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De-stinking Penelope

Could you suspend the motor from the valve cover just off a block of wood or someway where some of the weight of the motor is pulling down from the valve cover? then tap a pin post into those two broken studs, well it was just an idea.
 
sedelen said:
Could you suspend the motor from the valve cover just off a block of wood or someway where some of the weight of the motor is pulling down from the valve cover? then tap a pin post into those two broken studs, well it was just an idea.
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And a good one too! ;)
Just the weight should help a bit.

Eric
 
I had exactly the same problem but only with one stud, it was as if the PO had squashed the cam cover hole onto the stud....I ended up using the dremel and cut a slot down the back and broke the hole open then carfully managed to get the stud to move with heat and vice grips. Then sourced a second hand cover....before and after pics as follows

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and finally

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I didn't have the engine out at the time..maybe with more patience I could have saved the cam cover...anyway good luck and watching with interest

RB:)
 
Chuck has a cover, I have a torch. Corrosion wasn't going to loosen it's grip and I wasn't going to loose. Melted the aluminum and used a screw driver to carve away the cover as I continued down the ear. Put the putty knife between head and cover, bent the studs away from the cover with a punch and pried the cover off with my 3 ft pry bar in conjunction with some liberal application of a rubber mallet. Heated the head and removed what was left of the studs with needle nosed vice grips.

No runs, no drips, no errors and NO damage done to the head.

I win! :D

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it is a great feeling when that broken stud starts to move:D...well done!!!!

RB:):)
 
Yes it's a great feeling indeed! but why Lord did it have to take so long? ;)
 
Heads off, cylinder is off along with three pistons removed. The forth's (#2) piston pin doesn't want to go through the rod. I'll pick up some threaded rod to make up a puller tomorrow on the way home from work.

Oh, and there's evidence something had hit the crank somewhere along the line. I hope it wasn't the reason the bike was parked.

Chuck, do you still have that spare motor tucked away? :eek:
 
Per Chuck Hahn's suggestion, I warmed up the small end of the rod with Maap gas and tapped the pin out. :D
 
Pics of the crank where you think it had a hit please..sure its not grindings from factory balancing???
 
find any "missing nuts or bolts anywhere?? Smooth off the inner edges and button it back up...good for another 125,000 miles easy!!!!!
 
We know the starter clutch is bad.

I haven't taken it down any further than I have. When I split the case halves, hopefully I'll be able to tell what caused it.
 
Yes i remember then starter clutch sopunding suspicious...however I have also heard that from a weak cranking also. let me know about then starter clutch too cuz you know whos your daddy!!!!
 
rustybronco said:
It's not factory provided damage...

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Oooh, that looks bad, but maybe not a show stopper. Does it rotate freely without any chaffing? If it does I'd be inclinde to leave it, to file or square it up would affect the balancing somewhat.
 
Steve, It's not a show stopper. I'll dress the edges with a file and call it good. My concern is how it got there and the underlying cause of it.
 
And flush it out real good. I can see the debree from the pic. Something got ground up is what it looks like...
 
Most of that debris is corrosion from the cylinder head studs as I was taking off the cylinders.

Don't you worry, I'll be sure to wash the engine completely, after I've finished disassembling the engine down to every last nut bolt and screw. :D
 
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