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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Tappet adjusters length
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<blockquote data-quote="Trinorvin" data-source="post: 40483" data-attributes="member: 2309"><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000">Whaow, I’m the happiest man, the Comet has fired today and ridetested on 15 kilometres! The engine hasrecovered compression after blowing air and WD40 in the cylinder through thespark plug hole and waiting 3 days (good advice from David, thanks). Ishortened off the longer tappet adjuster for one millimetre and now it does notfoul the cap. The push rods seem good, only one is 0,3 millimetre shorter, theball ends are nice.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Making up inventory; in the future I will replace push rodsand both tappet adjusters when I will check timing chest after few kilometres(the shorter adjuster has crumpled thread as described in KTB); the Girdraulic spindles needto be loosen as the forks are tight; RFM seems ok..</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Thanks all for your help</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Trinorvin</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trinorvin, post: 40483, member: 2309"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]Whaow, I’m the happiest man, the Comet has fired today and ridetested on 15 kilometres! The engine hasrecovered compression after blowing air and WD40 in the cylinder through thespark plug hole and waiting 3 days (good advice from David, thanks). Ishortened off the longer tappet adjuster for one millimetre and now it does notfoul the cap. The push rods seem good, only one is 0,3 millimetre shorter, theball ends are nice.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Making up inventory; in the future I will replace push rodsand both tappet adjusters when I will check timing chest after few kilometres(the shorter adjuster has crumpled thread as described in KTB); the Girdraulic spindles needto be loosen as the forks are tight; RFM seems ok..[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Thanks all for your help[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri]Trinorvin[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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