motorcycles cause cancer?

[Charlie Yahrmarkt]

> find out about electromagnetic "deathrays" > ruining a good time. >

NO.

[PauL - yes the L is upper case]

Besides stripping out the spark plug threads and the valve cover, which I fixed a while ago; I went to do the valve adjustment and found out that he had broken one of the camshaft caps and fixed it with "JB Weld Epoxy". Not surprisingly the exhaust value is way out of spec. Of course, the cap broke again when I loosened the bolts. Now the bad part, you can't buy the cam caps. Seems as though they are line bored and a matched set. The only way to get a new one is to buy a new head ... Now I know JB Weld is pretty inexpensive, but I would rather fix it right. Anyone got a good used head for my A9 and live somewhere close to a shipping site? I do not need the cams, just the head and the cam retention stuff. PauL

[Jeff Saline]

On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:57:50 -0000 "PauL - yes the L is upper case" writes:

> Besides stripping out the spark plug threads and the valve cover, > which > I fixed a while ago; I went to do the valve adjustment and found out > > that he had broken one of the camshaft caps and fixed it with "JB > Weld > Epoxy". Not surprisingly the exhaust value is way out of spec. Of > course, the cap broke again when I loosened the bolts. > > Now the bad part, you can't buy the cam caps. Seems as though they > are > line bored and a matched set. The only way to get a new one is to > buy a > new head ... > > Now I know JB Weld is pretty inexpensive, but I would rather fix it > > right. Anyone got a good used head for my A9 and live somewhere > close > to a shipping site? I do not need the cams, just the head and the > cam > retention stuff. > > PauL

<><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><> PauL, Sorry to hear about your surprises. I'm wondering if a good, no make that very good, machinist couldn't make you a new cam cap on your head for less than the cost of a new head. Either way you'd have to pull the head. Doing the set up to make the new bore match the existing bore would be critical. Other than that I think it would be simple machine work. All you'd need to do is fund the project. : ) Just a thought. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT