Subject: Re: To Teardown or Not Teardown?
Author: Jim Beeler
Date: Oct 7, 2002, 5:24 AM
Post ID: 1711157699
| My biggest fear with tearing down the motor is not messing anything up along the way, i.e., scratching surfaces like the cylinder walls, and also, knowing what I am looking for as far as bad parts. I don't have a clue how to know the bearings are shot, if the crank needs to be machined, etc... so it would be like disassembling and not knowing what to do from there. Also don't have any special tools that may be needed to disassemble/re-assemble. How do you get the pistons back into the cylinders without scratching the walls, should any upgrades/mods be done while I am in there, can the piston heads and valve stems be de=carbonized, etc. etc. etc. Would like to venture into this but envision a motor in pieces on the floor with no clue what to do. |
Step 1: Stop worrying. You've got perhaps one of the easiest motorcycles
in the world to work on.
Step 2: Don't worry about scratching the cylinder walls. Take your time
when sliding the cylinders over the pistons. They have a groove that'll
help compress the rings.
Step 2: In the words of my favorite factory Guzzi shop manual...
Disassemble, inspect for wear, reassemble.
Jim