During this long Canadian winter I tore apart the old 'berg to tackle some maintainance items before the riding season began. New intake valves, dual valve spring kit, new cam chain, new rocker arms, etc. I took the side cover off to install a Orangeberg seal kit as my waterpump seal had began to leak a steady dribbling of coolant. The other day I finally had it all back together and went for a short local ride to shakedown any problems. No weephole leaks, and the bike was running great. I started hitting a couple small jumps to try out my new suspension settings and after a landing heard a strange whirring noise. I shut the bike off and let it sit for a minute then fired it up again, no sound. Hit another jump and there it was again. i racked my brain thinking about what could possible come loose and rode back to the staging area (2 minutes). As I pull up I see oil puking out of the bottom of the motor. Uh-oh. took the bike home and pulled the sidecover off to inspect.
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Thankfully the sidecover took the brunt of the damage. There was only minor scaring to the case. Anyone guess the culprit?
When I changed the camchain I had removed the lower guide bolt. When I put it back in I only snugged it up, was going to loctite it later. Sure enough I forgot and it vibrated out withing 40mins of engine operation.
At least it turned out to be a relatively cheap lesson. All the gears look good, no damage to anything other than the sidecover.
Loctite,loctite,loctite!!
Aaron
Thankfully the sidecover took the brunt of the damage. There was only minor scaring to the case. Anyone guess the culprit?
When I changed the camchain I had removed the lower guide bolt. When I put it back in I only snugged it up, was going to loctite it later. Sure enough I forgot and it vibrated out withing 40mins of engine operation.
At least it turned out to be a relatively cheap lesson. All the gears look good, no damage to anything other than the sidecover.
Loctite,loctite,loctite!!
Aaron
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