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Kalali
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 08:03 am: | 
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That's a bit odd from someone who owns a Lambretta.... |
Natexlh1000
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 09:16 am: |
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>A bigger piece of shit you'll never find anywhere in the world...
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Reepicheep
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 10:40 am: |
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All my Buells have been quiet, and I liked them all.
Two of the three had defects that could have lead to premature oil pump failures.
Both were very easy to identify, and were fixed in a day for under $100, and failed to ruin (even a little bit) an otherwise very happy ownership experience for me.
If replacing a pinion gear can make you hate an otherwise fantastic bike, you must be pretty thin skinned.
And if reliability sells bikes, then no motorcyclists ride motorcycles, we all drive Toyota Tercels (which will generally outlast any motorcycle ever built by at least a factor of two). |
Buellistic
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 12:28 pm: |
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IMHO, two things cause the OIL PUMP DRIVE GEAR to go bad:
Not warming the engine up to operating temperature before you ride the hell out of it ...
Having the primary chain adjusted too tight ...
Was told by a BUELL MECHANIC to replace my oil pump drive gear when he noted that "i" had 60K miles on it ...
When "i" replaced the drive gear it looked brand new, but "i" still up-dated to the -06 drive gear ... |
Natexlh1000
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 01:11 pm: |
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Why would a tight primary chain affect the oil pump? |
Oldog
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 07:05 pm: |
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Why would a tight primary chain affect the oil pump?
This is a stretch but placing an excessive load on the drive side may cause a run out issue on the opposite side and cause the shaft to whip.. No facts to support this.
Alf why all the hate? } |
Oldog
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 07:07 pm: |
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On drilling that plug out, grease that drill bit, and try and rinse the debris out of the shaft. that feeds the big end bearings any significant trash may cause you the loss of the crank ( presuming its not dead already ) |
Shupe
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2014 - 05:03 pm: |
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Well, that didn't go well.
I barely touched the tip of the bit to the center of the "jet" with it turning slowly and the obstruction pushed inside.
The hole is clear now, but the junk is on the wrong side.
I'm leaving town for a week so I have time to ponder, but I'm thinking I'll have to remove the brass plug to get the junk out. |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2014 - 05:23 pm: |
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Sounds like it. You probably want to do it for piece of mind anyway.
You may need a machinist to help you get it back together, but it should be a straightforward job. |
Natexlh1000
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 09:36 am: |
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Perhaps the thing to do is to tap the brass and use some sort of puller or slidehammer. |
Hootowl
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 12:08 pm: |
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That sounds like a good idea. I was able to remove a pressed in brass fuel inlet from a carburetor that way. |
Shupe
| | Posted on Monday, December 01, 2014 - 09:55 pm: |
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Perhaps the thing to do is to tap the brass and use some sort of puller or slidehammer.
That was my thought as well.
I looked at it. The brass is 1/4 inch ID.
It's too short to tap, since the real threads of the tap don't start until 1/4 inch or so down the shaft, and the end of the brass plug with the "jet" hole is less than that. I may just drill out the end, then tap it if the drilling doesn't loosen the plug. |
Shupe
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2014 - 09:06 pm: |
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I went in.
I drilled out the end of the plug, with grease on the bit. It only took a touch.
Then I tapped the plug with a 1/4-20 tap.
I removed the tap, then screwed in a bolt with a nut screwed way up and a few washers.
I held the bolt with one wrench and tightened the nut with the other, pushing the washers against the end of the pinion shaft.
This pulled out the brass plug.
Once the plug was out I carefully pulled out all the junk with a pick. This was the largest, and I believe it was what was obstructing the hole in the plug.
Now to get another plug and press it in, put it back together and see if she blows up.
Shupe |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2014 - 07:55 am: |
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Nice! That was worth doing!
Hope it saved the motor! |
Shupe
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2014 - 01:22 pm: |
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Yeah, I'd prefer not to have that shard going through my rod bearings.
We'll see if that was all there was. |
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