Bugger

*snap* goes the most inaccessible cam cover bolt on the Turbo.

Reckon I'll get away with loads of gasket goo? Unless somebody makes a
right angled drill (not even space for a dremel) I'm not going to be
able to drill it to get an extractor in without removing the engine.

I see an ebay sale in this bikes future :-(

 

Plenty of angled drills on the market, even cordless ones.

Nah. You'd regret it if you did sell it after the work you've done.


Jb

 

At expensive prices - 75 quid upwards. Although it looks like you can
get attachments to get a 90 degree angle - but they look too big again.

Yeah I know. I could take the head off, but that's stretching my
mechanic abilities a bit. I'm happy rebuilding 2 stroke engines, but cam
chain tensioners and valve timing is a bit of a black art to me. At
least it's air cooled...

 

Assuming you can get the exhaust off without more 'snappage', whip the
engine out. It shouldn't take more than an hour or two at most. At least you
can get some access then.
JB

 

I think that's what I'll be trying first, due to Fowlers cocking up I
actually have 2 cam cover gaskets, so it's not going to cost me any
more. The bolt is on the inside of the verticals on the "H", umm I'll
try some ascii....

* *
* * * *
* * ^ *
* * * >>> Front
* * * *
* * * *
* *

It's the one marked ^

Yes hmm, and the head does need a good clean, but that involves removing
the spider exhaust (and also the turbo as the studs are rusted in), job
for winter me-thinks.

I do have the supplement, which has been useful. If it leaks badly I'll
do it properly and will probably need advice/help not to cock up the
re-assembly.

It's not been a great week, the RD scraped through its MOT with knocking
head bearings (tightening them up makes no difference, the new needle
rollers are either fucked or the headstock is oval from some twat
wheelying it too much), then it chucked half of it's coolant out on the
M6 and I limped it home just keeping the gauge out of the red. I'm
hoping it's going to be OK for Thursday, I can't get it to repeat the
trick, but am doing some more miles this week to see whether the head
gasket needs doing.

 

He's been speaking with Pip Luscher, he has. He said exactly the same.

 

Pip's also been having problems with his bike. He's going to ebay it
and commented on the fact today.

 

I hope your confidence is well placed.

Heh, I posted a while ago about this. I had a shitty job of taking the
link pipe off as it'd been bodged to take a single silencer. I had to
grind off the exhaust and drill out the studs - I got metal in my eye
and had a trip to an eye hospital as a result. So, while I can easily
take the link pipe off (it's now bolts instead of studs) the spider pipe
is forever more attached to the Turbo. Unfortunately the pieces of the
spider pipe that the collets grip on to make it a snug fit into the head
are virtually non-existent, so I was very pleased last time to get a
leak free fit, not so sure I want to disturb that, but if I have to...

 

Heh, he can't hide it as there's a bollock sized dent in the tank.