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to add insult to injury: as i was turning the engine over last night to find TDC so i could commence with the head removal i noticed something horrendous. oil is leaking from the front of the engine where the jugs meet the bottom end. i was already paranoid about taking the head off and now...
some tough love there 5twins. the last thing i want to is a half ass job but at the same time i don't have the passion for motorcycles that most of you guys do. i understand that the bike is 30 years old and work is going to need to be done but i am questioning whether or not i even want to do...
the back guide is in fine shape. i guess i'm just nervous to go that far into my bike's engine for fear of never getting it running again. it's not like i owe any money on it and if it doesn't run i could take it apart again.
>sigh<
if you two are saying this is the best way then maybe...
yeah mine kicked like that. you are just fighting compression. i recommend you wear a pair of boots with a well pronounced heel and just kick the shit outta it every time. besides chicks dig a bike that gets kick started. yeeeeeaaaaahhhhh :cool:
good God. i don't wanna wiggle anything off of anywhere and i REALLY don't want to mess with my cam. i fear that if i mess with the cam i'll never get the engine to run again. i just want to replace the front guide.
i have almost no experience with engines and this is the first time i've...
hmm, sounds more involved than i really wanted. is that the easiest way? my chain is in really great shape and so is everything else i can see. i just need to remove/replace the front guide.
yeah i oil my o-ring chain every 200 - 300 miles. i just bought the biggest cheapest can of chain oil i could find and give it a good dousing inside and out whenever i think of it.
just like it says. i got the top of the engine off and i absolutely have to change the front cam chain guide. it has HUGE divots drilled into it from the PO just letting the cam chain slap around like some kind of medieval mace.
my problem is i want to take it out without having to break...