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Gasket pieces in cam chain tunnel
So after doing all of my valve clearnace checks and changind every shim twice, to go down two sizes on every single shim, I ended up having to scrape the living hell out of the old gasket. Well I thought I had the cam chain tunnel completely blocked off and would have no issues but when I removed the rags I watched a few paper gasket pieces go down in the tunnel. Yup it was a sickening feeling. Now what do I do?
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hoover them out!1978 GS1085.
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Will a shop vac have enough suction to draw them upComment
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yep, should do. tape a smaller piece of tube to the end of the vac so you can reach down into the camchain tunnelOriginally posted by stoy75 View Post1978 GS1085.
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If that doesn't work, I would dump some oil down the cam chain tunnel. The pieces will end up on the sump screen in the oil pan. If they're huge then try to vacuum out as much as possible.Comment
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Turn the bike upside down and shake those nasty bits out....
just kidding......
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or pour in some petrol and light it, that will burn it all away....1978 GS1085.
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Does the engine have to be removed to remove the oil pan.Comment
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No, just remove the exhaust.Originally posted by stoy75 View Post
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Only about 2 or 3 half inch piecesComment
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So I imagine it wouldn't be enough to cover it. Will it eventually dissolve?Comment
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no it wont dissolve and a few pieces about an inch long could stick to the strainer and starve the pump of oil.Originally posted by stoy75 View Post
either way you do it, you need to get out as much as possible.....1978 GS1085.
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Ok. I'm just lost as to what pouring oil into the cam tunnel would do. Not being smart just curiousComment
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