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cam advice needed

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I did get a base gasket, headgasket, oil pan gasket, and breaker gasket, and all new washers for the head and new exhaust gaskets & bolts.

The P.O. told me that the carbs were cleaned & sync'd at 20,000. (how good of a job i dont know, but it ran excellent all last year) i now only have 25,000 on it and it was running excellent in fall so when i put it back together i have no doubt it will be no differant i put stabil in back in fall.

like i said i didn't do a compression test, i was planning on getting to the head gasket and various other stuff next year, but i saw that cam and just wanted to make sure it was getting oil to the top end.. glad i did rip it apart, because its much easier to clean/ nice to clean up the oil pan... plus will anti-sieze everything before i put it back together, so if i want to do more stuff next year, it should come apart easily.

not sure on how to do the valve seals. i have never really touched valves when i take a motor apart. how hard/$ is that / what is involved? i have already spent close to $400 and havn't been able to ride it yet this year. so didn't really want to spend much more. but if it isn't too bad, when i go to get my tires put on this weekend i may order the stuff i need to do the valves. what would i need to order?

or if anyone knows of a better / cheaper place to order stuff than the stealer, or bikebandit. (cheaper to order kits?)
 
Kbecker3 said:
not sure on how to do the valve seals. i have never really touched valves when i take a motor apart. how hard/$ is that / what is involved? i have already spent close to $400 and havn't been able to ride it yet this year. so didn't really want to spend much more. but if it isn't too bad, when i go to get my tires put on this weekend i may order the stuff i need to do the valves. what would i need to order?
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Valve stem seals are about $2 ea, there are 16 of them on your bike. They should have come in your gasket set. Takes a few hours, not really any special tools or knowledge required. Valve lapping takes some lapping compound and a piece of hose.
Not a big deal if the head is off already.
 
put new tires on yesterday while it was all apart, looks a little empty...

anyway please let me know if i have missed anything.... since i have it all apart, i have now ordered the valve stem seals. i just ordered new piston rings. and carb. o-rings... i will now start to put it all back together. hone the cylinders, toss the new rings in. take the valves apart and place new seals in, and then check valve clearances, and bolt back together. Then go throught the carbs, and replace o-rings, and clean everything up. Then sync carbs. and hopefully it should be great to ride for quite some time! :-D
 
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