I have not, but there is a long post somewhere in the forum where a guy put thermocouples all over the VF500F engine. His conclusion was the...
Matt...my temp gauge needle on the 500 really moves a lot. It is pretty hot here in Houston and my needle will run the full range of the "normal"...
It looks pretty straight forward and also very similar to the VF500F. It will be fun, and I have never seen anyone rebuild one of these 250's,...
LOL. YES!
Yeah, may as well pull the clutch cover, it is actually easier to do this with the engine in the frame.
Pulled the oil pan......I found the smoking gun....... not sure what bearing went south but I am guessing one of the rods. Nothing is ever...
And this is awesome, I just saw this when I was storing the seat in my attic. Check out where the shock adjusting tool is... [ATTACH]
You can see some REALLY microscopic metal flakes , I think??? [ATTACH]
Oil pan is right there to remove with the exhaust pulled off. Nice. [ATTACH]
It's crazy but the engine did sound a bit quieter with the new tensioner installed. I feel I should try the other tensioner but figured out a new...
Well Crap........I put the rear tensioner in and started the bike. Same noise. Looks like the engine is going to come out, I think I have "early...
Excellent job Stray, painting is such witchcraft!
Cam Chain Tensioners... I bought front and rear used ones off an 89 model and there does not appear to be a lot of difference between the 89 and...
I checked this out and the are in perfect shape....cams are already out so no problem checking that out.
Alright, I got the tensioner for the rear cylinder out and took a look at it. It has a spring loaded piston that loads the cam chain slipper....
Power back on! YAY!!!!!!
Thanks for asking! Still no power and We had to abandon the house after 2 nights of 88F temperatures, And Neighbor's generator keeping us up all...
Thanks, Stray! We were about due for one. Last really big one was in 2017.
Yeah, not sure a used one will be much better. I just got run out of town by that stupid Hurricane so not sure when we will go back.
I am all over it NCB!
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