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    front cam chain guide removal

    update: bike is sold. i'm relieved.
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    front cam chain guide removal

    too bad the philosophers always wind up paranoid schizophrenic. :laugh: i found someone interested in my bike at work, i'm likely going to sell.
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    front cam chain guide removal

    well whatever. i really don't care anymore.
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    front cam chain guide removal

    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...
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    front cam chain guide removal

    i can't decide if i want to go ahead with the disassembly or put it back together and sell it on CL as a non running bike. this is a tough decision.
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    front cam chain guide removal

    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...
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    front cam chain guide removal

    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...
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    kick start problem xs650

    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:
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    front cam chain guide removal

    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...
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    front cam chain guide removal

    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.
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    O Ring Chain

    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.
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    front cam chain guide removal

    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...
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    success!

    i used some old bits of 2x4 i had layin around and rigged up something that works just fine.
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    Where or how did you find your XS650 ?

    wife's cousin was riding it until he 'upgraded' (pff) to a harley. i got it for $450.
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    success!

    i have, for the first time, removed the engine from my xs. now comes the fun part! :thumbsup:
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    Good way to piss off your lady

    i could show you all a picture of my sink that would make you either laugh or cry. i don't have a dishwasher and my wife is broken. oh yeah, and she did NOT go for using the spare bedroom as a build room so i didn't have to work out in the garage this winter.
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    sprocket ID

    okay then. i guess i'm gonna go with a 17/32. i don't wanna take anything apart on the front end, cuz i'm lazy, and besides if i really amp up the hp with some new carbs i now know that an 18/32 would be more than awesome.
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    sprocket ID

    i thought about the 18 tooth front sprocket but i thought you had to remove some kind bolt, or bracket, or something. i know i won't notice a huge difference going from 34 to 33 but i'm about to install a pamco ignition and when i do that i was to change the sprocket. i figure a combo of the...
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    sprocket ID

    the chain and both sprockets are in great shape. i just want more MPG and this is a pretty simple way of doing it.
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    sprocket ID

    so if i have a 530 34 tooth sprocket i don't need to change my chain if i buy a 530 33 tooth then, right?
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