RGV250 rebuild?

**Asher** · 2nd August 2012, 22:35

Got the frame back today, got home a bit late so wasnt able to do much other than put the swing arm on:

Hopefully get some more done tomorrow.

**Asher** · 3rd August 2012, 21:20

The engine as it sits:

Although i am having trouble getting those little spigots out of the heads.

The bikes i have got up to:

Hope to get the engine in on Saturday.

**tigertim20** · 4th August 2012, 18:33

looking good so far, keep up the updates and pics!

**Fast Eddie** · 4th August 2012, 18:56

the water spigots? shit they must rust out on all of them.

I used a bench vice, crushed them in the vice then twisted the head around and mine came out.. tricky though for a while I didn't think they were gonna give.

mine were pretty bad though!

**Fast Eddie** · 4th August 2012, 18:57

wtf is a hammer doing near those bikes lol!

**Drew** · 4th August 2012, 19:03

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie

wtf is a hammer doing near those bikes lol!

Fiver says it was driving the rear axle in.

**Asher** · 4th August 2012, 19:44

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie

the water spigots? shit they must rust out on all of them.

I used a bench vice, crushed them in the vice then twisted the head around and mine came out.. tricky though for a while I didn't think they were gonna give.

mine were pretty bad though!

Turns out they are called dowls and a good way to get them out is putting a drill bit in them then using grips to pull them out so not to crush them.

**Asher** · 5th August 2012, 19:58

Got a fair bit done today.
Got the engine back in, painted the expansion chambers and radiator and got the brakes back on:

I was having trouble bleeding the front brakes, i filled the reservoir, loosened the bleeding screws and pumped the lever but no fluid would come out. Any tips?

**ducatilover** · 5th August 2012, 20:06

Bleed it from all the banjo bolts, top to furthest away first.
If it's like my 600 you may need to move the master cyl around a bit (unbolt it and dance around) and the calipers (mine get an air lock between the pistons.

Either that or you're bleeding them wrong

**Fast Eddie** · 5th August 2012, 20:14

Originally Posted by Asher

Turns out they are called dowls and a good way to get them out is putting a drill bit in them then using grips to pull them out so not to crush them.

oh might be talking about different things.. crank case dowls, or the water pipes? my water pipes were rusted out. had to replace them.. you would need a f*ckn huge drill to take up the bore of them tho..

my case dowls came in and out relatively easy by themselves.. head to cyl and cyl to crank

**Asher** · 5th August 2012, 20:46

These are what i was talking about, i managed to get them out but they were well stuck in.

Heres the brake setup:

Its different than my other bike, the master cylinder is at the end of the lever.

**Fast Eddie** · 5th August 2012, 20:54

same setup as my ape and blade.. master cyl with 2 seperate lines to each caliper.

bummer about the bleeding.

can only think there is a major air lock going on and need to bleed that out to get it going. in the garage we used vacuum to suck the brake fluid through and that bleeds it for us.

maybe like ducati lover said, take the master cyl and lever off or take the calipers off and raise them above each other try get gravity to do its thing get something moving around..

good luck lol