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Posted by Troll
- December 11, 2014, 09:28:19 AMHere's a thought. While you have it all apart, there is a $35 bearing in the bevel drive that could and does fail. Mine went at about 75,000 miles and, although it didn't do any real damage to anything, it did cause quite a bit of angst and frustration....You have it all apart now, so a little preemptive replacement could save you lots of grief down the road....
Posted by Elmo Hayride
- December 10, 2014, 23:13:10 PMSure, I'd be happy to.
Posted by 49Reo
- December 10, 2014, 20:44:35 PM.....can I send you my Jeep engine.....it needs fixing.....lol
Posted by Elmo Hayride
- December 10, 2014, 19:49:07 PMHere are some images of the right side (clutch) engine cover.
Posted by chief
- December 09, 2014, 09:58:21 AMQuote from: Troll on December 05, 2014, 09:12:30 AMFrom what I can tell, no Drifters used a POG, and none of the injected 1500s used it, either. It was strictly a carbed 1500 thing...
That is correct. No POGs on Drifters.
Posted by Elmo Hayride
- December 08, 2014, 19:09:09 PMThese pic's detail the alternator rotor which has been damaged. If you look close at the first pic you can see little chunks of the magnet removed. Followed up with a pic of the metal shavings built up on the pickup coils. The last pic is just to show that the rotor is in fact...a magnet.
Posted by Elmo Hayride
- December 08, 2014, 19:04:09 PMFresh pic's of the continued disassembly and use of the pry points to pull the cover.
Posted by Troll
- December 05, 2014, 09:12:30 AMQuote from: 49Reo on December 04, 2014, 20:12:52 PMTroll, what year used the plastic oil pump gear?
From what I can tell, no Drifters used a POG, and none of the injected 1500s used it, either. It was strictly a carbed 1500 thing...
Posted by Elmo Hayride
- December 04, 2014, 20:42:19 PMThank you for your suggestions Troll. If anything seems funny along the way I'll certainly ask you so (hopefully) nothing gets missed.
Posted by 49Reo
- December 04, 2014, 20:12:52 PMTroll, what year used the plastic oil pump gear?
Posted by Troll
- December 04, 2014, 19:32:46 PMTo check the bearings, the crank must be removed.....if everything else seems to be decent, and there is no funny business when you take the covers off, I guess I would chance it....These engines have a very automotive bottom end, with car style plain bearings, so they are probably going to be all right....It was just a thought....
Posted by Elmo Hayride
- December 04, 2014, 19:03:20 PMI am going to avoid splitting the case unless something unusual comes up when I pull off the L&R covers. I soaked the HLA's and 5 are good and 3 on order. Yea, the valves I will check real careful especially from the growth/corrosion that was on the intakes (seen when I removed the throttle body).
Do I need to split the case to check the main & rod bearings?
Posted by Troll
- December 04, 2014, 18:31:34 PMThat's a good sign there is no serious wear on the engine. Are you planning on splitting the cases? You should check the main and rod bearings. One thing I would suggest is that you either soak the hydraulic units in a STRONG solvent, or replace them. I have one of the 8 that sometimes bleeds down and will click...very annoying. Check the valve stem/guide clearance very carefully. In this day of nolead fuel, valve guides wear more than they ever did. Maybe when I get 150,000 on the engine I will tear it down and replace them all...93,000 on it now, and that's the only issue.
Posted by Elmo Hayride
- December 04, 2014, 17:02:43 PMIt sure is nice to have the people in this forum to assist when there's a question CDNRatMan.
Troll, we (machinist and I) measured the wear and clearance and everything is in spec (0.06604mm piston/cyl clearance).
Posted by CDNRatMan
- December 04, 2014, 14:51:42 PMI had replaced the front fork oil in bikes before, never have I done as much work on a bike as I have on the Drifter. Reason is because I have confidence in my skill set to a certain point, I know when I am outside my comfort zone that help is now an e mail away or forum distance. I have rebuilt the complete front end of my bike, and GB and Troll were more then readily available to answer my questions, not sure if they wanted to but they did. The info on this forum is outstanding in learning from and to gather ideas and tips. In return when I did my rear shock I documented it all and took plenty of pictures and notes and posted what I did so the next person can get the idea.