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well i swapped out the case bottoms and it worked flawlessly using a tutorial i found on here ! once again thanks for the descriptive info guys i got the motor back in last week and today im back at it got the chain back on working on putting the carbs back on and i had a lil problem with the...

sweet racer brah. looks amazing pm me what you use for polish paste on the aluminum side cover

not gonna lie im deffinitly jellin rite now! the bike looks amazing myne is basicly going to stay factory besides the seat and frame loop, did you look into an HID kit for the headlight it looks pretty sweet the one that worked best for me was using a 7" round hid headlight meant for a mid 60's...

awesome! after a long time working on your bike i could imagine your more than satisfied =] ik i would be if my xs400 looked like yours !

half way =] starting on the block of wood and hammer part tomorrow ! just curious do i need to remove anything besides the side covers to remove the bottom of the crank case? i just have a feeling in my gut that im doing something wrong but im following your tut. to the tee... will let you know...

great guide =] to bad the original manual didnt have this write up in it ! will be refering to this in a couple days

what year n model is your bike n what year n model is the bottom end from that you used ?

Yeah deffinitly will do it on Thursday when I get paid =] I'm praying that it will fit

Deffinitly a great thread, I read through the entire thing n took many notes so when I get my bike to this point I have half a clue or better to what I need to do n how to do it =] I appreciate the time and detail you put in! I have to swap the bottom case cuz I have a broken kick start shaft...

Good call on that its only an $85 risk though ....

Well I have a buddy that will sell me a 1979 2v6 bottom end I need to know if it will bolt up to my 2g5 top end, if any of you guys could answer that would be greatly appreciated cuz that would put my whole project back in order =]

Yeah I got it for a price that would be considerable for a parts bike anyway, so ho hum I guess now to find a bottom end or completely different motor to swap, but I could have my step dad tig that pics back omit I can get it out of the case...

Thanks I spent hours going through the entire wire harness and generally everything on the bike a once over including the Carb.... only to find that the mount in the case that the kickstart slides into was broke off n sitting in the bottom somewhere, idk what to do this throws my whole project...

i decided to tear into the wiring and idk where to start the inside of the headlight is a rats nest! the rest of the wiring is wrapped so i cant follow wires feels like im beating my head against the wall at the moment....

I'm gonna go strait to working on the bike, hell wit sleeping today! I wanna finis. Either the carbs or wiring anything I should watch out for on the carbs or wiring?

Well great news the sea foam and 10w40 motorcycle oil mix worked =] bad news I I had. The plugs out when she broke loose so the mix shot out of the plug hole all over my leg n boot , oh well it was well worth it!

Slept all day so I unfortunately did not get to the bike today plus ihave to work 3rd shift sorry guys, tomorrow will be the day I get at it no if ands or buts about it =]

Thank you guys, I will try the acetone and atf if it isn't breaking free, yea I deffinitly don't want to force anything if I can help it lol n I will look in the PDF manual I downloaded off the site n see if I can figure out a good place to work the motor back and fourth till she comes loose but...

78' XS400 (2E) project i am a newer member because i picked up this bike about two weeks ago and needed a source of information and inspiration which this site definitely has given me more than enough of both =] thx guys! :thumbsup: i plan on getting this bike back in running shape and...

im deffinitly liking this , im planning on making this happen on my 78 xs400 2e =] just gotta get the wiring and motor straitened out, deffinitly looking forward to the next update, keep up the good work Mr. L