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  1. duluthmuffler

    Extra washer in "shifter" zip-loc found during rebuild?

    I looked at that, and I don't see any wear that would match it. Either way, I'm deciding not to put it back there. The #24 and #23 fit are loose sort of but that washer would be really wrong. For a little while, I thought it might be a piece pressed onto the case where that gear selection...
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    Extra washer in "shifter" zip-loc found during rebuild?

    I suppose that might help greatly! ID is 8mm OD is 11mm Thanks!
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    Extra washer in "shifter" zip-loc found during rebuild?

    Hi guys, Does this dang washer seem like it belongs anywhere in the shifter assembly on the clutch side. It doesn't seem to fit anything in the shift assembly group. Putting the engine back together... hate to have extra parts. The shifter claw spring placed nearby for comparison. It is steal...
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    Running on one cylinder

    Maybe these pics will help finalize the bad ring prognosis. I'm not being very scientific with all this. But I'll try to explain it the best I can. I've got three spark plugs, #1 and #2 are newer last year with 50 miles on them, and #3 was from before. I left the carbon on #1 to show you...
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    Running on one cylinder

    Dead cylinder comes to life sometimes at higher RPM. But its very sparse and sporadic.
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    Running on one cylinder

    So I'm getting a fouled plug(s) very easily - which is what was happening last year I'm pretty sure. Q: To foul, does the gap need to be bridged? Can a plug foul by being coated with gas/oil? Can plugs become varnished? Pictures to come this evening. Q2: When fouled by oil would there be a lot...
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    Good place to get JIS drivers

    Here is a 10% Coupon for Vessel, seems to still work: IH8MUD Here is McMaster http://www.mcmaster.com/#jis-(japanese-industrial-standard)-screwdrivers/=qibnbb Here is a ebay store with free shipping where you can buy some...
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    OU-72

    That pdf was really fun to read! :) Thanks for posting.
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    Whats your weather right now?

    -16F in my garage. Its a pretty normal temp for this time of year, but i think its getting to me. I started polishing the insides of my carbs (hope that wasn't stupid) ..and I visually checked my swing arm bushings... good news everybody, my swing arm bushings show little to no wear :) I can...
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    Butterfly Shaft Seal diagnosis

    Awesome! Thanks guys! This is all really great advice.
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    Butterfly Shaft Seal diagnosis

    In addition to having a J.I.S. / Motion Pro T-handle screwdriver, are there any tricks to getting those screws out? Obviously trying to avoid boogering them... This season I want my carbs so clean they're like new.
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    Running on one cylinder

    Wow! Thanks for the expert break-in regimen. On my rebuild, I left the pistons in the sleeves so the rings are at "what they are" status. I'm saving up for that 750 and rephrase rebuild... This rebuild was aimed at new gaskets and a new cam chain. Yesterday I checked the cam chain tensioner...
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    Running on one cylinder

    So I've downloaded and printed and bound my handy Carb document. Thank you guys for putting it together! What a resource. I cleaned up both carbs using the ChemDip product. And have read in other posts about not dipping the carb bodies because of the butterfly shaft gaskets.. I'd love to dip...
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    Running on one cylinder

    Thanks Leo!.. I'll do some reading and cleaning this weekend :)
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    Running on one cylinder

    Found a bunch of related posts after I submitted my thread... sorry for posting then reading... here's an interesting bit from XSLeo "If one side has plugged idle circuits it won't run on that side until you rev it up high enough where that carb gets into the mid to upper range then that side...
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    Running on one cylinder

    Just limped my bike back to work, after a short 15min. ride. I started to notice a miss on just the right cylinder. It slowly got worse and worse. Kind of acting like "out of gas, or dying battery" By the time I had gotten back to work, the right side wasn't firing but only occasionally...
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    long trips on your xs's

    Sounds like we'll get 8" tomorrow too. :( I've done mpls to kc a couple times... my advice is double check your motor mounts. I discovered the existence of the mount located between the exhaust pipes, and two other loose mounts after my trip. Having had those in check would have helped my...
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    how can you tell when connectings rods need to be replaced

    How about at crank end? I'm in a rebuilding stage, and I notice that when I move one of the connecting rods side to side (perpendicular to the way they're supposed to move) I get some free play... My manual says 2mm or less is okay. Am I understanding that right? Its okay for a connecting rod...
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    Half-way between gears

    Another way to describe this is that the shift drum is "sticky"....
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    Half-way between gears

    Just spent a couple hours fiddling with the shift shaft adjustment... which was off a little... centering the claw to the posts in 2nd and in 3rd... the adjustment looks pretty good in every gear. Nothing really seems to be worn very badly... I worked it up and down through the gears...
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