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Yes that's what I plan to do. Primary is coming off anyway since I need to replace a leaky shift shaft seal, so it'll be easy to measure runout on both shafts.
I'll get there soon enough, good news is I have another motorcycle to ride while I do all this work, although it doesn't have saddle bags which I've learned to love.
Making slow but steady progress whenever I can find time. I mentioned I don't want to cut these pushrods and wanted to inspect the top end, so off came the tank and rocker covers. To my surprise it's all spotless up top, clean fresh oil, zero metal flakes or glitter.
Same with the cam chest and the oil I drained out of the pan and the crankcase, no glitter and no metal just that one really banged up roller from the bearing that came out.
It's giving me a bit of hope, maybe it's not so bad. I'll find out in the next day or so when I get the cams out.
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