At $2 each you're far better off than me :) I kind of assumed they'd be hardened and sanding would make them wear faster. Well, as always I...
Since I now got the parts I went and opened the clutch cover to see what lies in there. To my eye the stock friction plates look ok'ish although...
The other thing I was waiting for was new fork seals and bushings. I first took the forks apart completely and cleaned them inside out, then put...
Finally got the shims along with other parts so it was time to move forward with the valve adjustment. I first calculated the ideal shim values...
In case someone was wondering, I've been doing a LOT of cleaning lately. Here's a small progress update. First piece of the new coolant hoses...
Thought about that first but there's a but. I couldn't find one which would have ALL the available thicknesses, they only seem to have every other...
Thanks but I already went and made my own so I've got those figured out now. Calculated the ideal numbers first and then picked the closest...
Got the valve lifters out. Didn't have a suitable magnet or a valve lapping tool like The Manual says so I had to go with a makeshift solution ->...
Not really. If you do it according to the service manual, you're left with the #3 at TDC on compression stroke. If you don't now go turning the...
Here we go. Took out the camshafts following the procedure in the service manual and maybe tomorrow I'll get to take the valve lifters out and...
So nothing unusual, good to know. The valves on this one have been checked at around 28k km (17k miles) but there's no record of whether any...
Ok so today I got to checking the valve clearances and I got some tight numbers, even a bit too tight for my taste. Everything was either very...
Thanks! I'm a bit envious about the stand, mine is on the floor and I've already got a back ache from the poor working position. Has your project...
Could be and me taking the thing apart, cleaning and putting it back together has likely thrown it off anyway so synchronization has to be done...
Thanks! For me this is one of those 'if it's worth doing it's worth doing right' things. Now it was time to do something for the very dirty...
Got all the brake calipers finished today, plus the secondary master cylinder. I also did open and clean the no-return ball valve in the secondary...
A small bit of progress again. Got the throttle body apart and sent the injectors to be checked/cleaned. Here they are cleaned with new seals....
These came from an ebay seller bertye1958 based in the UK. Others correct me if I'm wrong here :) Since the PAIR system introduces clean air into...
It was finally time for the VFR and the PAIR system to part ways. The reed valves and covers had carbon-like dirt in them that you get from...
Here's what the headers look like. Not too bad but once they're off I'd like them blasted and coated. [IMG] After getting the bike in small...
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