Thanks for sharing as you go with the tear down. Good luck and easy on the bologna.
Wayne 83 CB650SC On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Creative Residential Designs<[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Dennis...I took everything off of the top of the engine that I could > without removing the whole top end so far. I have found nothing yet so I'll > keep you informed. I'm trying to eat enough bologna to keep me going until I > get it all apart. > I was able to save the cam cover gasket. When I replaced the cam cover > gasket last year I put High-Tac on the bottom side of the gasket and > silicone ("snot") on the top side. Bob recommended this and now I know why. > I took a razor knife gently around the gasket on the top side so that the > gasket stayed stuck to the engine itself. The High-Tac glued the gasket > firmly to the engine and the silicone released it from the top side. I will > post some pictures of the disassembly later. > I wrapped the cams in saran wrap and marked each one. I have some more tips > that I will share with the group later that work well. HotrodMamma. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Creative Residential Designs > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 7:51 AM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Broken valve spring... > I'll let you know. I do have a parts bike with a good top end. I was > weighing the idea of just swapping the whole top end. If nothing I do have > parts but I hate to take that cam cover off. I'll have to try and save it if > I can. HotrodMamma. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dennis Hammerl > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:31 PM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Broken valve spring... > Let me know what you find. A broken valve spring would be a first for me. > Other than the faulty hydraulic adjuster problem, I've never seen a cylinder > head failure of any sort. If it didn't drop a cylinder at time of noise, I'd > bet on a cam follower. Sure be easier to repair than a valve. Good luck. > > --- On Wed, 7/29/09, Creative Residential Designs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > From: Creative Residential Designs <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Broken valve spring... > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 11:58 PM > > I went for a ride on my '83 650 Nighthawk today. It was about 170 miles > round trip. Coming back home I heard a noise in my top end. Lucky me, I was > at a town only 20 miles from home. It was a tap, tap, tap. I put some oil in > even though I put some oil in before I left home as it was a bit low still. > I rode it slow for about a block. There was no noise until I put it under > load...tap, tap, tap but not real loud. And then...PING! ping ping ping. I > think I broke a valve spring. I pulled it over. I was riding with Bob so I > jumped on the back of his bike (ARRGGG! I hate the back seat!) and we came > back and got the trailer. I am pulling the cam cover off tomorrow to have a > look-see. Now I have 3 bikes and nothing to ride! My old Harley needs a > clutch and I'm waiting for the clutch lever that was donated to me by a very > nice member of this forum. ;) for the Nighthawk Nightmare project. Between > the generous donation of a tank and that clutch lever from members of this > forum I should at least have one bike to ride again soon! Thanks to the > generous members of this forum for helping me to get a bike on the road > again. HotrodMamma. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
