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Re: Phoenix Fighter
24 Jun 2015 06:19
feeler gauges to check the rod side clearance.no up and down play of the rod on the crank.
a 17mm rod through the lil ends to make sure it is still in phase.
these lower ends are pretty straight forward,you'll dig it once you get in there :evil: .
leon
a 17mm rod through the lil ends to make sure it is still in phase.
these lower ends are pretty straight forward,you'll dig it once you get in there :evil: .
leon
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Re: Phoenix Fighter
06 Jul 2015 14:54
CRISIS AVERTED! Man, sometimes I wonder how I have even got this far in the build. It is pretty embarrassing to even admit this. :blush: I started tearing the engine back down to find the problem, once I pulled the cylinders off it was pretty obvious. originally I was using just hose clamps to compress the piston rings. Apparently, at one point in time one of them had fallen in the #2 cylinder and I did not see it. No damage done, other than to my pride. Was a wake up call for me that I need to slow down and triple check everything. Ordered a new gasket, will get everything cleaned back up and put back together without the "extra parts" this time.
Jon
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Re: Phoenix Fighter
06 Jul 2015 14:58
Been there, done that :lol: . How many miles on that lower end?
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Re: Phoenix Fighter
06 Jul 2015 15:09
less than 20K on the whole bike.
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Re: Phoenix Fighter
06 Jul 2015 15:12
It should be fine then.
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Re: Phoenix Fighter
07 Jul 2015 05:50
skiatook,oklahoma 1980 z1r,1978 kz 1000 z1r x 3,
1976 kz 900 x 3
i make what i can,and save the rest!
billybiltit.blogspot.com/
www.kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/325862-triple-tree-custom-work
kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/294594-frame-bracing?limitstart=0
1976 kz 900 x 3
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Re: Phoenix Fighter
07 Jul 2015 06:20
I can hear the noise now. :ohmy: All hell breaking loose. :huh: The prifanity. :evil: The diiapointment.
The embarracement. :blush: The damage.
The money wasted. :pinch:
"Looks like dog SHT, smells like dog SHT, tastes like dog SHT, Good thing we didn't step in it." :woohoo:
Good catch. :lol:
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"Looks like dog SHT, smells like dog SHT, tastes like dog SHT, Good thing we didn't step in it." :woohoo:
Good catch. :lol:
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Re: Phoenix Fighter
07 Jul 2015 08:37
The way I look at it is it could have been something smaller that didn't get it the way right away but did on start up. I was lucky. So from now on its triple checks and more patience.
Jon
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Re: Phoenix Fighter
07 Jul 2015 22:57
It probibly wouldn't have caused real damage but all hell would have been breaking loose.
Back in the late 70's I had just put in the cams and was ready to put on the cover when this guy I always tried to ignore came up and started talking to me, For some reason I pushed the starter button, relized I hadn't installed the idler and bent all my valves. Just that quick. Now when I'm working on my bike and someone wants to talk, I stop what I'm doing, give him that look and he goes away. I'm not kind.
This aint no party. No beer, I'm working. :evil:
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Back in the late 70's I had just put in the cams and was ready to put on the cover when this guy I always tried to ignore came up and started talking to me, For some reason I pushed the starter button, relized I hadn't installed the idler and bent all my valves. Just that quick. Now when I'm working on my bike and someone wants to talk, I stop what I'm doing, give him that look and he goes away. I'm not kind.
This aint no party. No beer, I'm working. :evil:
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Re: Phoenix Fighter
13 Jul 2015 23:20
Didn't get a lot done on the bike today, stuck waiting on some fresh Wisco circle clips for the piston pins. So I spent time staring at the bike. This is helpful sometimes as I come up with new ideas or solutions I did not see before. I was going to purchase new gauges from Speed Hut because I couldn't find a way to mount the speed sensor to my Trail Tech unit. Well problem solved. I also had to pull my fork tubes to have them serviced. I hate farming out work but this is something I really didn't want to mess with and have to buy yet another specialty tool I will loan out more than I use. So here are a few pics of the magnet I mounted.
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Re: Phoenix Fighter
24 Jul 2015 12:02
just realized you are using a
www.c5ignitions.com/motorcycle-ignitions.html
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what do you think of it so far?
leon
what do you think of it so far?
leon
skiatook,oklahoma 1980 z1r,1978 kz 1000 z1r x 3,
1976 kz 900 x 3
i make what i can,and save the rest!
billybiltit.blogspot.com/
www.kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/325862-triple-tree-custom-work
kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/294594-frame-bracing?limitstart=0
1976 kz 900 x 3
i make what i can,and save the rest!
billybiltit.blogspot.com/
www.kzrider.com/forum/5-chassis/325862-triple-tree-custom-work
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24 Jul 2015 18:39I don't know yet, still have not started the bike yet. Engine is back together, dropping cams in this weekend. I was thinking od buying new Web cams equivalent to Andrews 2X instead of running my used 1X cams. I have decided to run what I have and if I don't like it I can drop in new Web cams. Should have it running by end of August. Gething married August 1st and it has been eating into my bike time.531blackbanshee wrote: just realized you are using a www.c5ignitions.com/motorcycle-ignitions.html .
what do you think of it so far?
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