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Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Fantastic.

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Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

You know how to weld, right?

Right?

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

sofullofhate posted:

Fun fact: the CB400F's valve cover contains the top bearing surfaces for the cams and the cam gear. And the loving rockers are mounted to the inside of it! Very interesting design - I was very surprised when it wanted to jump off of the head as I backed the bolts out!

Should be mandatory reading for anyone who wants a hipstery old bike as a first bike. Learned something cool today!

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

That sounds fantastic!

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Awesome stuff, well done! Your thread makes me less lazy about my bikes.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Sounds like swapping the carbs from one bike to the other will fix both problems :haw:

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Gorson posted:

Tell me about it. You know what can kiss my rear end? Float heights. I love how the shop manual will say "set float heights to 9.1mm" but then to measure it you more or less eyeball it with a caliper or gauge.

The transparent tube method is so superior but they don't always have a spec for that :(

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

sofullofhate posted:

Three now, with fresh plugs, caps, wires, and the electronic ignition installed.

#3 is not running right though. Header isn't nearly as hot as #1 and #2, and the plug is a little wet when I pull it. I think I might have burned a valve or something :/

Time to compression test and double check clearances!

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Brilliant! I demand video.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Float levels, leaking diaphragms or a vacuum leak somewhere would be my guess.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Happy rebuilds!

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

e: ok so it's two for one day on the forums or something

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

I've never seen an USD fork that didn't still have the machining marks. I thought that was intentional because it's part of The Look or w/e?

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Well, glad you aren't dead I guess!

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Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

God drat this world :smith:

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