gtosteve65
Member
Hello Friends,
I just wanted to send out a quick reminder to everyone for whenever they are working on something important. DON'T GET DISTRACTED BY OTHERS. I was diligently working on my valve adjustment (only needed to do 1 exhaust valve thankfully) while having two different people text me at the same time. This led to me missing one of the Cam Sprocket Bolts and leaving it finger tight. Well about 2 minutes after starting the engine it began to whine. Even with me immediately shutting it down it still did its damage. The bolt came loose and grinded away at the side of the case leaving aluminum shavings everywhere. So I took everything out (intake and exhaust cams, timing chain etc..) and cleaned it all. Flushed a quart of oil through that area buttoned it all back up and started it for 10 seconds. Then drained the oil so I could get another pile of aluminum chips. And so tomorrow I will drain another round of oil until I feel as If either me or the oil filter has gotten it all.
Then a new oil filter, new oil and some prayers from there.
Moral of the story. DON'T GET DISTRACTED. What started as a very easy adjustment (the easiest cam removal and installation I have ever done on a bike) turned into a 10 hour cuss fest.
And yes, you can laugh at me for this one. My roommate hasn't stopped all day.
I just wanted to send out a quick reminder to everyone for whenever they are working on something important. DON'T GET DISTRACTED BY OTHERS. I was diligently working on my valve adjustment (only needed to do 1 exhaust valve thankfully) while having two different people text me at the same time. This led to me missing one of the Cam Sprocket Bolts and leaving it finger tight. Well about 2 minutes after starting the engine it began to whine. Even with me immediately shutting it down it still did its damage. The bolt came loose and grinded away at the side of the case leaving aluminum shavings everywhere. So I took everything out (intake and exhaust cams, timing chain etc..) and cleaned it all. Flushed a quart of oil through that area buttoned it all back up and started it for 10 seconds. Then drained the oil so I could get another pile of aluminum chips. And so tomorrow I will drain another round of oil until I feel as If either me or the oil filter has gotten it all.
Then a new oil filter, new oil and some prayers from there.
Moral of the story. DON'T GET DISTRACTED. What started as a very easy adjustment (the easiest cam removal and installation I have ever done on a bike) turned into a 10 hour cuss fest.
And yes, you can laugh at me for this one. My roommate hasn't stopped all day.