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So, i remembered something last night that i'd forgotten about from before the rally.
I had my valve covers off, doing the valves and i figured, "40,000 miles, i might as well do a rocker arm end-play check" i pulled up the ADV article and got to work. 3 gaps were perfect (all around .07mm) the exhaust rocker on the left cylinder was a wee bit tight (the .05mm gauge would squeez in, but just barely) so i figured i had the time, lets get this right. i pulled out the unused T45 socket from my tool chest and discovered ALL of the torx nuts on both heads were banged up to the point i couldn't insert the socket.
what could this possibly mean??
the bike had 3900 miles on it when i bought it in 05', what could someone have possibly done in that short an ownership period (miles, not years, avg to 650 miles/year) to have caused this?? my guess is someone loosened the assembly using a hex key that "kinda fit" thereby damaging the bolts. but why would they have done it???
what say ye???
I had my valve covers off, doing the valves and i figured, "40,000 miles, i might as well do a rocker arm end-play check" i pulled up the ADV article and got to work. 3 gaps were perfect (all around .07mm) the exhaust rocker on the left cylinder was a wee bit tight (the .05mm gauge would squeez in, but just barely) so i figured i had the time, lets get this right. i pulled out the unused T45 socket from my tool chest and discovered ALL of the torx nuts on both heads were banged up to the point i couldn't insert the socket.
what could this possibly mean??
the bike had 3900 miles on it when i bought it in 05', what could someone have possibly done in that short an ownership period (miles, not years, avg to 650 miles/year) to have caused this?? my guess is someone loosened the assembly using a hex key that "kinda fit" thereby damaging the bolts. but why would they have done it???
what say ye???
