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    cam chain adjuster housing stripped threads help

    I had some "permatex form a gasket sealant" on hand which has the same properties as you described with Hylomar Blue
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    cam chain adjuster housing stripped threads help

    This engine had been robbed of a lot of parts before I got it and due to the missing parts I was not confident in rebuilding it myself so I contacted a fellow from the Australian xs650 club "Peter Kommer" who has been rebuilding and selling motors for a number of years so I thought he would be a...
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    cam chain adjuster housing stripped threads help

    Thanks guys, plenty of good options there I might need to use if this initial repair doesn't hold, and great advice for others in this predicament. My bike probably won't be on the road for a few weeks yet ( rewiring a lot of it) and then I will find out if it holds well and not leak oil. Not a...
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    cam chain adjuster housing stripped threads help

    Today I did just that, I used longer bolts and cut them down to the right size( about 5mm longer) There was enough good thread in the bottom of the holes and it tightened up perfect. I put a new gasket on and also coated each side with permatex form a gasket sealant ( which is meant for that...
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    cam chain adjuster housing stripped threads help

    toomanyxs1b's Thank you for the reply. My tap and die kit skips m7 but I played around with a longer bolt without retapping and I think I will have just enough threads to get it to tighten and think using gasket glue as well as a gasket I will get away with it I hope. I'll cut the longer bolts...
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    cam chain adjuster housing stripped threads help

    I have a 1981 xs650 I had a guy from the xs650 australia club member rebuild my engine as it was a basket case and was missing a hell of a lot of parts and he has plenty of access to the parts needed. I have put only 114 k's on it and the cam chain adjuster hosing is pissing oil. There is 6...
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    tuning help

    I just put mikes xs pwk's on and trying to set the idle mixture. I am doing each cylinder/carb separately adjusting the mixture screw to get the engine idle to speed up or slow down to find the best place to leave it but the idle doesn't seem to speed up turning one way but turning the other it...
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    tuning and pamco question

    what is the safest way to ground spark plug while isolating a cylinder for idle mixture tuning with a pamco ignition? The new pwk carbs and manifold boots do not have vacuum ports so can not isolate that way so thinking of remove plug wire to isolate the opposite cylinder but I don't want to...
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    Top dead centre accuracy

    Thanks hein that might just work.
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    Top dead centre accuracy

    Another stupid question from the land of oz. I just installed a pamco ignition and HHB pma. I have read threads how to find TDC and I was wondering how accurate it needs to be with the set up I just installed. I have read how to make use a degree wheel and piston stop. I don't have access to a...
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    Revised pwk's from mikes xs

    Awesome thanks heaps guys, now I can hook them up. Just waiting on a pma from hugh's to arrive any day now and I can get it running. Will keep you up to date on this post as to how these carbs go.
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    Revised pwk's from mikes xs

    Come on I know there is carb gurus here, anyone?
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    Pamco advance rod pin too long

    Awesome Pete Thanks for the clarification.
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    Pamco advance rod pin too long

    Grinded a bit off the pin and fits like a champ. Captain, mine was the pin on the advance rod that comes already pressed into the rod. My width was fine but just a tad long. Either you could take a little off the pin or get a small file to widen the slot in the magnet. Seems like very poor...
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    Revised pwk's from mikes xs

    Trying to install my new pwk's from mikes xs and can't work out what hose goes where. I have read all the posts on the forum about the pwk's but the ones I got are different to the one's in previous posts. Here are some pics. The 2 hoses running vertical on the headside of the carb.... What...
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    Pamco advance rod pin too long

    I was installing my new pamco with advance rod and found the locating pin on the magnet end of the rod too long and the magnet can't slide over it to locate and be able to put the nut on. I have tried to squeeze the pin further in but it won't budge. Tomorrow I am going to grind it a bit shorter...
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    New 18/34 sprokets, What length chain?

    Awesome, Thanks to all for your help
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    New 18/34 sprokets, What length chain?

    I'm putting on 18t front and 34t rear sprockets, Can anyone tell me how many link chain I need? Bike is 81model with 16inch rear wheel. And I'm assuming 520 chain?
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    What model brakes are these?

    Thanks guys, I'm getting somewhere atleast. I know I have a very mixed bag of parts but everything I have I picked up dirt cheap and figured I could either make it work if not won't loose out selling the bits that dont work. Gotta start somewhere and I have also found when xs650 parts pop up...
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