Best of luck Bob! Hope everything makes the move in one piece and NO scratches! Take care of business and we'll catch up with you when you're settled...
Bad thing is they needed a place to "store" two cats and we got that honor!
True....but also fun because you can make the OCD Workshop West - EVEN better than version v1 in Avondale.
I'd be looking at:
You've spent the big coin - now is the time to stretch a little further and really go for it!
- air conditioning (you DO live in a place that is much like the surface of the sun);
- improved lighting (you're not getting any younger ol' buddy);
- some amenities such as a BEvERages fridge, one of those snazzy LED light / bluetooth speaker combos and perhaps a big-@ss TV (for those loooong evenings of endless cleaning and polishing...);
- some decent chair(s) (who knows, a friend or two might drop-by - maybe with their new young son, or perhaps even from a far-off foreign land.....);
- etc., etc.
think you could swing by and convince my wife? Maybe a little something like this?
Honestly, I've never understood Yamaha's logic in using a gasket and O-ring both on those end caps. My opinion, it wouldn't hurt a thing to just go with the O-rings. I do know from measuring my XS1 engine, that without the gaskets, there will be no discernible clearance across the cam and bearings. In other words, that's as far in as the end caps will go. Best chance ya got for the garlock seals not leakin....
Also, didn't see any blue locktite on the decompress shaft bolt. I'd suggest some. Don't want that thing rattling around inside the rocker box.
Correct. The three screw holes to attach the cap don't go all the way through to the inside of the head... so there's really no need for the gasket. Just the O-ring should work just fine.So you’re saying you wouldn’t have any qualms using just the orings and leaving out the gaskets?
Oh... and make sure the head fasteners are just lightly snugged. They need to be loose so the caps can move the cam bearings to center them. Otherwise the caps won't draw up flush.