Hi all, I've acquired a 2005 FE450 in large lumps, seems mostly good. Think it was taken apart pretty much for a clean and service before the last owner lost interest. Plan is to assemble it, do just one enduro and then strip/rebuild the engine fully over the winter. The engine oil wasn't especially clean, but no obvious metal bits and it has good compression.
I will fire it up to see if it sounds basically ok, doesn't smoke etc but I obviously want to avoid grenading it in one race before a full strip, so 3 Q's:
1)Is there a quick way to assess the main bearing basic health (I was going to check end float and radial movement play)
2) ditto big end - given that the barrel is integral, how do I check play? Remove the liner?
3) Are the valves fragile? If the cam and rocker look all ok, would you bother lifting the head?
Any other input welcomed!
Cheers
I will fire it up to see if it sounds basically ok, doesn't smoke etc but I obviously want to avoid grenading it in one race before a full strip, so 3 Q's:
1)Is there a quick way to assess the main bearing basic health (I was going to check end float and radial movement play)
2) ditto big end - given that the barrel is integral, how do I check play? Remove the liner?
3) Are the valves fragile? If the cam and rocker look all ok, would you bother lifting the head?
Any other input welcomed!
Cheers
