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« on: February 26, 2011, 10:43:54 PM »
Welcome Paul.
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« on: February 21, 2011, 11:38:10 PM »
Like the Nortons,Honda as well.
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« on: February 21, 2011, 11:36:23 PM »
Tis true, I always look for the tick boxes.
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« on: February 21, 2011, 11:32:49 PM »
Afew more things I didnt know, thanks.
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« on: February 21, 2011, 10:49:27 PM »
Welcome cobra.
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« on: February 20, 2011, 11:12:05 PM »
Welcome Paul, my knowledge is similar to yours a big learning curve.
Thats a cracking bike you have there Pete, are the clock faces new, mine on the 500/4 are faded.
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« on: February 18, 2011, 06:54:55 PM »
Welcome, thats a cracking looking bike you have.
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« on: February 17, 2011, 06:47:27 PM »
Thanks everyone...this is a steep learning curve for me so a bit at a time.
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« on: February 16, 2011, 06:33:08 PM »
For the 500/4 are the full gasket sets good enough or would I need some 'liquid gasket'.
The bores,sleeves, 2 are damaged, 1 scored and the other has a damaged base, do they knock out or something.
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« on: February 16, 2011, 06:25:28 PM »
Just thought of a question...you can get full gasket sets are they good enough or will I need liquid gasket stuff.
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« on: February 16, 2011, 06:23:18 PM »
Great to see another 500/4, not so many about any more. I've been riding mine since I rebuilt it in 1995. Welcome.
I would like to see mine up and running again, cant wait to use the kickstart.
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« on: February 16, 2011, 06:20:16 PM »
ebay for used barrells genrally, I tend to buy when cheap rather than when needed but I've had a few spare engines off there that have surendered good barrels and other bits for
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« on: February 16, 2011, 06:16:03 PM »
Just get oversize piston kits and have it rebored to suit (usually about
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« on: February 14, 2011, 10:39:24 PM »
check the heads not scrored to buggery by the bits (I've run one like that and it was ok but benefitted from a file to remove the high points), and go through the gearbox carefully as loose debris may go there too and it's a pain to rebuild an engine, put it in the bike only to find it's no good. May be worth a look at the oil pump - I always turn the engine over sans rocker cover on the rebuild to check there's plenty of oil getthing back through the oilways to the head. bottem ends normally ok and so far I've yet to have an engine needing more than rings on the bore front appart from silly things like rusty bores or relining (con rods make a right mess when they let go) In any case there are so many good pistons + barells out there used that I'd always go good used over rebore.
It wasn't run very long when the rings blew, no obvious signs of head damage, not been into the gear box yet, there's a scoring on one of the bores (sleeves) and a tear!! on another at the bottom, where would you get new barells from and how do you know what size to get?....which will give you some idea of my expertise.
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« on: February 14, 2011, 10:30:59 PM »
Welcome - it was probably me...
Whilst its apart, you might as well inspect everything, although dead big ends are very rare. If the rings are in bits you need to check the bores as you may need to rebore before rebuilding.
Keep us informed as to what you find (with pics if possible)
Steve
It will need rings, visually things look ok, the bore is a little damaged on one of em.
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