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Tires update . Got them on with the help of my H F m/c tire changer . Not scratching the rims has been a challenge so after some trial & error on previous jobs decided to try wrapping the irons w/cowhide worked great ! Rode about 90 Mi. To scuff them in . WOW , like I rollerskated onto a cork floor . All the small irregularities & jarring , gone . Way smoother. In the last 20 Mi. I gained enough confidence to drag the pegs on both sides ! Nuff said.
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This is a 2004 Honda VTX1300 that needs a complete "once-over"
local gasket shop gave me a scrap piece of fairly thick gasket paper, about twice the thickness of a manila file folder, traced and punched / cut a gasket, the shifter now rotates, hurrah!
I'm still trying to figure out how to drop the pan on my EV to change the filter. You guys are so much more mechanically inclined than me.
Well, I'm assuming you have all the bolts out, including bolts toward the middle? Is is glued on? Are you serious?
Using Yamabond to seal the cases is too thin, it needs a paper gasket and a thick one at that. I fitted some spare Guzzi Loop intake gaskets (the thin ones) and torqued the cases together, the shift drum now turns freely with the gear selector, another lesson learned; if the manual calls for a paper gasket use it and don't rely on form a gasket
OK, Don, the shop owner told me the tech (no longer there) used gasket sealer and that he'll take care of it on the next oil change.
serious as freakin' heart.... anyway.I got the oil pump replaced at Don's shop more than a year ago. So I'm doing a fluid change & tune up. Of course I drained the oil first and then I tried to change the filter - and I remembered the 4 middle bolts- and it's STUCK, like mallet hit stuck. Like one piece. And this one has a spacer so it's three pieces. And I noticed the "tech" overtightened everything. I saw his lipstick marks and they were way tighter than I ever put it on. I'm guessing he got his metrics mixed up with his SAE.I worked on it in my dirty garage, head to toe with dead leaves, grit and grease, lying on the concrete floor, wishing I had a heavier mallet. I had anticipated a couple of hours for the entire fluid, valves and plug job, so I saw little need to clean up the place before I started. And I was pissed. Then former AMA Flat Tracker Ronnie Jones shows up at my house and wants my vote for County Commissioner, I reminded him that we'd had lunch before and I wasn't part of his political party.. I forgot to tell him he never thanked me after I dropped off that photo I took of him at Springfield. I digress... So....OK, Don, the shop owner told me the tech (no longer there) used gasket sealer and that he'll take care of it on the next oil change. Why he used sealer? There has never been sealer on it before, so why did he put it on? And I can only hope it's nothing stronger. yeah, I'm still pissed about it. And it's been a month. I could go on... but I guess everyone gets the general idea. I could use one of Fubar's Coors now.
- and it's STUCK, like mallet hit stuck. Like one piece. And this one has a spacer so it's three pieces. And I noticed the "tech" overtightened everything. I saw his lipstick marks and they were way tighter than I ever put it on. I'm guessing he got his metrics mixed up with his SAE.yeah, I'm still pissed about it. And it's been a month. I could go on... but I guess everyone gets the general idea. I could use one of Fubar's Coors now.
Well, at least he will take care of it. It won't hurt anything to go a little longer on the filter change.
A prybar wedged between the bellhousing and oil drain plug should pop it right off. The spacer should a nub on it to facilitate doing the same thing.
Maybe black gasket sealer? If dude used the black silicone-type product called The Right Stuff, you’ll need more than one beer and a little bit of swearing. That stuff really works.If it was me and there weren’t any solid or hollow dowels locating the pan into the block (no idea how that bike is configured), I would get out some of my trusted Spider Wire or similar hi test braided fishing line and use it like dental floss to cut/break the seal on all corners as deep as I could between pan & block. That may help get the pan started enough that you can get it loose. You can even use a couple of loops of it in place to help pull the pan without typical pry-bar damage.I use that braided line for lots of non-fishing stuff since my father-in-law introduced me to it during our surf fishing outings. Think the spool I have in shop now is 30lb test Spider wire from Walmart. Really tough stuff. It’s saved my bacon more than once.
I thought about fishing line. Charlie's wedge idea is pretty good too.I haven't a clue what's glued it together. I can't imagine why in the hell anyone would do that. I mean if you take off the pan and see that it's a naked gasket, why in the world would glue the damned thing on? And I gave them gaskets from my own stash in the first place rightly assuming they didn't have any in stock.
Very odd as every 3 1/2 engine I've torn down (four so far) hasn't had a gasket between the halves, and the three I've built back up haven't needed one during reassembly. All shift very well.
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Never worked on a Morini but last year I had to replace the gearbox in my Ducati M900 as it lost some teeth from the 6th gear on the output shaft.
The bike was built with a gasket between the case halves but I reassembled using just threebond, of course the crank preload and gearbox/shift drum end floats needed to be set accordingly and that is done by adding/removing shims on the shafts - do Morinis not have a similar setup?
Quote from: Antietam Classic Cycle on July 06, 2022, 06:38:30 PMVery odd as every 3 1/2 engine I've torn down (four so far) hasn't had a gasket between the halves, and the three I've built back up haven't needed one during reassembly. All shift very well.___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________Never worked on a Morini but last year I had to replace the gearbox in my Ducati M900 as it lost some teeth from the 6th gear on the output shaft. The bike was built with a gasket between the case halves but I reassembled using just threebond, of course the crank preload and gearbox/shift drum end floats needed to be set accordingly and that is done by adding/removing shims on the shafts - do Morinis not have a similar setup?