But I did remember that I have a pair of little utility wheels with tires the same size as I need, so I ended up putting one of those on the front rim and swapping the good original one to the back. Thanks! As far as finding a new tire for a 5" rim, I had no luck. Gonna be good I'm thinking! Got a new clutch coming for 'er too so hopefully I can put some power to the ground a bit better, haha. I'll most likely port the intake manifold a bit too before I put the carb back on. Tomorrow I'll get the head put back on with the new gasket, then I'm gonna try a bit of a timing advance to see if I get get a bit of a top end power boost. Pretty happy with how things went! Gonna be cool to get it back on the bike and see how it does, haha. Shouldn't be too much, I checked them at full lift and the springs aren't being compressed past their limit, so I don't think it will hurt anything. Both springs got shimmed up with some washers: After I torqued the rod bolts I got the block ready to go back together and put the cover back on: Then after some cleaning the piston went back in:ĭidn't really check clearances like I should have, but the bearing surfaces looked onto be in beautiful shape so I didn't worry about it too much. But I ended up useing some penetrant and a screwdriver to get it freed up and springing nicely again. I'm sure that wasn't helping performance, haha. When I had the piston out I also noticed that the top compression ring was siezed: Turned out pretty nice! Still just a hair of scarring left, but it shouldn't hurt anything. I also figured on giving the cylinder a good hone, since there was no cross-hatching left and a little bit of scarring. Got the valves lapped and got a nice finish on them and the seats on the block: The stock ports were actually not too bad, so I just did some minor cleaning and made the inner bend a lot wider and smoother to free up some flow. Turned out nice! Should be good and flat now. I found that was able to rock it maybe 0.001" with my finger so then I used the valve grinding compound to sand the head and the block together: I know I won't be taking enough off for much of a performance gain, but it'll help a little.Īfter sanding it 'til the high spots were gone I set it on the block to test the flatness. Then I got myself a mirror and some sandpaper and sanded the head down nice and flat: Next I pulled the valves, since I figured on lapping them and doing some port work: Got the cylinder head off, doesn't look too bad for the age of the engine: Haha, yepper! I figured it was time the ol' Teccy got some love, so I yanked it out and tore it down on the bench. Well it would appear this turned into more than a new rear tire.
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