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Offline dave500

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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2021, 12:18:25 AM »
six sided socket with the ramps ground off,like the one on the left.
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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #26 on: April 15, 2021, 12:22:11 AM »
Place in pre heated bbq, bake at 250 deg C and serve with seasonal vegetables! ;D
I filed the flats down to a tight 16mm, had to hammer the socket on, still no go, hence bbq trick.
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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #27 on: April 15, 2021, 01:34:22 PM »
Where did you source that cover from Kennz?
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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #28 on: April 15, 2021, 02:12:55 PM »
Quote from: Kevnz on April 15, 2021, 12:22:11 AM
Place in pre heated bbq, bake at 250 deg C and serve with seasonal vegetables! ;D
I filed the flats down to a tight 16mm, had to hammer the socket on, still no go, hence bbq trick.

That would have been a great pic in the BBQ!
that cover looks medium... Medium well?
If you are going to be looking I still have an extra cover in my cabinet.
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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #29 on: April 15, 2021, 02:55:29 PM »
when you can push a fork into it its ready!
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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #30 on: April 15, 2021, 07:28:23 PM »
All beadblasted and ready for some bling. Fortunately, tappet threads all good.
Caluser, got cover from PO, plus a few other bits. Got seat back from upholsterer, looking good. Beadblaster is my go to tool. A cheapo from Supercheap, it bleeds grit around the seals so end up with grit all over the garage floor, but worth the inconvenience.
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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #31 on: April 16, 2021, 01:38:26 PM »
Hi Guys,
I just swapped over the rocker gear into the new cover. Just noticed, when picking up the cover from the other bike, that the rockers are quite loose, move freely. On the one I have just done, there were wavy washers on the rocker shafts that take out the endfloat on each rocker; not shown in the parts manual. Is this a later mod or something a PO has done? Rockers are quite stiff to move, others just rattle.
Thanks.
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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #32 on: April 16, 2021, 02:30:52 PM »
Quote from: Kevnz on April 15, 2021, 07:28:23 PM
All beadblasted and ready for some bling. Fortunately, tappet threads all good.
Caluser, got cover from PO, plus a few other bits. Got seat back from upholsterer, looking good. Beadblaster is my go to tool. A cheapo from Supercheap, it bleeds grit around the seals so end up with grit all over the garage floor, but worth the inconvenience.

When we got our blast cabinet we used silicone caulk for metal and layed a solid bead along all of the joints before assembled them. Once cured we removed any excess from the inside. It barely leaks any media. We spill more opening the door.
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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #33 on: April 16, 2021, 03:35:24 PM »
That's not a bad idea. I added spongy internal door sealing strips, but they have compressed a bit and are now leaking, although they were never really good.
Thanks for the idea.
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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #34 on: April 17, 2021, 04:29:20 PM »
What motorcycle and what year?
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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #35 on: April 18, 2021, 02:48:07 AM »
If you read only the last few posts you'll never know 8)
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Re: Valve cover damage
« Reply #36 on: April 18, 2021, 03:49:37 AM »
Picture about 3 posts ago is a bit of a clue. Made an executive decision and decided to remove the spring washers; the rockers were too tight on the shafts for my liking. Now on the bike with tappets adjusted.
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