This is very calming to watch during my breaks. Would be cool to have an assembly video too. In addition, it's also useful since I will have to do a rebuild of my own engine soon :)
I enjoyed it! I watched it while eating dinner. It's nice to see this type of work because most riders rarely dive this deep into an engine. It's great familiarization.
This *is* interesting, even for a hobbyist like me. Seeing the tools you use, how you use them, all that is good. Seeing your incidental comments, like "sneaky washer" about 6 times, is very useful. It's interesting and useful seeing how you handle (and comment on) things going wrong ("This right here is why I don't true cranks between centers" "what I just did to the end of the crank... renders it useless for truing purposes")
It’s good to see someone with more experience than me doing the work. It validates stuff I do that I’m not sure about and teaches me new ways of doing things.
I have done plenty of rebuilds, but it is always good to seeing another persons ways of doing things. Thanks for your knowledge and thanks for the video! Are you going to do a re-assembly?
As I just blew up my tranny on a 1978 Honda xl this weekend this is exactly what I was hoping to see. Now to make a decision wether I can handle doing it or not. But as with your $500 dollar buy in other vid probably not worth it. Was trying to go easy on a worn out clutch and speed shifting all the time eventually broke someting in there. Wonder how difficlut it is to get a whole fresh unit.
Any reason you don't put a plastic bag over the intake and exhaust and give it a quick superclean/brakleen bath before putting it on your bench? Just wasted time if you're going to have to give it a proper clean later? All that mud would drive me nuts! +1 on enjoying this format. I'm not opposed to edits but I like the longer form start-to-finish stuff as a guy who dabbles on weekends and likes to learn!
Good reason, yes. It’s still freezing overnight here, do the process of setting up my pressure washer involves tearing it down & bringing it in. Since the engine only took 20 minutes to remove & the engine only took 20 minutes to disassemble, the 20-30 minutes to wash it seemed like a waste. Soon I’ll have an electric pressure washer mounted inside so I can work on clean bikes every time.