My experience with my POS Hayabusa
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mistaforty
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sooooooo.....????
Well the problem with the original motor has been found.
Both the cylinder as well as the cylinder head are warped. My guess at this point who ever replace the first cylinder head, never checked the the cylinder block to be true!
And in time that caused the second head to warp.
Both the cylinder as well as the cylinder head are both been machined.
Here are the pics of the tear down,
Both the cylinder as well as the cylinder head are warped. My guess at this point who ever replace the first cylinder head, never checked the the cylinder block to be true!
And in time that caused the second head to warp.
Both the cylinder as well as the cylinder head are both been machined.
Here are the pics of the tear down,
Yay! That's my motor...she's in good hands. Thanks John!
I am hoping to get the oil leak on the new motor figured out this weekend. I'll post back with the findings as to what is causing the leak.
Ok so I have talked to Phil today, and man does he have a story about the hole deal!
But here is where im at, the cylinder, and the cylinder head are back from the machine shop.
Both the cylinder as well as the cylinder head needed to be re-surfaced!
As well as both have been hot tanked for clean up.
I have started doing a clean up on the valves, and then i will lap the valves before assembly!
But here is where im at, the cylinder, and the cylinder head are back from the machine shop.
Both the cylinder as well as the cylinder head needed to be re-surfaced!
As well as both have been hot tanked for clean up.
I have started doing a clean up on the valves, and then i will lap the valves before assembly!
Now i will lap the valves in the am, but i did find a problem,, the first mechanic that worked on this bike was a hack!
The inspection plug on the starter cover, as damaged, and mickey moused, with JB weld!
Here are the pics!
The 10mm allen just wiggles in the hole! I was barely able to get it out! Flame wrench works great! LOL
The inspection plug on the starter cover, as damaged, and mickey moused, with JB weld!
Here are the pics!
The 10mm allen just wiggles in the hole! I was barely able to get it out! Flame wrench works great! LOL
mistaforty
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nice Job-respect that kind of ability and thoroughness
First off, Thanks John for actually caring and taking pride in your work. It is greatly appreciated. The guys were super hacks that worked on the bike before. It doesn't surprise me that they mangled the inspection cover. Fittingly and fortunately for everyone else, they went out of business last year after 20+ years.
I'll explain the story that John is referring too above. To be brief, the motor that is in the bike that I bought from the mc shop owner/shop manager in CT is f'd up. The upper rear mounting point is cracked and the guy "repaired" it with some type of super glue/silicon/epoxy. He couldn't even tighten that mounting bolt when installing in my bike otherwise it would crack the repaired piece off. The spacer in between the mounting point and frame is just spinning freely by hand...completely loose and cannot be tightened. Plus, it has been leaking oil from that crack since I got the bike back from him. Obviously, one could see the potential risk that he put me at with screwing me on the sale plus causing an unsafe condition with giving me a bike back that has a loose motor! AND oil leak! This motor needs to come out and be either parted out or professionally welded. I'm not going to say much else about this because I am going to pursue legal action against this guy personally and his shop to recover at least the money that I paid him ($1600).
When the bike leaves here, it will be done correctly! No short cuts!
Phil, good to see that you are FINALLY in good/capable/honest hands
Outstanding john!!!!!!!!!
It sucks that you had to go through all this stuff, but crap like this is the biggest reason ALOT of motorcycle owners do their own work. For every good guy out there, there are twice as many trying to scam you.
yeah i hear you. i do basic maintenance myself...oil/filter changes, brake pads, rotors, plugs, stuff that unbolts easily. but i definitely do not feel comfortable or anywhere near qualified to open up a motor. i wish i was believe me.
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