Subject: RE: Last Valtek question??.. Bob, Karl??
Author: Karl Kologiski
Date: Dec 27, 2002, 10:15 AM
Post ID: 1711632962
it has been so long since I put mine on, I can not remember. I guess that
is the problem with having 8 bikes of different makes, they all seem to run
together when you are trying to remember what you did to which bike. Now
that you did mention the oil pump gear, I believe that is the one I had the
trouble with. I think it had a locking tab also. You might try and loosen
the oil pump gear and slide it back off the shaft as much as the chain will
let you. This might give you a 1/4 inch you need to remove the bolt. good
luck
Karl and Jane Kologiski
MGNOC Central Florida Reps
Bird at The Wheel, Motorcycle Arts
St. Petersburg Florida
Visit our Website athttp://home1.gte.net/janemac/bird.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Cohoon [SMTP:bcoh-@sprintmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 5:38 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: Last Valtek question??.. Bob, Karl??
Thanks for the reply, Karl... a 'long' bolt may be my problem. I can't
remove the bolt that's in there because it butts up aginst the back of
the oil pump gear.. hope I'm using the right bolts to try and put this
thing on... because you mentioned cam gear?
Karl Kologiski wrote:
| It has been a while since I did mine but I do not recall having any problems. If I remember right the one bolt that went behind the cam gear was tight but after playing with it some it went in. Tightening it was a little tricky. I ended up using some super loc-tite and used a 90 degree open end wrench I got it the best I could. You might try using a shorter bolt. Karl and Jane Kologiski MGNOC Central Florida Reps Bird at The Wheel, Motorcycle Arts St. Petersburg Florida Visit our Website athttp://home1.gte.net/janemac/bird.html -----Original Message----- From: Bill Cohoon [SMTP:bcoh-@sprintmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 11:05 AM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: Last Valtek question??.. Bob, Karl?? For those of you that were able to take a short cut.. as in, putting on the Valtek without removing the sprockets.. on my Eldo, when trying to remove the bottom-most bolt used to secure the Valtek bracket... well, the bolt head doesn't seem to clear the gear... was there a trick to it that I can't see.. or must I just break down, quit screwing around, and remove the chain/sprockets.. I wasn't really looking forward to it.. but if I must, I must. Reading Steve Ford's description... it sounds like I could be in a little over my head.... but it's too late now, 'cause the old tensioner's off... Any last words of wisdom? Bill |