0.020\" off

steell wrote:

nfswift, those 0-rings go around the bottom of the cylinder sleeves and seat against the case.

Wireman, I don't know much of anything about the 900 or larger motors, I am just a 750 twin and four cylinder guy

thats all ive ever really been around is big and really big motors! im getting to that point in life that everytime i try and learn something new i forget something old,so i better just stick with what i kind of know! although some of those smaller bikes in the galleries are pretty cool looking!

Oh %)*%*#, is it bad to run without them? :blush:

I didn't find any when I took the barrels off???

APE Jay wrote:

Jay_G wrote:

Well i just dropped the barrels (jugs) off to the machinist and he said he prefers to machine the head. Mainly because going from aluminium to cast steel when machining the tops of the barrels causes the cutter to chatter because of the different hardness of the two materials. he did say something about doing the barrels in certain cases to bring the piston closer to the top of the bore.

Hopefully i will have them back at the end of the week.

This will not happen if you have the correct equipment for doing the job.

Jay

ouch! JAY-1 otherguy-0 :evil:

nfswift wrote:

Oh %)*%*#, is it bad to run without them? :blush:

I didn't find any when I took the barrels off???

Are you sure you did not just overlook them?
They fit around the sleeve, flush with the bottom of the block, pretty easy to miss if you don't know they are there.

If they are not there, you might have some oil seepage at the cylinder base gasket, or you might not

Well, progress report, Got the jugs back and the guy did a great job, im going to take the head off to the shop in a few days for some work.

It seems that the general consensus is 0.030 thou is a good amount of meat to take off the head.

Theoreticly i shouldnt have any problems running the bike on 98 octane fuel and have it pinging should i???

i have attached a pic of the pistons on the rods. I have since put the jugs on (ring end gaps and clearances were all spot on) but dont have a photo yet.

Post edited by: Jay_G, at: 2006/10/17 08:05

Post edited by: Jay_G, at: 2006/10/17 08:06

ha got the pic to work this time