Gasket pieces in cam chain tunnel

[stoy75]

So after doing all of my valve clearnace checks and changind every shim twice, to go down two sizes on every single shim, I ended up having to scrape the living hell out of the old gasket. Well I thought I had the cam chain tunnel completely blocked off and would have no issues but when I removed the rags I watched a few paper gasket pieces go down in the tunnel. Yup it was a sickening feeling. Now what do I do?

[Agemax]

hoover them out!

[stoy75]

Will a shop vac have enough suction to draw them up

[Agemax]

Will a shop vac have enough suction to draw them up

yep, should do. tape a smaller piece of tube to the end of the vac so you can reach down into the camchain tunnel

[Toasty]

If that doesn't work, I would dump some oil down the cam chain tunnel. The pieces will end up on the sump screen in the oil pan. If they're huge then try to vacuum out as much as possible.

[GateKeeper]

Turn the bike upside down and shake those nasty bits out....


just kidding......

[Agemax]

or pour in some petrol and light it, that will burn it all away....

[stoy75]

If that doesn't work, I would dump some oil down the cam chain tunnel. The pieces will end up on the sump screen in the oil pan. If they're huge then try to vacuum out as much as possible.

then remove the oil pan right?

[stoy75]

Does the engine have to be removed to remove the oil pan.

[Steve]

then remove the oil pan right?

How much fell down? Was it enough to cover up the intake screen (it's about three inches across)?

Does the engine have to be removed to remove the oil pan.

No, but you will have to remove the exhaust pipes.

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[Dogma]

Does the engine have to be removed to remove the oil pan.

No, just remove the exhaust.

Edit: Steve won't give the other children a chance.

[stoy75]

Only about 2 or 3 half inch pieces

[stoy75]

So I imagine it wouldn't be enough to cover it. Will it eventually dissolve?

[Agemax]

So I imagine it wouldn't be enough to cover it. Will it eventually dissolve?

no it wont dissolve and a few pieces about an inch long could stick to the strainer and starve the pump of oil.
either way you do it, you need to get out as much as possible.....

[stoy75]

Ok. I'm just lost as to what pouring oil into the cam tunnel would do. Not being smart just curious