• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Cam Chain?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Kitten Tooth
  • Start date Start date
K

Kitten Tooth

Guest
Ok, I've been restoring a 1982 GS300L D model for about a year now. I go to start the thing and theres no spark:( found out it was the contact breaker/ points. But, then i realized a mysterious leak on the front of the engine after i had put oil in the motor and turned it over a couple hundred times. The head gasket is leaking really bad and my mechanic says its a 400 dollar job. So, im gonna do it myself. The only thing im scared of is the cam chain and the tensioning of the cam chain. How do i get the chain off? Also, am i supposed to turn the motor to a specific position before i remove the cam chain to get the head off of the motor? Any instructions would be very appriciated on how to Get this job done. Also, is there any way to tell if the rings or pistons are bad by looking at them? Also do i have to remove the engin from the frame to take the head off?

Thanks,
Kitten Tooth
 
Get a manual for TDC and cam chain installation.
Take off the cam chain tensioner and remove the cams.
 
I find if very scary that you would even think of attempting this without a manual.

How do I know you don't have a manual? :-k

ALL of your questions are answered in it.
Kitten Tooth said:
Ok, I've been restoring a 1982 GS300L D model for about a year now.
An '82 bike would be a GS300LZ, not an LD. An LD would be an '83.
I go to start the thing and theres no spark:( found out it was the contact breaker/ points.
You don't have points, you have electronic ignition.
But, then i realized a mysterious leak on the front of the engine after i had put oil in the motor and turned it over a couple hundred times. The head gasket is leaking really bad and my mechanic says its a 400 dollar job.
Good estimate, for a shop job.
So, im gonna do it myself. The only thing im scared of is the cam chain and the tensioning of the cam chain. How do i get the chain off?
No need to remove the chain completely. You remove tension, slide the cams out, then tie a string so you don't lose the chain, remove the head.
Also, am i supposed to turn the motor to a specific position before i remove the cam chain to get the head off of the motor?
It is not necessary to have it in any particular position to take it apart, but it is to put it back together. Much easier if you take it apart in that position to save time later.
Any instructions would be very appriciated on how to Get this job done.
Get a manual, read it.
Also, is there any way to tell if the rings or pistons are bad by looking at them?
You can't just look at them, you have to measure them.
Also do i have to remove the engin from the frame to take the head off?
No.

Thanks,
Kitten Tooth
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top