couple questions on top end rebuild

[x_doug_x]

cylinder heads are in machine shop and the pistons machine shop told me to order came in today. as soon as i bring pistons to shop i'll prob. be putting it back together

 

first things first, the reeds, do they have any type of adjustment? i got a pair from someone on here and it looks like the reeds were flipped over. i can see marks on them that look like the marks where they were closing if they had not been flipped, as well as they both have a small gap where they are not completely closed on the read cage.

 

 

second, most importantly. the piston rings. do the ring openings go opposite from eachother on each piston? ps. i don't have a repair manual. so thats why i'm here asking, and i have searched the forums and didn't find a topic that stated if they went opposite or just about a inch away from eachother.

Edited June 19, 2009 by x_doug_x

[banshee_terror_]

there should be an arrow on top of the piston. that is sapose to point to the exhoust. the rings if you look carfully on the pistons were the rings are sapose to go there should be a little pins the gap were the rings are apart are sapose to go there. i cant help you much with the reads i didnt read that part that much

[stokes77]

This thread took me like half hour to read

[sleeper06]

You can flip reed pedals over,many people do it,safe bet is get new pedals they dont last forever

[x_doug_x]

You can flip reed pedals over,many people do it,safe bet is get new pedals they dont last forever

 

 

 

please help, i got the cylinder heads bolted down, however both base gaskets had a blue rubber gasket on them. and it was the same on both gaskets and you can't flip a gasket over. so my left cylinder has the blue gasket facing down the right cylinder has it facing up, anyone know anything about this?

[sleeper06]

its normal you can breath now.

[x_doug_x]

its normal you can breath now.

 

 

 

 

she's just about complete, gotta pick up some bolts/nuts for plastics and put some new plugs in it to read.

 

i can't get a swingarm bolt though, i have a chrome swingarm and a extended one, i wanna put the stock chrome one back on but i can't get the swingarm pivot bolt out of the swingarm that is installed.

[sleeper06]

if you getting a new one air chisel it out.Or heat and a lump hammer

[x_doug_x]

how much diffrence do cool heads make?

[Ieat4strokes]

Man i remember when i did my first rebuild as well, call local shop going off telling him cometic gave me 2 of the same base gaskets, he said breathe damnit, just flip it over, i flt like a dumbass but i didnt know lol......

 

as for the coolhead they do allow the motor to run cooler but the awesome thing is the ability to replace the domes in them to bump your compression up, its like being able to change to higher compression piston in a 4 stroke on the fly.

 

edit: kubitza gotta smokin deal in the forsale section $100, but youll need a set of domes.

Edited June 26, 2009 by Ieat4strokes

[x_doug_x]

Man i remember when i did my first rebuild as well, call local shop going off telling him cometic gave me 2 of the same base gaskets, he said breathe damnit, just flip it over, i flt like a dumbass but i didnt know lol......

 

as for the coolhead they do allow the motor to run cooler but the awesome thing is the ability to replace the domes in them to bump your compression up, its like being able to change to higher compression piston in a 4 stroke on the fly.

 

edit: kubitza gotta smokin deal in the forsale section $100, but youll need a set of domes.

 

 

i couldn't flip the base gaskets over. there is one bolt farther back that doesn't allow it.

 

 

i just started her up, the right cylinder seems to be firing fine, i put new plugs in and the right cylinder plug after 5 minutes run time was grey though...

 

the left cylinder wasn't firing every hit when i got on the throttle some you could here it pop every now and then. i think i'm going to bring it to the shop for the carb work, to make sure they are in sequence and have the left carb cleaned or whatever, i'm wondering if it's possible it's the reeds. but i dunno.

[RK350]

Try tapping on the left carb float bowl with a wrench or small hammer, sometimes when you remove the carbs the float sticks. mine did that last time i rebuilt my engine

 

[x_doug_x]

Try tapping on the left carb float bowl with a wrench or small hammer, sometimes when you remove the carbs the float sticks. mine did that last time i rebuilt my engine

 

 

the low speed jet was clogged on side that was missing, i took carb apart, cleaned jet put it back together and other side started missing. : / i took carb apart and jet wasn't clogged "wierd"