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GL1200 Engine Rebuild - Part 5 - Post Getting To The Road
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<blockquote data-quote="Rednaxs60" data-source="post: 222496" data-attributes="member: 4617"><p>Had the 1200 out for a road trip for coffee with a riding friend. Still not happy with the engine, but it does go pretty good, found a straight stretch and had it up to 90 MPH. </p><p></p><p>Going to look at the hydraulic lifters again - soon, and adjust if needed. Mentioned a while back that I had installed new hydraulic lifters. Have enough Kms on these to warrant another look at the shim selection. </p><p></p><p>The shim selection is quite close: [ATTACH=full]21861[/ATTACH]If the shim requirement is on the edge between shim requirements, because I had the heads refurbished and the valves and valve seats were cleaned up, intend to use the lesser number of shims. If I can here noise from the rocker arm, means there is too much slack in the system. </p><p></p><p>When I checked last time, the exhaust valve lifters were easy to do and the shim tool worked well. </p><p></p><p>Checking the intake valves was a different story. These have a cap on them, paid a bit more attention to the OEM service manual write up, small detail I missed last go round. Couldn't figure out what was the issue, now I know.</p><p></p><p>Brother picked up the '85 Limited Edition carcass this past week. Lots of good parts, but missing a few I was really hoping were there. I'll get over it.</p><p></p><p>Have to order the new piston rings from Rock Auto and will get another set of timing belts - only $12.00 CDN each.</p><p></p><p>Will fit this in between kitchen reno completion, and a small gel coat repair on one of our kayaks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rednaxs60, post: 222496, member: 4617"] Had the 1200 out for a road trip for coffee with a riding friend. Still not happy with the engine, but it does go pretty good, found a straight stretch and had it up to 90 MPH. Going to look at the hydraulic lifters again - soon, and adjust if needed. Mentioned a while back that I had installed new hydraulic lifters. Have enough Kms on these to warrant another look at the shim selection. The shim selection is quite close: [ATTACH type="full" alt="Hydraulic Valve Shim Req.jpg"]21861._xfImport[/ATTACH]If the shim requirement is on the edge between shim requirements, because I had the heads refurbished and the valves and valve seats were cleaned up, intend to use the lesser number of shims. If I can here noise from the rocker arm, means there is too much slack in the system. When I checked last time, the exhaust valve lifters were easy to do and the shim tool worked well. Checking the intake valves was a different story. These have a cap on them, paid a bit more attention to the OEM service manual write up, small detail I missed last go round. Couldn't figure out what was the issue, now I know. Brother picked up the '85 Limited Edition carcass this past week. Lots of good parts, but missing a few I was really hoping were there. I'll get over it. Have to order the new piston rings from Rock Auto and will get another set of timing belts - only $12.00 CDN each. Will fit this in between kitchen reno completion, and a small gel coat repair on one of our kayaks. [/QUOTE]
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