Hi all,
I have an XL600LM which I bought off a garage who then had it back because of a problem with 5th gear jumping. Long story short I got the bike back after 3 months and then it ran ok for a further 4 months then siezed. Took apart and the pain started. One cam lobe was almost round and the follwer was a nice new shape! As well as an oval bore, totally worn little end yadda yadda yadda. Turns out the garage had used the piston to stop the crank moving and taken a chunk out of it and filled it down and put it back in! Cutting a very long story short there were lots of bodges everywhere but now they have all been sorted and even managed to get a new honda cam after weeks of looking!!
My problem is now, I am concerned as to why that a cam lobe went. Is this a common problem due to wear and tear or is this more likely to be a oil starvation issue??
I have gone down the route of oil starvation and had the oil pump looked at while apart and that was fine. Next was that pipe from the bottom of the frame. I decided that the one on there was fairly limp and could well be collapsing in on itself so ordered a new one at great expense..... fitted that and it was just as kinked as the one which came off just stiffer!!
So decided that maybe this was the way it was supposed to be so filled it up with the 2 litres of oil I was told it would need (possibly slightly less). Was advised to pour about 0.5 litres down from the top of the head so did this.
Fired her up, which was quite difficult with a flat battery and a knackered decompressor cable!. Let it warm up for 5-10 mins. Turned off and took off the cap and let it settle for a min then dip the oil and there is basically nothing in there at all!!!!
What am I doing wrong? How much oil do these bike take from empty??? I loosened the oil pipe going from the pump to the head and there was oil coming out from the join so would assume its getting to the head?
I am probably being really dumb - thinking of putting more oil in the girl but thought I would check with you guys first!
If you have read this far you are a patient person! Any advice would be much apprciated!
Gavin
I have an XL600LM which I bought off a garage who then had it back because of a problem with 5th gear jumping. Long story short I got the bike back after 3 months and then it ran ok for a further 4 months then siezed. Took apart and the pain started. One cam lobe was almost round and the follwer was a nice new shape! As well as an oval bore, totally worn little end yadda yadda yadda. Turns out the garage had used the piston to stop the crank moving and taken a chunk out of it and filled it down and put it back in! Cutting a very long story short there were lots of bodges everywhere but now they have all been sorted and even managed to get a new honda cam after weeks of looking!!
My problem is now, I am concerned as to why that a cam lobe went. Is this a common problem due to wear and tear or is this more likely to be a oil starvation issue??
I have gone down the route of oil starvation and had the oil pump looked at while apart and that was fine. Next was that pipe from the bottom of the frame. I decided that the one on there was fairly limp and could well be collapsing in on itself so ordered a new one at great expense..... fitted that and it was just as kinked as the one which came off just stiffer!!
So decided that maybe this was the way it was supposed to be so filled it up with the 2 litres of oil I was told it would need (possibly slightly less). Was advised to pour about 0.5 litres down from the top of the head so did this.
Fired her up, which was quite difficult with a flat battery and a knackered decompressor cable!. Let it warm up for 5-10 mins. Turned off and took off the cap and let it settle for a min then dip the oil and there is basically nothing in there at all!!!!
What am I doing wrong? How much oil do these bike take from empty??? I loosened the oil pipe going from the pump to the head and there was oil coming out from the join so would assume its getting to the head?
I am probably being really dumb - thinking of putting more oil in the girl but thought I would check with you guys first!
If you have read this far you are a patient person! Any advice would be much apprciated!
Gavin