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    Valve Adjustment SOHC ?'s

    ok so I am trying to adjust my valves cause they never have been in 30 years and for the life of me I get them right and I will manually turn the engine a bunch of times and then they are off. I know I am tightening the nut right as well as holding the adjusting screw so nothing moves. What I...
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    help with tachometer seal

    took my 80 XS400 on a long ride yesterday come home and noticed more oil then usual on the engine and way up top. Closer inspection it seems like my tach seal is leaking. I have a spare engine and I took the top off to see how to get to it and even with the lid off and the c-clip off I still...
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    what temperature do our exhaust pipes get up to

    trying to experiment with a wrinkle/hammertone finish on an extra set of pipes that I own and was wondering if anyone knew how hot these babies get. The only wrinke finish stuff high heat ready to go is 350 degrees and I have a feeling the pipes get a lot hotter then that?
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    How do you remove a muffer from the exhaust

    Ordered some new Ergo Shorty's to put on my '80. Gonna hack up my spare exhaust to put on my mufflers but not sure how to get the mufflers off so the new ones will slide on. the right side goes to the engine the left side goes to the muffler. It looks like about an inch left of the...
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    can not figure out what is causing this sound

    first time you can hear it is @ 16s then again 27,30,40,46,1.00,1.05,1.08,1.10,1.19,1.21,1.24 etc When the bike is on the center stand in gear it makes that sound randomly it seems and the bike shakes (rocks on the stand and the chain dances weird). When in neutral or any gear w/ clutch is...
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    Do I need a new chain

    So I had my bike on the center stand the other day and noticed that my chain rises significantly up at one point when I spun the wheel. This looked odd to me so I inspected more closely and noticed my rear sprocket was pretty tore up. The teeth were sharp visablly damaged. During my first...
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