1986 fz 600 purgatory

[The_Paragon]

Here's a litte more inspiration for you!! This was my '86 truely was a near mint bike!

 

[James Crispy]

The insides look good. All cylinders are smooth except one has a tiny, tiny bit of pitting.

and yes, those new vise grips saved me a few times so far.

 

[James Crispy]

Here's a litte more inspiration for you!! This was my '86 truely was a near mint bike!

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Whoa. Looks pretty clean.

 

[TownsendsFJR1300]

I approach it this way..

Someone put it together, it can come apart.

Just go slow, a manual is a big help, and take your time...


I'd rather do it than someone watching the clock that doesn't necessarily give a crap..

 

[The_Paragon]

Whoa. Looks pretty clean.

It was a Dirty B* is what it was!

 

[James Crispy]

Finally able to fix this.



Back in action

 

[James Crispy]

Block back on. Piston rings were a struggle. 4 hands would be useful.

 

[James Crispy]

Head back on.

 

[James Crispy]

cams going back in. Some problems. A few more threads stripped...



after 4 of those, cams back in, and all the shims are within spec except one. I have the one it needed.

 

[James Crispy]

Top on



Except...

 

[TownsendsFJR1300]

Got those other threads fixed too? Coming right along!!

 

[Hellgate]

How did the bore look? Good cross hatch still?

 

[James Crispy]

Got all the stripped threads fixed.





The bores felt and looked smooth. Now that you've mentioned it, they likely could have used some honing to re make the cross hatching.

 

[James Crispy]

So I over tightened a bolt on the head cover and this happened:




Grrrrrreat !

JB Weld ain't gonna fix that.


So yea, go slow, don't work until 3am.....

 

[James Crispy]

Back to the scrap guy I went to before. 3 hour drive there and back This time I just grabbed the whole damn remains for $100.



This should cover any future blunders.

 

[James Crispy]

Time to put the engine back in. This was tough. Vice grips to the rescue on this one. So after a bunch of swearing at inanimate objects:

 

[James Crispy]

Since these were cleaned and synced before they should be good to go.




I also did a lot of cable management and organization. They were previously all over the place. Nice and tidy now.

 

[James Crispy]

Battery in. I went lithium. So light and small. Awesome.

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Added a voltage meter routed to the back seat.

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Handy for watching voltage when starting etc...

 

[James Crispy]

Work station:

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That's a clymer manual. Would like to see the Haynes to compare. I think the Clymer is OK but seems like it could be a lot better / better written. I've heard about mis-info and the pictures are crap. Anybody have the Haynes?

 

[James Crispy]

Drink 2.6 liters of this dear.

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