clement salvadori nklr

[longtallsally1s]

OK, you may recall that I posted about my KLR dying on the trail last weekend. Well, I got it home and finally had some time to tear into it tonight. So this is what I discovered, I had spark and thought that perhaps the float or the main jet or the like was goofed in the carb. Well after taking it apart and inspecting, all is well. NUTS! So now we are to timing. engine internals. So I took the valve cover off and went to check timing. The motor just plain LOCKS up. After investingating, when the piston is at TDC, the intake valves are open completely. Are these interference motors? Anyway, what on earth did I goof up????? I have not pulled the crank yet to see if the doohickey was blown up, but the timing is CRAZY off right now. My next steps are going to be to set the timing correctly and then turn it over some more. If it turns over fine then I'm scared as there will be something down in the engine waiting to get sucked up. Could the tensioner have failed? Any other ideas? Right now I'll have to be tearing into a whole bunch of stuff in the motor to see what caused the timing to get messed up.

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "longtallsally1s" wrote:

> > OK, you may recall that I posted about my KLR dying on the trail last weekend. Well, I

got it

> home and finally had some time to tear into it tonight. > > So this is what I discovered, I had spark and thought that perhaps the float or the main

jet or

> the like was goofed in the carb. Well after taking it apart and inspecting, all is well.

NUTS!

> So now we are to timing. engine internals. > > So I took the valve cover off and went to check timing. The motor just plain LOCKS up.

After

> investingating, when the piston is at TDC, the intake valves are open completely. Are

these

> interference motors? Anyway, what on earth did I goof up????? I have not pulled the

crank

> yet to see if the doohickey was blown up, but the timing is CRAZY off right now. > > My next steps are going to be to set the timing correctly and then turn it over some

more. If

> it turns over fine then I'm scared as there will be something down in the engine waiting

to get

> sucked up. Could the tensioner have failed? Any other ideas? Right now I'll have to be > tearing into a whole bunch of stuff in the motor to see what caused the timing to get

messed

> up. >

Yup. Sounds like it has jumped time, so the cam chain tensioner is a likely suspect. Another possibility is that the balancer quadrant or spring went south, and a wayward part from that system fouled the cam chain run. Figure on new valves and maybe new chains for the cams and balancer, depending on condition.

[Mike Peplinski]

I'll second that. I'm not real fond of Clement's writing-so I skim. I'm pretty fond of Peter Egan's style. Its not very technical but I like his writing. Remember, opinions are like assholes; everyone has one.

>From: Bogdan Swider >To: KLR list DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> >Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Clement Salvadori nklr >Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:31:05 -0700 > >Of course there's no accounting for taste. I subscribe to MCN, >Motorcyclist, Rider and the AMA rag. I shake my head and renew anyway. My >favorite moto-journalist died several years ago. I find most of the current >crop bland or irritating. I'll, however, stick up for Clement Salvadori. >Deep insights into technical stuff are not his forte; I don't believe he >does any of his own work. His calling is to write as a passionate >motorcyclist with many years of experience and exposure to a wide variety >of >makes and models. Don't remember him ever mentioning a track day on a sport >bike or a difficult off pavement trek on a serious light weight dirt bike. >His thing is touring, be it adventure, international or super slab. His >accounts of bikes from the past at the back of Rider are the first thing I >turn to. I like the way he writes. I met him once in Baja. I could tell >immediately that he's one of those naturally shy people who are more >comfortable expressing themselves from behind a keyboard then in person. I >don't mind him being attacked in this forum. After all, he's public person >and fair game. I just thought I'd offer a rebuttal. > >Bogdan, who's father was issued a beret while doing WWII in Europe. I still >have it but don't wear it. > > > >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com >List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html >Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >

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