Larry,
Winter here in California isn't that bad. Better in Sothern California, than here up north. More rain.
Duck,
I'll try the drift pin.
Oh, sorry, no superchargers that I know of.
I've asked a tech at work that use to work for Kawasaki from '87 - '92, and he said if he remembers correctly, the crank should be able to be lifted enough to get the new cam chain in, and then set back down, without having to break the new cam chain, and add a link. Seeing on how I have the 2 engines, I disassembled the 44,000 mile one to test for this, and it's not true. The drive chain is in the way, of "lifting" the crank out. I'm not about to take on this task with the 12,000 mile engine. disassembling is one thing, but putting it back together, I'd rather have someone that's experienced in this area do the work. I'll ask if he wants to do a "side job" during the holidays. Just for sh*ts and giggles, I phoned a Kawasaki dealer, only to find out this job would cost around $650.00-$750.00. Send out the crank for polishing, check the rods, gasket kit... Way beyond what I want to spend. It's already out of the bike with the head, cylinders, and pistons out(short block). For a free bike, I've already got close to $2500.00 into it in the state it's in. I have a few spare items from ebay. Who doesn't?
This 615 kit has been sitting in the box since June of this year, and the cylinders I had sent out to APE were machined for this kit. Been way too long.
The cylinder head is in Canada, getting some chamber, and port cleaning up as I didn't like the stock chambers. Why Canada? Long story, but the labor is free, in exchange for some stock GPz550 parts.
Nothing big in the ports, just a little cleaning. It's the condition of the stock chambers that I want cleaned a bit.
Stock.
This is his work, but not as much as this for me.
This is the before.
This is what they'll look like afterwards.
I agree it would be a terrible thing if I got it all together, and something in the bottom end went wrong. I removed the oil pan and saw nothing there that would lead me to believe would need one. I'll have to price this out. Damn, I should have left that cam chain in there alone, but nooooooo, I had to mess with it.
I did find that the higher mileage engine failed due to a spun rod bearing on #3. I hear this is common on the 750's and 1100's of early to mid '80's era. Fact or Fiction?
Thank for the comments and suggestions.