Subject: Re: Big Branes needed
Author: Patrick Hayes
Date: Dec 21, 2004, 10:56 PM
Post ID: 1718094358
Ted Ward wrote:
| The only other thing I can think of to check (will do tomorrow) is the valve clearances, though I don't know why they'd go south so all of a sudden. |
This bike sat a long time. Was it torn apart? Did you have the heads
off? If the heads were off and new gaskets applied, the first few heat
cycles will dramatically swell/shrink the metal mass and alter the valve
settings dramatically. I usually take a new motor, start and run for 5
or 10 minutes, cool overnight and re-torque before running again. The
valves have to be re-adjusted AFTER the torque process. Do it all again
at 100 miles and 1000 miles.
Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA