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It's that keeping the chips to a minimum I have a problem with. No doubt, the gears will grind them up, but I'd feel better with a transmission drain, flush, and refill..
It's easy to do with zero chips, once you see it you'll agree. If there was an errant chip it would be retained in that cavity, a natural little breather box. I use a q tip for final cleanup. It's brilliant , I told Dave he should have gotten a Nobel prize. He thought the factory would have used it. I fill my transmission to the level hole on the side stand with no leakage
Excellent documentation Chuck! I love this kind of thing, I was I was there with Tylon.Though how he got so far never knowing what a piston was....?!?!?!
pilot whose light aircraft engine has failed, and he finds a place to land the airplane and gets out and calls someone....
Chuck,you do such a clear & thorough job of documenting the tasks you take on even my wife complimented your posts. She who does not ride nor share my joy of working with mechanical things.
Good stuff!I have gone to a progressive system where I brake up the inspection to 3 or 4 sessions. Engine, then frame stuff and then electrical.My three machines are sorta spread out (locations).Thanks for posting, picked up a couple of areas I should address.
Thanks, Mike.. Like an airplane, the *first* annual inspection is anal retentively comprehensive.. After that, you pretty well know what is there, and can do the routine stuff each year. At least, that's what has been been working for me for the last.. uh..45 (!) years..
So you've been deep into aero engines, and deep into Moto Guzzi engines.What's the difference between the way that an aero-ready Lycoming or Continental or even a Rotax engine for a light plane or experimental, and a Guzzi motorcycle engine is made, assembled, and wired?Do airplane engines use the same kind of batteries, the same gauge of wire, the same type of connectors and relays etc as our motorcycle engines do? Are they made out of the same sort of material?In other words, is the difference in quality of assembly and maintenance or is it in the design and materials?Lannis
Design and materials? Actually, they are top notch, if old fashioned by design.
Nice job! I didn't think to open the switch on mine like that, but definitely a great idea and will do that to mine too.
Thanks Chuck, gonna bookmark this one
This one is in pretty good shape, but has dried up grease that will eventually cause an open or intermittent circuit.
You're not going to take apart all those electrical connections again in 12 months, are you?Careful is good, but .... ?Lannis