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Caferob
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Update: I installed the 2.75's in the exhaust valves and the 2.70's in the intake side. Everything clears at .002. Looking good. The old gasket was really bad so I cleaned it up and added a little sealant to the new one. Bolted down the valve cover and everything looks good!
Now installing Duane's RR he sent me. Hopefully have some good news about how she runs by tomorrow.
You shouldn't have used gasket sealer on the valve cover gasket. The RTV tends to migrate into the engine internals and can gunk things up. All you need to do was to smear a little grease on one side of the gasket to keep it from sticking and you could have used it for several adjustment cycles.
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Caferob
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I learned this now, stupid idea but its burning off any access and im going to flush the oil. Any suggestions for a good place to pick up oil filters?
I always use a small amount of sealant between the gasket and the valve cover, and a tiny bit at the half moons. I use a little bit of high temp permatex anti seize between the head and the gasket. I guarantee I've gotten more crap into the engine from scraping gasket material off of the head than I ever will from using sealant correctly. Its always a great disappointment to me when I pull off a valve cover on a bike previously owned by a member of the no sealant set. Even sealant helps separate the gasket from the metal compared to dry.
How did your scraping go, Robert?
How did your scraping go, Robert?
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Caferob
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Scraping went well. Got most of it off and cleaned it up a bit. no leaks. Im going to install the carbs today, i had them off to shim the needle, see if that helps before getting a jet kit. Im also going to line up the marks on the martek 440 and the notch on the case. See if that helps as well. Little things that can be put back if makes th bike worse.
exdirtbiker
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Get Steve's shim spreadsheet !!! It's free, and will save you much time and headache the next time you do this !
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