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Received ordered parts!
So got the parts so continued with the replacement. Used this guide as help a lot. Extending the allen key to loosen the bolt holding the flywheel: Made a home made grub screw to save the crank when pressing of the flywheel: While in there I took out and cleaned the oil jet: Left side … Continue reading
Progress on the cam chain replacement
Soon time to rip the old chains out …half the engine on the bench right now:
Chasing that annoying sound!!
Tried extending the CCT plug a little: That didn’t help! Laid it on its side to check the oil filter so I didn’t have any water in the oil restricting (this was the easiest to check I could think of). And it looked just fine: Double checked the valves so I hadn’t forgotten any loose … Continue reading
Checking the front CCT
Got worried I had assembled some parts wrong during the winter so double checked that the cam chain tensioner was put back correctly. Quite hard to get to with the oil tank in the way: But everything looked good:
Oiling foam airfilters
Took care of cleaning air filters from some of the machines, pre-filter for the KTM, XR400, DR350 (Hilary’s bike), Beta (my trials bike) And its really nice to have disposable gloves when applying that sticky oil, I usually soak them real good and then squeeze out as much as i can.