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Now im going to be doing a top end rebuild next weekend and i wondered if we have enough RG owners in club 250 who would want me to take pics and do a write up if they are thinking about doing it themselves?
To be honest i dont know if i can be bothered stopping and taking photos as i go along and also this is a relativly easy task plus there is a workshop manual floating around on the site .
Let me know your thoughts.
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Originally Posted by Ocean1
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my experience is its good if you ever want to back track and cant remember how this thing when there
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Id definitely appreciate it if you did that seeing my bike is pretty much the same and is bound to need a top end one day. If its too much hassle I wouldnt worry though
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Count me in... Would love to see it's insides...
Coyote would also like to see.
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Step 1 .
Get some tools and parts .
Parts required:
Piston
Piston pin
Piston circlips (2)
Piston rings (not shown)
Small end bearing & washers
base gasket
top gasket (not shown)
exhaust gasket (ring)
Powervalve seal
Tools required:
Torque wrench
8 , 10 , 12 , 14 mm spanners / 8-14mm sockets & extensions
These will be your workhorse tools most often used .
There is more you will need but i hav'nt started yet so will edit the list once finished.
Also follow these directions at your own risk
Last edited by Jeaves; 1st March 2007 at 17:55. Reason: powervalve seal
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Remember there's garage workspace and a spare pair of hands round at ma hoose (I can take photos too) if you feel the need.
It will be nice to see your RG going as quick as Chickadee's!
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Cheers mate , i was gona take you up on that offer but im not sure what condition the engine is in - dont wont the RG cluttering up ye garage if theres a problem with the rod small end or something etc .
my thoughts exactly
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look forward to seeing it
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Posting pics for the time being , its harder than i thought to take pics/write notes as you
go along - especially once you get stuck into it. Will see at the end if i have taken enough photos
and notes to do the proper write up as intended.
1. fairings/seats/tank off and coolant drained.
2. top part of the barrel (head) , 3. head removed showing the top of the piston .
4 . underside of the head , still clean from the last time i de-carboned it.
5 . barrel off , ready to be cleaned ,inspected , gasket surfaces sanded and p/v's removed
6. Mr piston .
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In these pictures you can see the powervalves disassembled ready to be cleaned,new p/v springs/retaining clip and screws. The last is the p/v's reassembled in the barrel ready to go back on.
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more to come.
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Seen them
Very easy to do all this. I didn't even use the manual. Don't know about torque settings so I just tightened the head till there was no water coming from the water-cooling ducts and going into the cylinder
And I'm looking at doing it for the second bike. Where was the piston and ring kit from? I saw one on trademe the other day and it's gone now, you take that?
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I buy all my parts from Dan at Colemans , top bloke .
Don't know about torque settings so I just tightened the head till there was no water coming from the water-cooling ducts and going into the cylinder- correct torque settings on an engine is not optional in my books
But if your RG is still going strong i wont hold it against ya
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
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Awesome. How much was the piston and ring kit?I buy all my parts from Dan at Colemans , top bloke .
But if your RG is still going strong i wont hold it against ya
Yeah, I would've done the torque settings if 1: I had the tools and the information on settings 2: The bike wasn't already so ratty.
I didn't record at what K's I did the piston and ring, but I must've done about 5000k's, including rides where it's sitting at full throttle 95% of the time in top gear. I'm getting no greif from there, it runs great. Gearbox is starting to get a bit clunky (well... clunkier than before)
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Took the RG out for a gentle cruise to misson bay and back to pt chev beach with some fluctuating throttle. Will give it a week or too of the same whilst commuting to let things settle in . Even at low revs i stayed in it feels like a different bike , well worth the effort. Cant wait to thrash the shite out of it .
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