Firstly, I want to say a huge thanks to Jim for doing the write up on this mod. Jim also kindly gave me the hi-lok screws that he used to do this mod. He didn’t even charge me for shipping. Jim is a super nice guy!
This is Jim’s write up that I followed here: http://www.xs650.com/threads/cam-chain-guide-mod.51730/
Here is how I did it. This is definitely not the best way to do it, but I was able to do it with what was available to me.
First thing i did was grind off the mounting tabs from the new guide. I used a table grinder and went slowly to not get it too hot. After some time I got this...
I didn’t have a disc sander so I opted to repurpose my school’s belt sander intended for preparing metallography samples.
The only thing I ran into with this is that it was more difficult to keep it square and maintain the arc shape so i just got the dimensions close and the sanded it by hand with a wood block on a level table
Once I was happy with that, I punched... then drilled the holes and countersunk them into the new guide piece. I didn’t have a fancy drill press just an old one at my school.
I did my best to line things up by measuring and marking. For the holes in the old guide piece, I centered those by holding the new guide up to the old one.
Once I was done this was my final product minus that I didn’t torque down the screws yet in this picture.
I will install it and make sure everything is square and sits a proper distance out from the edge, but I think I am happy with the results for now.
This is Jim’s write up that I followed here: http://www.xs650.com/threads/cam-chain-guide-mod.51730/
Here is how I did it. This is definitely not the best way to do it, but I was able to do it with what was available to me.
First thing i did was grind off the mounting tabs from the new guide. I used a table grinder and went slowly to not get it too hot. After some time I got this...
I didn’t have a disc sander so I opted to repurpose my school’s belt sander intended for preparing metallography samples.
The only thing I ran into with this is that it was more difficult to keep it square and maintain the arc shape so i just got the dimensions close and the sanded it by hand with a wood block on a level table
Once I was happy with that, I punched... then drilled the holes and countersunk them into the new guide piece. I didn’t have a fancy drill press just an old one at my school.
I did my best to line things up by measuring and marking. For the holes in the old guide piece, I centered those by holding the new guide up to the old one.
Once I was done this was my final product minus that I didn’t torque down the screws yet in this picture.
I will install it and make sure everything is square and sits a proper distance out from the edge, but I think I am happy with the results for now.
