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- On a mountain in the Ozarks
- My Bike Models
- 1982 Standard
While replacing the belts on 83 Interstate, I found the cam gear on the left side (2 & 4) was 1 tooth retarded. So I double checked my T1 mark, and the cam gear on the other side (1 & 3) was spot on. Rotated 360 degrees twice and lined up the marks again to find the same results. Then I started looking for some way it could be a half tooth off due to perspective, wear, or lack of perfection, etc. Sure looked a tooth slow to me. So I marked the belts and removed them, transfered the marks to the new belts and installed them. That one cog still looked to be a tooth off from the mark on the back cover. I rotated the engine again 2 revolutions and still this mark bothered me. So then I loosened the tensioner and moved that gear one tooth ahead. Rotated 2 revolutions one more time and lined up on the T1 mark. Now everything looks much better and I feel much gooder.
I'm in the process of replacing the valve stem seals so I'm not ready to start the engine yet. But I was sitting here swilling my coffee this morning and wondering what effect this would have? My 82 Standard runs pretty sweet, I think. But in that comparison, this 83 Interstate has always had a little "poppety-spit" at idle. Hard to describe. Like the exhaust blowing erratic bubbles. Not bad, but noticable to me and my son. It seemed to run out ok on the road. I haven't ridden it hard because I needed to change the tires, belts, maintenence, ect. since I just got it. Anyone seen this before? Any thoughts on how this would affect running? Will I be pulling the belt cover off that side again? I still have the radiator out and the covers off right now, so somebody talk to me. Does the magic 8 ball think I'm good on this?
I'm in the process of replacing the valve stem seals so I'm not ready to start the engine yet. But I was sitting here swilling my coffee this morning and wondering what effect this would have? My 82 Standard runs pretty sweet, I think. But in that comparison, this 83 Interstate has always had a little "poppety-spit" at idle. Hard to describe. Like the exhaust blowing erratic bubbles. Not bad, but noticable to me and my son. It seemed to run out ok on the road. I haven't ridden it hard because I needed to change the tires, belts, maintenence, ect. since I just got it. Anyone seen this before? Any thoughts on how this would affect running? Will I be pulling the belt cover off that side again? I still have the radiator out and the covers off right now, so somebody talk to me. Does the magic 8 ball think I'm good on this?