I finally broke down and spent nine hours over the weekend tearing down and building up the engine.
I replaced the wrist bearing, cylinder gaskets, exhaust and intake gaskets, ported the intake and exhaust, cleared up the whole engine. Tuned the clutch. Filled the clutch rod spring with red grease. Greased the bearings. And RTVed the magneto case.
I also lightly sanded carbon buildup off the piston head and cylinder head.
My next set of tasks is to take apart and clean the carb (nt) and replace all the fuel lines, filter, and carb gaskets.
Once that is all done, I'll be putting a 36 tooth sprocket on the wheel as I want lower RPM's at 25 and 30. Right now, with a 44 tooth I'm maxed out at 30 and 25 isn't that far from that.
While I'm cleaning all this stuff up, anyone suggest I clean or fix anything else while I'm at it?
I was thinking of getting new handlebars as this bike has mountain handlebars. I was thinking either Wald #896 or Wald #815. I just want a bit more comfort that a straight bar. Anyone have any suggestions?
I replaced the wrist bearing, cylinder gaskets, exhaust and intake gaskets, ported the intake and exhaust, cleared up the whole engine. Tuned the clutch. Filled the clutch rod spring with red grease. Greased the bearings. And RTVed the magneto case.
I also lightly sanded carbon buildup off the piston head and cylinder head.
My next set of tasks is to take apart and clean the carb (nt) and replace all the fuel lines, filter, and carb gaskets.
Once that is all done, I'll be putting a 36 tooth sprocket on the wheel as I want lower RPM's at 25 and 30. Right now, with a 44 tooth I'm maxed out at 30 and 25 isn't that far from that.
While I'm cleaning all this stuff up, anyone suggest I clean or fix anything else while I'm at it?
I was thinking of getting new handlebars as this bike has mountain handlebars. I was thinking either Wald #896 or Wald #815. I just want a bit more comfort that a straight bar. Anyone have any suggestions?