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TDC marking for the front cylinder
TDC marking fir the front cylinder and timing gears aligment. The rear cylinder must be install first. Set to TDC then rotate crank clockwise 300 degree and lock TDC for the front. Those will be your marks.
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TDC marking for rear cylinder.
TDC marking for the rear cylinder. This is the cylinder that must be assembled first. Notice the small dots on the bottom timing gear. It must match the line in the crank case in order for the rest of the gears and marking to line up and the gears to turn in sync.
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drive gear and balanced shaft gears marking.
The markings on the drive gear and the balance shaft gear was covered after I installes it. But I put I marking on the drive gear where the 2 marks will line up. Just to give you an idea where to look.
Back from vacation and the engine is back on the bike.
Just came back from vacation. I work all day today and had the engine back on the bike. It fired up on first try and I was over joyed. The transmission wont shift then I was pretty disappointed. I had a cold one then started to think maybe the oil hadn't get into the shifting unit yet. I waited for an hour or so and tried it again. Well, no go. I realized I hadn't shifted through the gear when I was putting it together. I crossed my finger and hoped for the best. I then grabbed a very very large screw driver and shifting through the gear forward and back.
I then did the following 1. Jacked up my bike 2. Put the belt on 3. shift the bike in neutral manually 4. started my bike 5. shifted it into first with the shifting paddle 6. bring the RPM up to about 5000 7. Lord and behold she shifted into 2nd, then 3rd , 4th & 5th then back down again.
It rained hard here today. I will have to wait until tomorrow or weather is clear to give it a good test run. So far so good. It gave me an error on my reverse but it reverse fine. I might have to bring it in to have the gear position sensor reset or set right with BRP software. I notice from 1st to neutral is a little sluggish but it had done that before I had it apart. I might have to put another gasket on the magneto side because I notice a small leaks. I am thinking maybe I can put some liquid gasket on the outside of the engine case to stop or slow down the leaks for now.
A couple of things I had notice while I started my bike the first time.
1. It took all the oil in the oil change pack. The large jug and the 1 liter jug. The oil just barley show on the dip stick.
2. I had to wait a little for the oil to get into the shifting units.
3. I had an error on the computer when I reverse
4. A small oil leaks on the magneto side's cover
5. sluggish shifting from 1st down to neutral
6. Engine over heating while I had it on jack and adjusting the belt for about 20 min. I then realize the coolant were low. I added more coolant and so far so good.
7. I really need to take it for a good test drive to see how it runs.
Thank you for following and I will make a few final posting as soon as I get a chance. I am pretty much on survival mode right now. Between work, kids, my good wife and fixing my spyder. I am sure lots of you know exactly what I meant. Cheers
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First test ride..Successful!!
Took the bike out this morning for a first test ride. Everything works like it should except the reverse error showing on display. It is official my bike is running again. :clap::ohyea::ohyea::2thumbs::D:D:D:roflblack:
I will have to replace the gasket on the magneto side. Anyone have experiences doing this please help. I did installed it by the book but it leaks. I am thinking should I be using any type of sealant with this gasket to help it seals or I just lucked out on a bad gasket. I ordered another new gasket and second time lucky (hopefully).
Picture of my bike before test ride this morning and the $20.00 luggage rack I put together last summer. I will make a final post of all the tools that I used and a few must do for this job. It will be sometime next week. Thanks