FIRE! after spraying detergent on the engine i then had 'the minerals' to do it.
oh! the two tappet locknuts?
never did find them!
what an engine!
no names, no pack drill gentlemen.
regards
taffy
