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    Never heard of them. RandyA
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    Sounds good. Do you know how thick the washers are that you got? If too thick and you try to bottom the shoulder bolt, you may have a problem. RandyA
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    Thanks for the great update Lew and give her a big hug for us. RandyA
  4. Venturous Randy
    Are you snowed in again up there? RandyA
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    As I did mine, I think it is the only way to do it. My quote was: "After I tightened all eight bolts, I replaced the plastic cover and went to the other head." That meant I did eight bolts on each head. RandyA
  6. Venturous Randy
    Actually, you could probably get by with metal washers as the top washer does not have a seal on it around the bolt. The stem of the bolt is sealed by the inside diameter of the seal when it is squeezed down. Just don't get too thick of a washer. 1/32nd worked good using the gasket material. I would not suggest any thicker than that and if using metal washers, maybe a little thinner to be able to bottom the shoulder bolt. The great thing about this is you do not have to remove the valve covers. I suspect this fix will correct the vast majority on our valve cover leaks. So far it sure has fixed mine and mine was pretty bad. RandyA
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    I will be thinking about her, and you. I pray everything goes well and she will be able to enjoy life, even with your difficult butt. RandyA
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    I am sure there are a few on here that have dealt with leaky valve covers. My 83 with 122,000 miles on it have the original valve cover gaskets. I did do a valve clearance check years ago, but still used the same gaskets. Mine has gotten so bad that it was normal to have a couple of drips off the engine while parked. I also had oil residue on about everything, even my shoes. So, here is how I fixed it. One of the characteristics that was used on the valve covers was using shoulder bolts. This limits the amount of torque or squeeze that can be put on the gaskets and also keeps everything uniform. This is not a bad idea as long as the gaskets have some spring left in them. What I did was I stopped by an auto parts store and bought a buck or so of 1/32nd thick gasket material. I then removed the side covers and the plastic covers that sit on top of the valve covers. I then removed the two outside bolts on the valve cover. I put the bolts in a vice and using a screw driver, pulled the rubber seals off along with the metal washer. Using a hole punch, I made a hole in the gasket material slightly smaller than the bulge on the bolt. I also took scissors and trimmed the outside diameter about the same size as the washer. I then put the gasket on the bolt, then the washer and then the seal. After I seated the seal, I then screwed the bolt back into the valve cover hole, snugging it down, but not bottoming the bolt. I then removed the other two bolts on that side and put gaskets on them. After all eight bolts were back in place, I tightened them down until the shoulder bolt bottomed out. This actually caused oil to squeeze out around the cover gasket. After I tightened all eight bolts, I replaced the plastic cover and went to the other head. After doing this last week, I have put about 300 miles on the bike and the engine is still clean of oil residue and my shoes are also clean. This is not a hard job, costs a buck or so and it works. RandyA
  9. Venturous Randy
    If you put in Progessives, you should not need any air pressure unless you are a real big boy. RandyA
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    It is my feeling that the wear on the thrust washer is actually caused by the pressure from the big spring which pushes against the thrust washer. The wear result is the reduced engagement of the dogs from 2nd gear fitting into 5th gear. Then you can get the resulting rounding off of the dogs making it have even less engagement along with bent forks from the jumpimg out of gear. I have always wondered if there may be an oil addative that would reduce the wear on the thrust washer without causing clutch slippage. That is the only thing I can think of in saving 2nd gear. And, in my opinion, I just love 2nd gear when accellerating up thru the gears. I agree with condor on shifting quickly and firmly and do not baby it into engagement. Gentle shifting does more harm as it lets the gears ratchet into place. RandyA
  11. Venturous Randy
    Neat-o but it is actually only 20 years old. Now my 83 is 27 years old this month. RandyA
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    My first thought was the nut had broken on the pinion shaft, allowing the pinion gear to go deeper into the ring gear under decelleration, but if you had that all off and it did not come apart, maybe that was not it. That is a problem that happens ocassionally on these rear ends. If you have it apart again, see if you can move the collar on the rearend where the driveshafts slides into. It should be very tight. It will rotate, but should have no wobble. It will actually stay in place as it is still on the splined pinion shaft. RandyA
  13. Venturous Randy
    Hey Muffinman, it is great to hear from you and I hope when you get home that I will be able to hook up with you. Keep safe and looking forward to you being home. RandyA
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    Fleas

    Venturous Randy replied to mraf's topic in Watering Hole

    Man, 5 minutes on ebay is a looooooong time at the end. RandyA
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    Townsend is near Gatlinburg and Piegeon Forge in the Smokies. Absolutely a great place to ride. RandyA
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    Fleas

    Venturous Randy replied to mraf's topic in Watering Hole

    Don't know the details, but another saying is "You snooze, you loose" RandyA
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    Ditto on everything here, good job Dave. The only thing I want to add is making sure your diaphragms are in good shape. If there are holes in them, it kind of acts like a choke with them not opening the sliders good and it causes more vacuum in the needle/jet area. With new diaphragms and the needle shim mod, I went from 38 to 42 mpg up to as high as 49mpg on 45 to 55mph rides, even two up. RandyA
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    Yes, the 84 does have the YICS and no, you should not have to block it off to sync the carbs. If you have to block it off to sync the carbs, you have a problem with the YICS as you would want to sync the carbs with the setup that the bike will see. Given all that, I suspect it may be your YICS as it could be the box that is leaking and that may be why all 4 carbs have low vacuum. My suggestion is to do what I did, take the YICS off and with good plug caps, block the YICS ports at the engine block. I did this to mine a couple of years ago and wish I had done it sooner. With the YICS blocked off and my needle jets shimmed to about .093 from about .125 and new diaphragms, I am now getting up to 48mpg while cruising around on mountain roads at 40 to 55 mph. And, the bike has as much power as it has ever had with the 109,000 miles I have put on it. One other suggestion, put the year of your bike up in your name area and we won't have to look it up in your profile to try to help you. RandyA
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    Actually, the stock bolt should work fine and is strong enough for about anyone climbing on or off the bike, IF YOU KEEP IT TIGHT TO THE POINT IS ALMOST PINCHING THE KICKSTAND. The only problem I have ever seen, and it also happened to me, is to let the bolt get loose and then there is a whole other set of dynamics at play on the force on the bolt and that is why they break. Good reminder and I am going to check mine tomorrow. RandyA
  20. Venturous Randy
    I just received a new E-3 for the back of my 1st gen the 1st of March and it was dated 0310. I had to wait a few days on it because I was told it came from a different warehouse, but I believe it was still warm when I got it. It was from Motorcycle Suoerstore and was $117.99 delivered to my door. RandyA
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    Thanks for the response, and yes, it works really slick. RandyA
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    Actually, I think it may have been you that promped me to address this. Evidently, you are not a "young age" anymore. And yes, I did have a contact from another member a while back to let me know I had "invincible" spelled wrong in my signature. RandyA Got a call from the Boss last night. He's in Minisoda at a conference and they have his laptop for upgrades. He wont have it back till more than likely Thursday Evening. So if you need to get ahold of him be paitent as he has no means to communicate with us here.
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    Now if I could get my son to grow up some. He still wants to ride a crotch rocket and he is 40. RandyA
  24. Venturous Randy
    I have met some really sharp folks in my life and I have also found that many of these people are poor spellers. I am reasonably good, but I still screw up sometimes. Several years ago I downloaded a site called ieSpell that is free and it works very good. So. for those of you that have a tough time spelling, you ought to give it a try. RandyA
  25. Venturous Randy
    I just hope yopu did not bend any valves when you had it out if time. Now, don't that just make you sleep better. RandyA
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