"The chains needed to rotate the pump I am not sure of." What do you mean? I have F2 complete engine for parts with the F2 oil pump chain as well....
I was cleaning up my stack of V4 parts and noticed that the F2 heads are almost identical to F1. I have some damage on my F1 camshafts and I...
I just purchased another VF after I killed my F1. I purchased it for parts but it rides much better that my F1. The bike is missing auxiliary...
That is what I thought aswell. One cam is pited, not too bad though. Timing chain is gone aswell. I have to many projects so for now this is on...
Bike has 62kkms on the clock https://forum.vf1000.com/t/vf1000f2-crank-bearings/1801/6 According to this thread you can make ZZR1400 bearings to...
I have also found big chunks of gold metal flakes in the oil pan, not good :( That is the materials these bearings are made of.
I need to purchase conrod bearings as my bikes oli pressure drops drastically after it heats up :( Only source I was able to find is...
Thank you for a lot of usefull information. I will keep the original bolts in place just to be safe.
I remember something about these bolts are being specific to F2 and that they have bad impact on main bearings when installed on F1. Does not...
I have two F2 engines laying around in parts and I noticed that not only the camshafts are longer but they use different botls. My bike is an...
I dont want to start new thread so I just update this one :) Carbs were cleaned, rebuilt and synchronized. New carb sliders were installed but I...
The sun is out so I finally took care of my VF :) I was able to buy a complete set of carbs which had the different style sliders that I was...
The bike was idling and revving fine. I was not able to ride it due to bad weather. My guess is that rubber boots got some cracks from the shock...
http://v4musclebike.com/forums/showthread.php?p=266667#post266667 link to discussion on different forums on modification of the carbs. Maybe...
I took a look at the carbs today. All the diaphragms look worn, probably need to be replaced. They have no holes but it is very difficult to...
There is clearly not an oil leak but coolant leak. Coolant got mixed with old debris from the chain and it was black and oily, but now it is clear...
Thank you for all the tips. So the leak is coming from the water pump. I am wondering if a rebuild will do just fine or a gasket kit maybe? I...
So I bought a VF :) I loved the engine sound so I pulled the trigger when a decent bike showed up. [img] It was running good, I was not able to...
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