Guys, too bad I didn't read EVERYTHING in this forum. It's been a long time since I've been here. Too bad for me as I would have known to change out my rocker bearings before they died. I have a '00FE501E. I would guess I have around 100-150hrs on it though I don't have a meter. My bike is always kept in great shape with every other ride oil changes (it's just oil!!!) and very regular valve adjustments. No metal showed up in the oil or filters then during a weekend of riding my intake roller on the rocker gave out spitting out it's bearings and grinding away my cam.
The bike started to make a bad knock like very excessive valve clearences so I rode it back to the cottage gently (20 minutes easy run). I pulled the top rocker cover and found the intake roller spat it's bearings and the intake lobe badly scored. So....other than maybe '03' style roller bearings to press in, PN 200 324-01.
What should I replace (besides the rollers and cam)?
Can I use this above PN roller on a 2000 501....both intake and exhaust?
Would there be any benefit (longevity) to use another grind cam? My parts book lists a 200 160-55 (I guess this is the '55' cam people are talking about).
Should I pull everything! and clean everything out?
What else? Cam chain? Valve springs?
This is a stock engine with a replacement coil (only part to fail) but way too much fun stock. I don't need any higher rpms or move the power around.
Anyone have a good lead on parts in Southern Ontario, Canada? We still have events to run before the snow flies.
The bike started to make a bad knock like very excessive valve clearences so I rode it back to the cottage gently (20 minutes easy run). I pulled the top rocker cover and found the intake roller spat it's bearings and the intake lobe badly scored. So....other than maybe '03' style roller bearings to press in, PN 200 324-01.
What should I replace (besides the rollers and cam)?
Can I use this above PN roller on a 2000 501....both intake and exhaust?
Would there be any benefit (longevity) to use another grind cam? My parts book lists a 200 160-55 (I guess this is the '55' cam people are talking about).
Should I pull everything! and clean everything out?
What else? Cam chain? Valve springs?
This is a stock engine with a replacement coil (only part to fail) but way too much fun stock. I don't need any higher rpms or move the power around.
Anyone have a good lead on parts in Southern Ontario, Canada? We still have events to run before the snow flies.
