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Very stiff turnover
Bryanj:
Ah but does he manage to start you by hand as well as the bike (Sorry couldn't resit that one Julie!)
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: Bryanj on July 29, 2016, 06:42:21 AM ---Ah but does he manage to start you by hand as well as the bike (Sorry couldn't resit that one Julie!)
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:o :o :o :o :o
Back to original thread me thinks ;D ;D ;D ;D
Johnwebley:
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on July 29, 2016, 07:03:20 AM ---
--- Quote from: Bryanj on July 29, 2016, 06:42:21 AM ---Ah but does he manage to start you by hand as well as the bike (Sorry couldn't resit that one Julie!)
--- End quote ---
:o :o :o :o :o
Back to original thread me thinks ;D ;D ;D ;D
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good idea !! how about you leave the plugs out,squirt some light oil onto the piston ,then kick it over a few times,and if that
feels a bit better,spin it on the starter ,also check you have oil pressure,maybe remove a couple of tappet covers to see the oil
in the top .
wen you use the starter,do it for arround 5 seconds at a time,so you don't overheat it
masonmart:
The bike is on the ramp and not wired up yet so I can't try the starter. All of the rotating bits were oiled as assembled. I've tried taking off the head cover to unclamp the camshaft and that eased it off a good bit.
matthewmosse:
Are all the tappetts set right? Or might it just be the effort to turn over and compress valves. It is easy to catch the rockers against the valve stems when putting the cover on. It does seem the problem is top end related. I'm a bit dubious that the rockers would make it that hard to turn over if everything was right, pretty sure mine turn over ok on the kickstart even only turned over by hand, though a good kick has always been the requirement for starting it. Turning it over on the electric start does not require any more wiring than a jump lead to earth and another to the starters lead or just wap it onto the battery positive terminal as long as you are prepared for the sparks, it works fine.
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