Airwolfie
XS650 Guru
The gold sets off that black.
Great combo!
Thanks Carbon! Nothing like the classic colours eh!
The gold sets off that black.
Great combo!
it looks amazing airwolfie well done with the painting especially the frame which is super smooth
Installing the engine on your own can be tricky, at best it's easier if you have at least another pair of hands to help out! Even better if they are familiar with building anything of sorts!(took me ages to "communicate" with the missus! Bless her! She did help!! Even though it took almost 20 mins to get the frame in the right place!!)
I decided to use the lie-down method. Lay the engine on its RIGHT side, preferably on a blanket or soft ground. I used our picnic blanket on the lawn, made for a nice soft place to rest!!
Now get your helping hand to maneuver the frame over the engine, taking care not to scratch the frame or the engine if it's been painted. (inevitably I did scratch BOTH!!)
I took most things off the frame to make it easier to lift, I'm sure you COULD do it with forks and swingarm installed, I just preferred it this way.
You will have to keep jiggeling and shifting the frame to get the bolts in, it takes a bit of headscratching, but I figured it out eventually, so it can't be that hard!! Just remember the frame is triangular so one side will be lower than the other, you alsodon't have to do ALL the bolts. I did the two front ones, and the bottom one, once upright, I added the top mounts which pulled everything in place. Then simply torque them to spec
Valve cover next. Make sure this bit is in its place!
Clean all mating surfaces, add liquid gasket sealer around the bolt holes and around the can chain tunnel, again make sure its nice and thin, you don't want this oozing out into the engine.
I placed the gasket on the top again as my barrels were in there, it made for easier fitting.
Three bolts are needed here, two 8mm and one 6mm
Two big ones go in next to the spark plug holes
The small one goes in the back
Torque them up to spec.
You should have something like this...
I believe I discarded # 8 thinking it would've been available to purchase online. I know, dumb move. I was looking at your threads but I didn't see it anywhere. Help? LOL
Not to butt in here, as I have been following AirWolfe's thread know I am going to have to be doing some of this in the future.
But on the part you are trying to figure out, it is on post #52 that he puts it in the head/valve cover with the o-ring. Hope this helps.
http://www.xs650.com/forum/showpost.php?p=312401&postcount=52
Hmm... Those 3 bolts don't take washers?
those orings are it this set at mikesxs http://www.mikesxs.net/product/18-0855.htmlI believe I discarded # 8 thinking it would've been available to purchase online. I know, dumb move. I was looking at your threads but I didn't see it anywhere. Help? LOL
Yes Carbon, you are right. The o rings come with that set from MikesXS, but the sleeves are discontinued, but I was lucky enough to find them on eBay. I must've had them placed in the bag with all the rusty dowel pins and discarded them.
Oh right #8
it was early sorry about that