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OKie Don read my mind. I never had a problem with valve covers on my
/2 or ?5 BMWs. Well, I did lose a 6mm nut a coupl
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OKie Don read my mind. I never had a problem with valve covers on my
/2 or ?5 BMW
OKie Don read my mind. I never had a problem with valve covers on my
/2 or ?5 BMWs. Well, I did lose a 6mm nut a couple times, but I
don't count that. They also taught me how to put a nut in place and
start it with one finger.
More RTV, sell it and buy a BMW R bike ---
On Tue, Mar 20, 2
. I did replace the rubbers when I put in the gasket. I also put in a
new tach drive gasket.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:38:14 -0500
From: Mitch Haley
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On Mar 20, 2012 10:29 AM, "OK Don" wrote:
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> More RTV, sell it and buy a BMW R bike ---
>
Considering that the vast majority of '70s and '80s UJMs have a transverse
air-cooled engine I can't believe there isn't an accepted technique to
getting those big wide valve covers to seal right (short of
More RTV, sell it and buy a BMW R bike ---
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
> Gang,
> Since we're on the topic of sealants I managed to pull my '82 Honda CB900f
> out of winter storage last night and get it fired up but I find the *&^%@#!
> thing is leaking from the valve cov
Is your valve cover warped?
Refresh my memory, I only adjusted 900F valves once or twice, and that was in
the 1980s. Is the cover retained by a bunch of tiny bolts on the perimeter, or
few studs/bolts with rubber bushings? I'm thinking the DOHCs like yours have the
bunch of tiny bolts bearing
Gang,
Since we're on the topic of sealants I managed to pull my '82 Honda CB900f out
of winter storage last night and get it fired up but I find the *&^%@#! thing
is leaking from the valve cover gasket again. There are a couple half moon
metal inserts on the ends and its leaking badly from one o
