"Rotate the engine..."
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From: Georgia
"Rotate the engine..."
Thinking about making adjustments and I find these 3 words in a lot of steps in a lot of different procedures. What I can't find anywhere is the following...
"Rotate the engine, (refer to steps outlined in (chapter/section))..."
WTF !!!
Could anyone enlighten me as to what I can take off of where to reveal the magic rotator thingie?
Thanks
"Rotate the engine, (refer to steps outlined in (chapter/section))..."
WTF !!!
Could anyone enlighten me as to what I can take off of where to reveal the magic rotator thingie?
Thanks
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RE: "Rotate the engine..."
That is an easy thing to do (rotate the engine)
Just put a stand under the bike (you say you don't have one? You should) and raise the rear wheel off the ground.
Remove the spark plugs and drop it in 4th gear. Now, you are set to rotate the engine, using the rear wheel as a rotating devise (I guess you could call it that)
Just put a stand under the bike (you say you don't have one? You should) and raise the rear wheel off the ground.
Remove the spark plugs and drop it in 4th gear. Now, you are set to rotate the engine, using the rear wheel as a rotating devise (I guess you could call it that)
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RE: "Rotate the engine..."
I accually thought of that (I would have chosen 1st instead of 4th but I suppose the adjustment is slower in 4th because of the gear ratio), but that just seemed like a real "shade-tree" thing to do. I can't imagine a dealership or service center doing it that way. When I changed out the piston rings on an old Accord I once owned it was a simple mater of putting a socket wrench on the nut behind the timming belt cover. I was thinking there would be something like that.
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RE: "Rotate the engine..."
Well it is a shade tree way I suppose. Don't worry about a dealer having a more High Tech way of rotating an engine because they don't, and if it's an ironhead, chances are a dealer is not going to allow it inside his shop anyway.You know, they only want to service Evos and newer.
Fourth gear is a better choice than first because you have much more leverage at the wheel end of things, and the engine moves less, making it much easier all the way around.
I learned this working at my first real job in a BSA dealership in 1960. Unless you ride old iron with a kick starter, I know of no other way of doing this.
Fourth gear is a better choice than first because you have much more leverage at the wheel end of things, and the engine moves less, making it much easier all the way around.
I learned this working at my first real job in a BSA dealership in 1960. Unless you ride old iron with a kick starter, I know of no other way of doing this.
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RE: "Rotate the engine..."
I would have thought that the only thing that would make it hard to turn would be from compression, hence the removal of the spark plugs. Ah well, guess I have to dig out my motorcycle jack.
Thanks for the info,
Pyro
Thanks for the info,
Pyro
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