Great job on the valve adjuestment, it sounds great now. It looks like a safe assumption is that zero maintenance has been done to this before you got it. I know you said that you do not plan to use the dump but I would be very tempted to fit a 12v linear actuator to give you power dump and to make sure it does not lift the bed too far and damage the lights
The valve adjustment set screw screwdriver you used in the video appears to be a flat head. Is that the case, or is it a Allen head set screw? The Flathead doesn't seem like it would be strong enough to get a good enough bite to fully tighten the set screw. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
@larrybl Thanks a bunch, Larry. One more question if you would. How did you determine the compression stroke versus the exhaust stroke, when looking for top dead center? Thanks again!
I had to replace the carb a while back, bad needle valve. I think I had three videos about that. Carb issue ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HWweJhr2TDs.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xDU4WuI13aQ.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0_9jtXwrRBs.html Other than that, It runs and starts fine. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uO-38s2Vq0o.html
Yes the valves were way loose. I have to me careful when working on a metric machine, the (mm - in) readings will cross you up. I like the electric lift idea.
Sounds 200% better. I thought it might have been a rod knocking but glad to see it was just valve lash adjustment. As far as the oil bottles, Kawasaki was doing that 946ml jazz back in the 90’s. I think the old KX I rode used half a bottle. It made for odd oil change back then also.
