PunkRockJosh
XS650 New Member
Hey guys,
I have been digging through a million posts and I am pretty stuck at this point. Im hoping one of you brilliant MFers can help me out.
I bent an intake valve after swapping new plugs and not checking clearances.. yea.. learned that lesson.
Anyway, I swapped that valve with a new one, lapped it, replaced it. This was my first time doing this so I took photos and videos for reference but I didn't happen to get one with my piston and TDC and show where my cam was in the same video so I lost my reference point to the original set up.
I have tried both .003/.006 and .006/.012 intake/exhaust valve lash. I adjusted each on compression stroke for that cylinder, when both rockers are loose. I have my pistons at TDC and my cam has the lil circle hole at head level at 6:00 and the notch is pointed straight up at 12:00.
Chain tensioner is in place.
Before this I could kick this baby over no problem. I have kicked it in flip flops and slides dozens of times without issue. She was a bit torquey at low RPMs and I don't know if that's just how they are geared or if maybe the torqeuy at the bottom end alludes to it being tuned slightly different than stock.
Its not rephased so both cylinders are at TDC or BDC at the same time.
What am I missing? I can feel a good increase in compression now to the point I don't know if I wanna try kicking it in anything other than my boots.
I referenced the details in https://www.xs650.com/threads/camsh...ed-one-crankshaft-tooth-out.66347/post-838929
One final detail, I have the PMA swap so I don't have any reference marks. I marked TDC with a sharpie for now.
It sticks in two points, each time when the cylinder is on compression. There is a lil overlap so I can feel some suction on the exhaust side and some pressure on the intake side. I feel like this isn't quite right but the post above made it seem like that's correct
Please, XS650 Gods, what am I missing?
I have been digging through a million posts and I am pretty stuck at this point. Im hoping one of you brilliant MFers can help me out.
I bent an intake valve after swapping new plugs and not checking clearances.. yea.. learned that lesson.
Anyway, I swapped that valve with a new one, lapped it, replaced it. This was my first time doing this so I took photos and videos for reference but I didn't happen to get one with my piston and TDC and show where my cam was in the same video so I lost my reference point to the original set up.
I have tried both .003/.006 and .006/.012 intake/exhaust valve lash. I adjusted each on compression stroke for that cylinder, when both rockers are loose. I have my pistons at TDC and my cam has the lil circle hole at head level at 6:00 and the notch is pointed straight up at 12:00.
Chain tensioner is in place.
Before this I could kick this baby over no problem. I have kicked it in flip flops and slides dozens of times without issue. She was a bit torquey at low RPMs and I don't know if that's just how they are geared or if maybe the torqeuy at the bottom end alludes to it being tuned slightly different than stock.
Its not rephased so both cylinders are at TDC or BDC at the same time.
What am I missing? I can feel a good increase in compression now to the point I don't know if I wanna try kicking it in anything other than my boots.
I referenced the details in https://www.xs650.com/threads/camsh...ed-one-crankshaft-tooth-out.66347/post-838929
One final detail, I have the PMA swap so I don't have any reference marks. I marked TDC with a sharpie for now.
It sticks in two points, each time when the cylinder is on compression. There is a lil overlap so I can feel some suction on the exhaust side and some pressure on the intake side. I feel like this isn't quite right but the post above made it seem like that's correct
Please, XS650 Gods, what am I missing?